2016 England rugby union tour of Australia

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2016 England rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es) Eddie Jones
Tour captain(s) Dylan Hartley
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Tour chronology
Previous tour New Zealand 2014
Next tour Argentina 2017

In June 2016, England will play a three test series against Australia as part of the 2016 mid-year rugby union tests.[1] They will play the Wallabies across the three weeks that the June International window is allocated to; 11 June–25 June, and will contest the Cook Cup, in which England has won eight times to Australia's twelve times. The series will be part of the fourth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.[2]

Fixtures

Date and time Venue Home Score Away
29 May 2016, 15:00 BST (UTC+01) Twickenham Stadium, London England  27–13  Wales
11 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Australia  –  England
18 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) AAMI Park, Melbourne Australia  –  England
25 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Australia  –  England

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 11 June, the first test match of the tour.

England

On 22 May, Eddie Jones named a 32-man squad for England's tour of Australia. An additional 5 players (Dave Attwood,Luther Burrell, Ollie Devoto, Matt Kvesic, Tommy Taylor) were also named ahead of the test match against Wales on 29 May, with the Aviva Premiership final taking place in the 28 May between Saracens and Exeter Chiefs.[3] Ben Te'o has been named in the squad by virtue of his English mother, despite playing for Irish province Leinster, he will be moving to Worcester Warriors in the 2016/17 season making him eligible for selection.

On 30 May, Luther Burrell replaced Manu Tuilagi in the touring squad after Tuilagi withdrew from the squad due to injury.[4]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Luke Cowan-Dickie Hooker (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 22) 3 England Exeter Chiefs
Jamie George Hooker (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 22) 3 England Saracens
Dylan Hartley (c) Hooker (1986-03-24)24 March 1986 (aged 30) 72 England Northampton Saints
Dan Cole Prop (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 29) 62 England Leicester Tigers
Ellis Genge Prop (1995-02-16)16 February 1995 (aged 21) 1 England Bristol
Paul Hill Prop (1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 21) 2 England Northampton Saints
Matt Mullan Prop (1987-02-23)23 February 1987 (aged 29) 10 England Wasps
Kyle Sinckler Prop (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 23) 0 England Harlequins
Mako Vunipola Prop (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 (aged 25) 32 England Saracens
Maro Itoje Lock (1994-10-28)28 October 1994 (aged 21) 4 England Saracens
George Kruis Lock (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 26) 15 England Saracens
Joe Launchbury Lock (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 25) 32 England Wasps
Courtney Lawes Lock (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 27) 46 England Northampton Saints
Jack Clifford Flanker (1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 23) 6 England Harlequins
Teimana Harrison Flanker (1992-09-05)5 September 1992 (aged 23) 1 England Northampton Saints
James Haskell Flanker (1985-04-02)2 April 1985 (aged 31) 68 England Wasps
Chris Robshaw Flanker (1986-06-04)4 June 1986 (aged 30) 48 England Harlequins
Billy Vunipola Number 8 (1992-11-03)3 November 1992 (aged 23) 26 England Saracens
Danny Care Scrum-half (1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 29) 59 England Harlequins
Ben Youngs Scrum-half (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 26) 58 England Leicester Tigers
Owen Farrell Fly-half (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 24) 40 England Saracens
George Ford Fly-half (1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 23) 23 England Bath
Luther Burrell Centre (1987-12-06) 6 December 1987 (age 37) 14 England Northampton Saints
Elliot Daly Centre (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (aged 23) 3 England Wasps
Jonathan Joseph Centre (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 25) 22 England Bath
Henry Slade Centre (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 23) 2 England Exeter Chiefs
Ben Te'o Centre (1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 29) 0 England Worcester Warriors
Manu Tuilagi Centre (1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 25) 26 England Leicester Tigers
Jack Nowell Wing (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 (aged 23) 15 England Exeter Chiefs
Anthony Watson Wing (1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 22) 21 England Bath
Marland Yarde Wing (1992-04-20)20 April 1992 (aged 24) 8 England Harlequins
Mike Brown Fullback (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 30) 49 England Harlequins
Alex Goode Fullback (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 28) 20 England Saracens

Australia

On 26 May 2016, Michael Cheika named a 39-man extended squad for their June test series against England.[5]

On 30 May 2016, Reece Hodge was called up to the squad to replace the injured Mike Harris.[6]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
James Hanson Hooker (1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 27) 10 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Stephen Moore Hooker (1983-01-20)20 January 1983 (aged 33) 102 Australia Brumbies
Tatafu Polota-Nau Hooker (1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 30) 61 Australia Waratahs
Allan Alaalatoa Prop (1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 22) 0 Australia Brumbies
Greg Holmes Prop (1983-06-11)11 June 1983 (aged 33) 24 Australia Queensland Reds
Sekope Kepu Prop (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 30) 63 France Bordeaux Bègles
Scott Sio Prop (1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 24) 16 Australia Brumbies
James Slipper Prop (1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 27) 74 Australia Queensland Reds
Toby Smith Prop (1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 27) 3 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Rory Arnold Lock (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 25) 0 Australia Brumbies
Sam Carter Lock (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 26) 12 Australia Brumbies
Adam Coleman Lock (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 24) 0 Australia Western Force
James Horwill Lock (1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 31) 61 England Harlequins
Dean Mumm Lock (1984-03-05)5 March 1984 (aged 32) 44 Australia Waratahs
Rob Simmons Lock (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 27) 60 Australia Queensland Reds
Will Skelton Lock (1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 24) 14 Australia Waratahs
Scott Fardy Flanker (1984-07-05)5 July 1984 (aged 31) 30 Australia Brumbies
Liam Gill Flanker (1992-06-08)8 June 1992 (aged 24) 15 Australia Queensland Reds
Michael Hooper Flanker (1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 24) 51 Australia Waratahs
Sean McMahon Flanker (1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 21) 6 Australia Melbourne Rebels
David Pocock Flanker (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 28) 55 Australia Brumbies
Leroy Houston Number 8 (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 29) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Ben McCalman Number 8 (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 28) 47 Australia Western Force
Wycliff Palu Number 8 (1982-07-27)27 July 1982 (aged 33) 57 Australia Waratahs
Nick Frisby Scrum-half (1992-10-29)29 October 1992 (aged 23) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Nick Phipps Scrum-half (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27) 39 Australia Waratahs
Joe Powell Scrum-half (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 22) 0 Australia Brumbies
Bernard Foley Fly-half (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 26) 27 Australia Waratahs
Christian Lealiifano Fly-half (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 28) 16 Australia Brumbies
Karmichael Hunt Centre (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 29) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Samu Kerevi Centre (1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 22) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Tevita Kuridrani Centre (1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 25) 31 Australia Brumbies
Dane Haylett-Petty Wing (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 26) 0 Australia Western Force
Rob Horne Wing (1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 26) 29 Australia Waratahs
Luke Morahan Wing (1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 26) 1 Australia Western Force
Eto Nabuli Wing (1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 27) 0 Australia Queensland Reds
Taqele Naiyaravoro Wing (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 24) 1 Australia Waratahs
Israel Folau Fullback (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 27) 38 Australia Waratahs
Mike Harris Fullback (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 27) 10 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Reece Hodge Fullback (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 21) 0 Australia Melbourne Rebels

Matches

Warm-up match v Wales

29 May 2016
15:00 BST (UTC+01)
England  27–13  Wales
Try: Burrell 19' m
Watson 32' m
Youngs 43' m
Clifford 46' c
Yarde 60' m
Con: Ford (1/5) 47'		 Report Try: Evans 5' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 6'
Pen: Biggar (2/2) 13', 27'
Twickenham Stadium, London [7]
Attendance: 81,128
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
FB 15 Mike Brown
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph Substituted off 65'
IC 12 Luther Burrell
LW 11 Marland Yarde
FH 10 George Ford Substituted off 75'
SH 9 Ben Youngs Substituted off 55'
N8 8 Jack Clifford
OF 7 James Haskell Substituted off 62'
BF 6 Teimana Harrison
RL 5 Courtney Lawes Substituted off 62'
LL 4 Joe Launchbury
TP 3 Dan Cole Substituted off 68'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c) Substituted off 76'
LP 1 Matt Mullan Substituted off 65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tommy Taylor Substituted in 76'
PR 17 Ellis Genge Substituted in 65'
PR 18 Paul Hill Substituted in 68'
LK 19 Dave Attwood Substituted in 62'
FL 20 Matt Kvesic Substituted in 62'
SH 21 Danny Care Substituted in 55'
FH 22 Ollie Devoto Substituted in 75'
CE 23 Elliot Daly Substituted in 65'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Scott Williams Substituted off 55'
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Hallam Amos
FH 10 Dan Biggar Substituted off 55'
SH 9 Rhys Webb Substituted off 65'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Dan Lydiate (c) Substituted off 23'
BF 6 Ross Moriarty
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones Substituted off 57'
LL 4 Jake Ball
TP 3 Samson Lee Substituted off 62'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin Substituted off 55'
LP 1 Rob Evans Substituted off 55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Kristian Dacey Substituted in 55'
PR 17 Gethin Jenkins Substituted in 55'
PR 18 Rhodri Jones Substituted in 62'
FL 19 Josh Turnbull Substituted in 57'
FL 20 James King Substituted in 23'
SH 21 Lloyd Williams Substituted in 65'
FH 22 Rhys Priestland Substituted in 55'
FH 23 Gareth Anscombe Substituted in 55'
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Joe Launchbury (England)

Touch judges:
John Lacey (Ireland)
George Clancy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Simon McDowell (Australia)

Notes:

First Test

11 June 2016
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  v  England
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [8]
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Second Test

18 June 2016
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  v  England
AAMI Park, Melbourne [8]
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Third Test

25 June 2016
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  v  England
Allianz Stadium, Sydney [8]
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Statistics

Key

  • Con: Conversions
  • Pen: Penalties
  • DG: Drop goals
  • Pts: Points

Tour statistics

Name Non-Test Test Overall Cards
Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Temporarily suspended

Test series statistics

Name Team Tries Con Pen DG Pts

See also

References

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  1. ↑ England's 2016 Australia tour venues confirmed
  2. ↑ Rugby Week
  3. ↑ Te'o named in England tour squad
  4. ↑ Burrell called into England tour squad
  5. ↑ Wallabies squad full of surprises
  6. ↑ Hodge wants to make most of Wallabies whirlwind
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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