1975-76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

The 1975–76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a series of matches played by the Australia national rugby union team

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

(nicknamed the Wallabies). The team was referred to as the "Sixth Wallabies", although they were actually only the fifth Australian touring team to undertake a full tour of Britain & Ireland; the "Second Wallabies" of 1939–40 had to return home without playing a game when the Second World War broke out.

The Wallabies played twenty-six matches between October 1975 and January 1976, including one match in the United States. Australia won nineteen games, drew one and lost six. They were generally unsuccessful in the four international matches in Europe, losing the first three and winning only the final fixture against Ireland. In their other matches they lost to Cardiff

Cardiff RFC

Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...

, England's Midlands (East) representative team and the Barbarians

Barbarian F.C.

The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...

in the traditional final match of the European leg of the tour.

The squad's leadership

Australia's world-class halfback John Hipwell

John Hipwell

-Early life:John Hipwell, born 24 January 1948 in Mayfield , is a former rugby union player who played and captained the Australian national team . He played the majority of his career at scrum half...

had first toured with the Wallabies in 1966–67 and had captained his state

New South Wales Waratahs

The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...

and country on several occasions since 1973. He was an automatic selection as captain for the 26 match tour. Hipwell would captain the team in two Tests (Scotland and Wales) and in nine mid-week matches. An injury he suffered in the North-Eastern Counties game resulted in serious damage to the cruciate ligaments in his leg, caused him to be replaced in the Wales Test and ended his playing involvement on tour.

Centre Geoff Shaw took over the captaincy from Hipwell and led the side in six mid-week matches as well as the England, Ireland and USA Tests. Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw (rugby)

Anthony Alexander Shaw was born 23 March, 1953 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Shaw was a rugby flanker who played 36 tests for the wallabies between 1973 and 1982, including some matches as a lock or number eight. He captained the Aussies for 15 of his international matches. He is Australian...

took a leadership role in the forwards playing in nineteen matches and was the only back-rower to play in all Tests.

The tour manager was 33-year-old Newcastle solicitor Ross Turnbull (rugby)

Ross Turnbull (rugby)

Ross Vincent Turnbull was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Turnbull, a prop, was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia. He was the tour manager for the 1975-76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland.-References:...

, who had won a single Wallaby cap as a prop against Scotland on the short tour to Ireland & Scotland in 1968. The Rothmans Rugby Yearbook asserts that he managed the side "splendidly" and "did much to make his side one of the most popular ever to visit Britain".

The tour coach was 47-year-old David Brockhoff

David Brockhoff

John David "Brock" Brockhoff was an Australian rugby union identity a state and national representative who played eight Tests as flanker between 1949 and 1951, later coaching the national team between 1974 and 1979...

who as per Wallaby tour tradition, carried the official title of Assistant-Manager. The flamboyant Brockhoff had been capped eight times as a Wallaby between 1949 and 1951. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook stated "[He] played a big part in the team's success. He was a dynamic, driving force, often against considerable difficulties".

Tour itinerary

The tour followed a by-then well established pattern for touring teams to Europe from the Southern Hemisphere. Australia played test matches against all four Home Nations

Home Nations

Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...

and a number of other matches against Welsh clubs and representative teams, Irish provinces, Scottish district teams and combinations of English county sides. The tour opened as was customary with a match against a university team, Oxford on this occasion, and by tradition took in a match just after Christmas against a Combined Services team selected from the Army, RAF and Royal Navy; on previous tours this had been played at Twickenham

Twickenham Stadium

Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...

, but was now held at Aldershot.

The final fixture in Europe was another traditional match, the tourist game against the Barbarians

Barbarian F.C.

The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...

, which had begun at the end of 1947-48 Wallaby tour as a fund-raising game. The tourists were guests a Sportsman's Luncheon at the Savoy Hotel in London where dignatories included Sir Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader

Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL was a Royal Air Force fighter ace during the Second World War. He was credited with 20 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.Bader joined the...

.

After leaving Europe the Wallabies played a match against the United States national rugby union team

United States national rugby union team

USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...

, for which the Australian players were awarded full international caps. This was the first match played by a USA national team since the 1924 Summer Olympic Games; the United States rugby union (now USA Rugby

USA Rugby

USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. It is divided into seven territorial Unions: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast, Southern California, South, and West...

) had been founded in 1975.

Matches of the Tour

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	29 October	Oxford University Oxford University RFC The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...	Iffley Road Iffley Road Iffley Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England. It leads from The Plain, near Magdalen Bridge, south-east towards the village of Iffley. While it becomes Henley Avenue at Iffley Turn, and then Rose Hill, many people will refer to the whole stretch from the ring road to The Plain as Iffley... , Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...	Won	36–3
Match 2	1 November	Cardiff Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...	Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World... , Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	Lost	9–14
Match 3	4 November	Llanelli Llanelli RFC Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...	Stradey Park Stradey Park Stradey Park was a rugby union stadium located near the centre of the town of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was the home of the Scarlets region and Llanelli RFC rugby teams. The stadium was a combination of seating and standing with a total capacity of 10,800... , Llanelli Llanelli Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...	Drew	28–28
Match 4	8 November	London Counties	Twickenham Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	Won	26–11
Match 5	12 November	Midlands (East)	Welford Road Welford Road Stadium Welford Road is a rugby union stadium in Leicester, England and is the home ground for Leicester Tigers. It is located between Aylestone Road and Welford Road on the edge of the city centre... , Leicester Leicester Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...	Lost	8–11
Match 6	15 November	Ulster Ulster Rugby Ulster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Ulster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Belfast, representing the Irish province of Ulster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...	Ravenhill Ravenhill Stadium Ravenhill Stadium is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is used by Ulster Rugby. It has a normal capacity of 12,300 and is owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union.-History:The grounds were opened in the 1923/24 season... , Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...	Won	30–25
Match 7	19 November	Edinburgh	Myreside, Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...	Won	10–9
Match 8	22 November	North-East Counties	Gosforth Gosforth Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, to the north of the city centre. Gosforth constituted an urban district from 1895 to 1974, when it became part of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has a population of 23,620...	Won	22–21
Match 9	26 November	Gloucestershire-Somerset	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...	Won	15–6
Match 10	29 November	Swansea Swansea RFC Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...	St. Helen's, Swansea Swansea Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...	Won	12–6
Match 11	1 December	South of Scotland	Netherdale Netherdale Netherdale, is an area of Galashiels, a town in the Scottish Borders.It is perhaps best known as being the home of Gala Rugby Club, Gala Fairydean Football Club and more recently the professional Border Reivers rugby union team. Gretna F.C... , Galashiels Galashiels Galashiels is a burgh in the Scottish Borders, on the Gala Water river. The name is often shortened to "Gala" .Galashiels is a major commercial centre for the Scottish Borders...	Won	10–6
Match 12	6 December	SCOTLAND Scotland national rugby union team The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...	Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent "big screen" in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland and one... , Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...	Lost	3–10
Match 13	10 December	Southern Counties	Aylesbury Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in South East England. However the town also falls into a geographical region known as the South Midlands an area that ecompasses the north of the South East, and the southern extremities of the East Midlands...	Won	33–14
Match 14	13 December	Midlands (West)	Coundon Road Coundon Road Stadium The Coundon Road Stadium in Coventry was the home ground for Coventry R.F.C. from 1921 to 2004. The stadium has now been demolished.The first game at the ground was against United Services, Portsmouth, with Coventry R.F.C... , Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...	Won	31–12
Match 15	16 December	Glamorgan	The Gnoll The Gnoll The Gnoll in Neath, Wales is a sports ground, with a capacity of 5,000.In July 2009, Neath RFC presented plans for the redevelopment of the Gnoll, including building a community centre on the site, which were criticised as "too woolly".-Rugby union:... , Neath Neath Neath is a town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a population of approximately 45,898 in 2001...	Won	51–18
Match 16	20 December	WALES Wales national rugby union team The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...	Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World...	Lost	3–28
Match 17	27 December	Cornwall-Devon	Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...	Won	23–9
Match 18	30 December	Combined Services	Aldershot Aldershot Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...	Won	14–3
Match 19	3 January	ENGLAND England national rugby union team The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...	Twickenham Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	Lost	6–23
Match 20	7 January	Newport	Rodney Parade Rodney Parade Rodney Parade is a stadium in the city of Newport, south Wales. Located on the east bank of the River Usk in Newport city centre it is primarily used for rugby matches and is the home ground of Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team.-History:... , Newport Newport Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...	Won	13–7
Match 21	10 January	North-West Counties	Blundellsands Blundellsands Blundellsands or Blundell Sands is an area of Merseyside, England in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, and a Sefton council electoral ward...	Won	21–16
Match 22	14 January	Munster Munster Rugby Munster Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Munster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch which is one of four primary branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish...	Cork Cork (city) Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...	Won	15–13
Match 23	17 January	IRELAND Ireland national rugby union team The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...	Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts... , Dublin	Won	20–10
Match 24	21 January	Gwent	Pontypool Park Pontypool Park Pontypool Park is a park containing predominantly mature trees with some open meadowland located in Pontypool, south Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for Major John Hanbury, the local ironmaster, who is closely... , Pontypool Pontypool Pontypool is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales....	Won	26–15
Match 25	24 January	Barbarians Barbarian F.C. The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...	Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World... , Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	Lost	7–19
Match 26	31 January	USA United States national rugby union team USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...	Glover Field, Anaheim Anaheim, California Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...	Won	24–12

Scotland

Scotland opened the scoring against the run of play in the 26th minute with a try in the corner from Lewis Dick, set up by McGeechan and Hay. Morgan was unable to convert. Scotland's second try, just before half time, was scored by Jim Renwick after a 40 yard run when a pass from Hipwell to McLean went astray. Morgan converted this time to put Scotland 10-0 up at half time. Rothmans Yearbook commented "with luck [Australia] could have been 10 points up instead". Scotland dominated the territory in the second half but were unable to add to their score; McLean's 35 yard penalty goal for Australia was the only score of the half to make the result 10-3 to Scotland.

AUSTRALIA: Paul McLean, Paddy Batch, Rex L'Estrange, John Berne (rep Laurie Weatherstone 57 mins), Laurie Monaghan, John Hipwell (c), Ron Graham, Peter Horton, John Meadows, Reg Smith, Garrick Fay, Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw (rugby)

, Greg Cornelsen

Greg Cornelsen

Greg Cornelsen is a former Australian rugby union footballer, who was capped 25 times for the national team, the Wallabies from 1974 to 1982. His usual position was as flanker.-Career:...

, David Hillhouse.

SCOTLAND: Bruce Hay

Bruce Hay

Bruce Hamilton Hay was a Scottish international rugby union player.-Background:Hay was born in Edinburgh and educated at Liberton High School. From there he went on to work as an engineer for the National Coal Board...

, Andy Irvine

Andy Irvine (rugby player)

Andrew Robertson "Andy" Irvine MBE is a former President of the Scottish Rugby Union , and a former Scottish international rugby player. He earned fifty one Scottish caps, and scored over 250 points for .-Background:...

, Jim Renwick

Jim Renwick

Jim Renwick was one of Scotland's greatest rugby players, usually at centre. He played for Hawick Harlequins RFC and the full Hawick RFC team, and the British Lions, 1972–84. He earned 52 caps for his country. Allan Massie thinks his 1981-82 international season was his best, and describes...

, Ian McGeechan

Ian McGeechan

Sir Ian Robert McGeechan OBE is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. His nickname is "Geech".-Playing career:...

, Lewis Dick

Lewis Dick

Lewis Dick is a former a rugby union international who represented Scotland from 1972 to 1977.-Rugby union career:Dick made his international debut on 5 February 1972 at Cardiff Arms Park in the Wales vs Scotland match....

, Colin Telfer

Colin Telfer

Colin McLeod Telfer, was a Scottish rugby union player, who played as a fly-half.He was capped seventeen times for between 1968-1976. He also played for Hawick RFC....

, Dougie Morgan

Dougie Morgan

Douglas "Dougie" Waugh Morgan is a former Scotland international rugby union player. In 1977 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions and a the time played club rugby for Stewart's Melville FP.-Notes:...

, Sandy Carmichael

Sandy Carmichael

Alexander Bennett Carmichael was a tighthead prop forward who played for West of Scotland R.F.C. and earned 50 caps in the Scotland national rugby union team from 1967 to 1978, which was a record for a Scottish forward at the time...

, Colin Fisher

Colin Fisher

Colin Fisher was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped five times between 1975-76 for . He also played for Waterloo RFC.He is the son of Alastair Fisher, who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...

, Ian McLauchlan

Ian McLauchlan

John "Ian" McLauchlan is a former Scottish John "Ian" McLauchlan is a former [[Scotland|Scottish]] John "Ian" McLauchlan is a former [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[rugby union] playerer...

(c), Gordon Brown, Alastair McHarg

Alastair McHarg

Alastair McHarg was a lock for the Scotland national rugby union team, 1968-79. He won 44 caps for Scotland...

, Wilson Lauder, David Leslie

David Leslie (rugby union)

David Leslie is a former Scottish rugby union player. He played for Scotland 32 times between 1975 and 1985. He usually played at number eight, but occasionally at flanker....

, George Mackie

Wales

Wales dominated the line-outs and rucks to record what was at the time their biggest win and highest score against Australia. An Edwards try from close range, converted by Fenwick, and a Fenwick penalty goal gave Wales a 9-3 half-time lead, Australia's score coming from a McLean penalty goal. The Australian captain Hipwell had to go off just before half-time with a recurrence of his knee ligament injury, a loss which Rothmans Yearbook suggested might have "affected the margin but not the result". In the second half J.J. Williams scored a hat-trick of tries with Fenwick and Martin adding a conversion each. Bevan scored a dropped goal and Wales finished 28-3 winners. Rothmans concluded that "Australia fought hard to the end, but on the day met a team which was too good for them at all points".

AUSTRALIA: Paul McLean, Paddy Batch, Rex L'Estrange, Geoff Shaw, Laurie Monaghan, Jim Hindmarsh, John Hipwell

John Hipwell

Tony Shaw (rugby)

, John Lambie (rep Gary Pearse 14 mins), Greg Cornelsen

Greg Cornelsen

Greg Cornelsen is a former Australian rugby union footballer, who was capped 25 times for the national team, the Wallabies from 1974 to 1982. His usual position was as flanker.-Career:...

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WALES: J.P.R. Williams, J.J. Williams

J.J. Williams

John James Williams , known universally as J.J. Williams, is a former Welsh rugby union player who gained thirty caps for Wales as a winger....

, Ray Gravell

Ray Gravell

Raymond William Robert "Ray" Gravell was a Welsh rugby union centre who played club rugby for Llanelli RFC. At international level Gravell earned 23 caps for Wales and was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa.In his later career he would become a respected broadcaster and...

, Steve Fenwick

Steve Fenwick

Steven Paul Fenwick is a former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s, who at representative level has played rugby union for Wales, and at club level has played for Bridgend RFC, playing at Centre, i.e...

, Clive Rees

Clive Rees

Clive Frederick William Rees is a former Welsh rugby union player. He won thirteen caps as left wing for Wales between 1973 and 1983....

, John Bevan, Gareth Edwards

Gareth Edwards

Gareth Owen Edwards CBE is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey"....

, Graham Price

Graham Price

Graham Price MBE is a former Welsh rugby union player who won 41 caps for as a prop forward.- Education :...

, Bobby Windsor

Bobby Windsor

Robert William Windsor , known as Bobby and nicknamed "The Duke", is a former rugby union player who gained 28 rugby union caps for Wales as a hooker between 1973 and 1979...

, Charlie Faulkner

Charlie Faulkner

Anthony George "Charlie" Faulkner was a rugby union player of the 1970s and later a rugby coach.He was born Anthony George Faulkner in Newport, Monmouthshire in February 1941.- Wales caps :...

, Geoff Wheel

Geoff Wheel

Geoff Wheel is a former Wales international rugby union player who attained 32 international caps. A lock-forward, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC....

, Allan Martin

Allan Martin

Allan Jeffery Martin is a former Aberavon RFC and Welsh international rugby union player. He was noted for his long distance goal-kicking.-Biography:...

, Terry Cobner

Terry Cobner

Terence "Terry" John Cobner is a former Welsh international rugby union player and British Lion. He was born in Blaenavon, Monmouthshire and currently lives in Pontypool.- Welsh international and British Lion :...

, Trefor Evans, Mervyn Davies

Mervyn Davies

Thomas Mervyn "Merv the Swerve" Davies , is a former Welsh rugby union player who won 38 caps for Wales as a No. 8.Davies was born in Swansea, where he attended Penlan County School....

(c).

England

Australia had won both international matches on the 1975 England rugby union tour of Australia

1975 England rugby union tour of Australia

The 1975 England rugby union tour of Australia was a series of eight matches played by the England national rugby union team in Australia in May and June 1975. England won only four of the eight matches and lost both internationals to Australia...

but were beaten at Twickenham and failed to score a try for the third time in three internationals on tour. They were missing Hipwell, Price and Fay, all unavailable due to injury. Hignell's two penalty goals for England to one by McLean made the half-time score was 6-3. This remained unchanged until the 67th minute when England debutant Corless scored a try after chasing his own kick to make it 10-3. Five minutes later another player making his first appearance, Lampkowski, scored a try after a scrum near the Australian line and Duckham added a third try which was converted by Hignell, who also scored a penalty goal in the second half. The only Australia score in the second half was another McLean penalty goal. England's 23 points was at the time their highest score against Australia, and the 17 point winning margin equalled their record margin against the Wallabies.

AUSTRALIA: Paul McLean, Paddy Batch, Bill McKid, Geoff Shaw (c), Laurie Monaghan, Laurie Weatherstone, Rod Hauser, Stuart Macdougall, Peter Horton, Steve Finnane, Reg Smith, David Hillhouse, Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw (rugby)

, Greg Cornelsen

Greg Cornelsen

Greg Cornelsen is a former Australian rugby union footballer, who was capped 25 times for the national team, the Wallabies from 1974 to 1982. His usual position was as flanker.-Career:...

, Mark Loane

Mark Loane

Mark Edward Loane AM is an Australian former rugby union football player, who played 89 games for Queensland and 28 Tests for the Wallabies. Described by Bret Harris in his book, The Marauding Maroons, as "the closest thing to a folk hero Queensland has seen", Loane was noted for devastating...

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ENGLAND: Alastair Hignell

Alastair Hignell

Alastair James Hignell CBE is a former English rugby union international and cricketer.Hignell is the son of a former Great Britain athlete.-Sporting career:...

, Peter Squires

Peter Squires

Peter John Squires is an English former rugby union player and a first-class cricketer, who played in forty nine first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1972 and 1976....

, Andy Maxwell, Barry Corless, David Duckham

David Duckham

David John Duckham MBE is a retired English rugby union player. He played 36 games for England from 1969 to 1976 and scored 10 tries. Duckham made his debut at centre, partnering John Spencer against Ireland in 1969...

, Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper (Rugby Player)

Martin Cooper was an international rugby union player who won 11 caps between 1973 and 1977. His only try was scored against at Lansdowne Road in a record low scoring game, his being the only score in a 4 -0 victory....

, Mike Lampkowski

Michael Lampkowski

Michael "Mike" Stanley Lampkowski is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s who at representative level has played rugby union for England, and at club level for Headingley, playing at Scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and at club level has played...

, Fran Cotton

Fran Cotton

Francis Edward Cotton is a former English rugby union prop forward who played for England and the British Lions. His clubs included Coventry R.F.C. and Sale. After retiring, he remained in rugby administration and founded a clothing company...

, Peter Wheeler, Mike Burton, Bill Beaumont

Bill Beaumont

William "Bill" Blackledge Beaumont CBE was captain of the England rugby union team at a time when they struggled to win games. His greatest moment as captain was the unexpected 1980 Grand Slam. He played as a lock...

, Bob Wilkinson, Mark Keyworth, Tony Neary

Tony Neary

Anthony "Tony" Neary is a former England international rugby union player. He represented England at U18's basketball as well as rugby. He attended De La Salle College, Salford and Liverpool University before qualifying as a solicitor....

(c), Andy Ripley

Andy Ripley

Andrew George Ripley, OBE was an English rugby union international, who represented England from 1972 to 1976, and the British Lions on their unbeaten 1974 tour of South Africa.-Early life:...

Ireland

Australia registered their first international victory of the tour and scored three tries in beating Ireland. The first half ended with Ireland in a narrow 7-6 lead from McMaster's try and Robbie's penalty goal to two penalty goals from McLean; new Irish cap Ollie Campbell missed three penalties which might have given Ireland a more comfortable lead. In the second half the Australian pack took control and the Wallabies scored three tries through Ryan, Tony Shaw and Weatherstone, one of which was converted by McLean. Rothmans Yearbook singled out Loane who "stood out in the Wallaby pack" and Hauser who "had an excellent game at scrum-half".

AUSTRALIA: Paul McLean, John Ryan, Rex L'Estrange, Geoff Shaw (c), Laurie Monaghan, Laurie Weatherstone, Rod Hauser, Ron Graham, Chris Carberry, John Meadows, Reg Smith, Garrick Fay, Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw (rugby)

, Gary Pearse, Mark Loane

Mark Loane

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IRELAND: Tony Ensor

Tony Ensor

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, Tom Grace

Tom Grace

Thomas Oliver Grace was a University College Dublin RFC and St. Mary's College RFC winger in the 1960 and 1970s as well as playing for his province Leinster. He appeared for the Ireland during his career...

, J.A. McIlrath, Mike Gibson (c), A. W. McMaster, Ollie Campbell

Ollie Campbell

Seamus Oliver Campbell was an Irish rugby union player from 1976 to 1984. He was educated at Belvedere College, a famous Irish rugby school, where he was on the teams that won the Leinster Schools Senior Cup twice in a row in 1971 and 1972...

, John Robbie

John Robbie

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, F. McLoughlin, J. Cantrell, P. Agnew, Moss Keane

Moss Keane

Maurice Ignatius "Moss" Keane was a rugby union footballer who played for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.-Life and career:...

, M. Molloy, Stewart McKinney

Stewart McKinney (rugby player)

Stewart Alexander McKinney is a former Ireland international rugby union player. In 1974 he played for the British Lions on their tour of South Africa. At the time he played club rugby for Dungannon. He moved to England and played for London Irish. His son Sam was the club Captain for the London...

, Fergus Slattery

Fergus Slattery

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, Willie Duggan

Willie Duggan

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United States

In the first game ever played by a United States national rugby union team in their own country, Australia won 24-12 but needed two late tries to make the game safe. In a game played in 83 degree heat, Australia took a 13-6 lead at half-time through Ray Price's try and three penalty goals Jim Hindmarsh, to Oxman's two penalty goals for the home team. Hindmarsh stretched the lead to 16-6 with another penalty goal before two from Oxman brought the USA back within four points with eight minutes left. Tries from Ryan and Pearse ultimately gave the Wallabies a comfortable win although Rothmans Yearbook stated that "the losers fought back right to the end" and "were by no means outclassed".

AUSTRALIA: Jim Hindmarsh, John Ryan, Rex L'Estrange, Geoff Shaw (c), Laurie Monaghan, Ken Wright, Rod Hauser, Ron Graham, Chris Carberry, John Meadows, Reg Smith, Garrick Fay, Ray Price, Gary Pearse, Tony Shaw

Tony Shaw (rugby)

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USA: K. Oxman, D. Chipman, D. Stephenson, G. Schneeweis, S. Auerbach, R. Borderly (c), M. Swiderski, M. Ording, F. Khasigian, E. Swanson, C. Sweeney, G. Brackett, S. Nieubauer, T. Klein, T. Selfridge.

Barbarians

Touring party

Tour Manager: Ross Turnbull
Ross Turnbull (rugby)
Ross Vincent Turnbull was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Turnbull, a prop, was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia. He was the tour manager for the 1975-76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland.-References:...
Coach : David Brockhoff
David Brockhoff
John David "Brock" Brockhoff was an Australian rugby union identity a state and national representative who played eight Tests as flanker between 1949 and 1951, later coaching the national team between 1974 and 1979...
Captain: John Hipwell
John Hipwell
-Early life:John Hipwell, born 24 January 1948 in Mayfield , is a former rugby union player who played and captained the Australian national team . He played the majority of his career at scrum half...

Squad

Test and tour appearances include appearances as a replacement, which are shown in brackets e.g. (1R)

Name	Tests	Club	Career Caps	Tour Apps	Position	Pts
Mike Fitzgerald	0		0	2	Full Back	8
Geoff Shaw (c)	4	University of Queensland University of Queensland Rugby Club The University of Queensland Rugby Club is an Australian rugby union club, based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition...	27	14	Three-Quarter	0
John Ryan John Ryan (rugby) John Robert Ryan was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Ryan, a wing, was born in Wahroonga, New South Wales and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia.-References:...	2		6	15	Three-Quarter	52
Laurie Monaghan	5	West Harbour RFC West Harbour RFC The West Harbour Rugby Football Club is a team in the Shute Shield, the premier club rugby union football competition in New South Wales.The club is based in Concord in the Inner West of Sydney, and play their home matches at Waratah Stadium, Concord Oval...	17	21	Three-Quarter	12
Paddy Batch	3	University of Queensland University of Queensland Rugby Club The University of Queensland Rugby Club is an Australian rugby union club, based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition...	14	17	Three-Quarter	57
John Weatherstone John Weatherstone Laurence John Weatherstone was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Weatherstone, a centre, was born in Bathurst, New South Wales and claimed a total of 7 international rugby caps for Australia.-References:...	1(1R)		7	17(2R)	Three-Quarter	18
Bill McKid	1	Country NSW - Barraba	6	12(2R)	Three-Quarter	4
Rex L'Estrange	4		16	13(1R)	Three-Quarter	0
John Berne John Berne John Edward Berne was a rugby union and rugby league player who represented Australia in rugby union.Berne, a centre, was born in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia....	1	Randwick DRUFC Randwick DRUFC Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney grade competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 31 first grade premierships and seven Australian club championships...	1	8	Three-Quarter	4
Ken Wright	1	Randwick DRUFC Randwick DRUFC Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney grade competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 31 first grade premierships and seven Australian club championships...	9	9	Half	16
Jim Hindmarsh Jim Hindmarsh James Charles "Jim" Hindmarsh was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Hindmarsh, a fullback, was born in Bowral, New South Wales and schooled at The Scots College in Sydney...	3		9	15	Half	75
Paul McLean	4	Brisbane Brothers Brothers Old Boys The Brothers Old Boys are an Australian rugby union club, based in Brisbane,Queensland. The team currently competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition against nine of the states best Rugby Union clubs. The club was established in 1905 and has won 27 premierships since...	30	18	Half	154
John Hipwell John Hipwell -Early life:John Hipwell, born 24 January 1948 in Mayfield , is a former rugby union player who played and captained the Australian national team . He played the majority of his career at scrum half... (c)	2	Newcastle Waratahs	36	11	Half	16
Rod Hauser Rod Hauser Rodney Graham Hauser was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Hauser, a scrum-half, was born in Laidley, Queensland and claimed a total of 15 international rugby caps for Australia.-References:...	4(1R)	Brisbane Norths Norths/QUT Norths/QUT is a Brisbane rugby union club based in Brisbane, Queensland. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition.The club's players were available for selection to the Australian Rugby Championship franchise Ballymore Tornadoes during that competition's short-lived...	15	16(1R)	Half	8
Gareth Grey	0		5	0	Half	0
Ray Price	1	Parramatta Two Blues Parramatta Two Blues Parramatta Two Blues Rugby are a rugby union club based in the second CBD of Sydney, Parramatta.-History:The club was originally formed in 1879 as Cumberland but changed their name to Parramatta when the District competition was implemented in 1900....	8	7	Forward	0
Gary Pearse	3(1R)	Port Hacking Rugby Club Southern Districts Rugby Club Southern Districts Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in southern Sydney, New South Wales. The club currently competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions, the Shute Shield and Tooheys New Cup...	9	14(2R)	Forward	16
Tony Shaw Tony Shaw (rugby) Anthony Alexander Shaw was born 23 March, 1953 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Shaw was a rugby flanker who played 36 tests for the wallabies between 1973 and 1982, including some matches as a lock or number eight. He captained the Aussies for 15 of his international matches. He is Australian...	5	Brisbane Brothers Brothers Old Boys The Brothers Old Boys are an Australian rugby union club, based in Brisbane,Queensland. The team currently competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition against nine of the states best Rugby Union clubs. The club was established in 1905 and has won 27 premierships since...	36	19	Forward	12
Mark Loane Mark Loane Mark Edward Loane AM is an Australian former rugby union football player, who played 89 games for Queensland and 28 Tests for the Wallabies. Described by Bret Harris in his book, The Marauding Maroons, as "the closest thing to a folk hero Queensland has seen", Loane was noted for devastating...	2	University of Queensland University of Queensland Rugby Club The University of Queensland Rugby Club is an Australian rugby union club, based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition...	28	13	Forward	16
John Meadows	4	Wests Brisbane Wests Rugby Wests are an Australian rugby union club, established in 1951 and based in Toowong, Queensland. They wear green and yellow jerseys and compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. The bulk of their players come from the Western Suburbs of Brisbane, fighting for players from local rivals GPS...	22	15	Forward	0
John Lambie	1	Port Hacking Rugby Club Southern Districts Rugby Club Southern Districts Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in southern Sydney, New South Wales. The club currently competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions, the Shute Shield and Tooheys New Cup...	4	9	Forward	0
Greg Cornelsen Greg Cornelsen Greg Cornelsen is a former Australian rugby union footballer, who was capped 25 times for the national team, the Wallabies from 1974 to 1982. His usual position was as flanker.-Career:...	3	Brisbane Norths Norths/QUT Norths/QUT is a Brisbane rugby union club based in Brisbane, Queensland. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition.The club's players were available for selection to the Australian Rugby Championship franchise Ballymore Tornadoes during that competition's short-lived...	25	14	Forward	16
Reg Smith	5		22	19	Forward	0
Chris Carberry Chris Carberry Christopher Michael "Chris" Carberry was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Carberry, a hooker, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 13 international rugby caps for Australia.-Published sources:...	2	GPS Brisbane GPS Rugby GPS Rugby Club is one of the oldest in Australia, tracing its roots to 1887 -even before the Australian Rugby Union was born.Based at Ashgrove in Brisbane, Queensland, Jeeps has produced 29 Wallabies including Ben Tune, Daniel Herbert, Matt Cockbain, and Daniel Heenan, along with a host of other...	13	14	Forward	0
Brian Mansfield Brian Mansfield (rugby) Brian William Mansfield was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Mansfield, a lock, was born in Moree, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.-References:...	0		1	2	Forward	0
David Hillhouse	0		16	16(2R)	Forward	8
Glen Eisenhauer	0		0	6	Forward	0
Garrick Fay	4		24	15	Forward	0
Stuart Macdougall Stuart Macdougall Stuart Grant Macdougall is a former Australian Rugby Union player who represented for the Wallabies eight times.-Early life:...	1	St. George Southern Districts Rugby Club Southern Districts Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in southern Sydney, New South Wales. The club currently competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions, the Shute Shield and Tooheys New Cup...	8	8	Forward	0
Steve Finnane Steve Finnane Stephen Charles "Steve" Finnane was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Finnane, a prop, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia.-References:...	1		6	11	Forward	0
Ron Graham	4		18	18	Forward	0
Peter Horton	3		19	13(1R)	Forward	0

Sources

Collection (1995) Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

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