2016 England rugby union tour of Australia

2016 England rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es)	Eddie Jones
Tour captain(s)	Dylan Hartley
Top test point scorer(s)	Owen Farrell (66)
Top test try scorer(s)	9 players with 1 try
Summary	P W D L
Total	3 3 0 0
Test match	3 3 0 0
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	3 3 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	New Zealand 2014
Next tour	Argentina 2017

In June 2016, England played a three-test series against Australia as part of the 2016 mid-year rugby union tests.^[1] They played the Wallabies across the three weeks of the June International window, 11 June–25 June, and contested the Cook Cup, which England had previously won eight times to Australia's twelve. The series was part of the fourth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.^[2]

England won all three matches—the first time it had won a test series in Australia. After defeating the hosts in the second match, England retained the Cook Cup and achieved second place in the World Rugby Rankings,^[3] demoting Australia to fourth. Australia had not lost every match in a home series since being "whitewashed" by South Africa in 1971.^[4]

Fixtures

Date and time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
11 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Australia	28–39	England
18 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Australia	7–23	England
25 June 2016, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Australia	40–44	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, the day after the Aviva Premiership final between Saracens and Exeter Chiefs.^[5] Ben Te'o, whose mother is English, was named in the squad, despite playing for Irish province Leinster, since he will be moving to Worcester Warriors for 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.^[6]

Coaching team:

• Head coach: Eddie Jones
• Defence coach: Paul Gustard
• Attack/Skills coach: Glen Ella
• Forwards coach: Steve Borthwick

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Cowan-Dickie, LukeLuke Cowan-Dickie Hooker 20 June 1993 (aged 22) 3 Exeter Chiefs George, JamieJamie George Hooker 20 June 1990 (aged 25) 6 Saracens Hartley, DylanDylan Hartley (c) Hooker 24 March 1986 (aged 30) 72 Northampton Saints Cole, DanDan Cole Prop 9 May 1987 (aged 29) 62 Leicester Tigers Genge, EllisEllis Genge Prop 16 February 1995 (aged 21) 1 Bristol Hill, PaulPaul Hill Prop 2 March 1995 (aged 21) 2 Northampton Saints Mullan, MattMatt Mullan Prop 23 February 1987 (aged 29) 10 Wasps Sinckler, KyleKyle Sinckler Prop 10 March 1993 (aged 23) 0 Harlequins Vunipola, MakoMako Vunipola Prop 13 January 1991 (aged 25) 32 Saracens Itoje, MaroMaro Itoje Lock 28 October 1994 (aged 21) 4 Saracens Kruis, GeorgeGeorge Kruis Lock 22 February 1990 (aged 26) 15 Saracens Launchbury, JoeJoe Launchbury Lock 12 April 1991 (aged 25) 32 Wasps Lawes, CourtneyCourtney Lawes Lock 23 February 1989 (aged 27) 46 Northampton Saints Clifford, JackJack Clifford Flanker 22 February 1993 (aged 23) 6 Harlequins Harrison, TeimanaTeimana Harrison Flanker 5 September 1992 (aged 23) 1 Northampton Saints Haskell, JamesJames Haskell Flanker 2 April 1985 (aged 31) 68 Wasps Robshaw, ChrisChris Robshaw Flanker 4 June 1986 (aged 30) 48 Harlequins Vunipola, BillyBilly Vunipola Number 8 3 November 1992 (aged 23) 26 Saracens Care, DannyDanny Care Scrum-half 2 January 1987 (aged 29) 59 Harlequins Youngs, BenBen Youngs Scrum-half 5 September 1989 (aged 26) 58 Leicester Tigers Farrell, OwenOwen Farrell Fly-half 24 September 1991 (aged 24) 40 Saracens Ford, GeorgeGeorge Ford Fly-half 16 March 1993 (aged 23) 23 Bath Burrell, LutherLuther Burrell Centre 6 December 1987 14 Northampton Saints Daly, ElliotElliot Daly Centre 8 October 1992 (aged 23) 3 Wasps Joseph, JonathanJonathan Joseph Centre 21 May 1991 (aged 25) 22 Bath Slade, HenryHenry Slade Centre 19 March 1993 (aged 23) 2 Exeter Chiefs Te'o, BenBen Te'o Centre 27 January 1987 (aged 29) 0 Worcester Warriors Nowell, JackJack Nowell Wing 11 April 1993 (aged 23) 15 Exeter Chiefs Watson, AnthonyAnthony Watson Wing 26 February 1994 (aged 22) 21 Bath Yarde, MarlandMarland Yarde Wing 20 April 1992 (aged 24) 8 Harlequins Brown, MikeMike Brown Fullback 4 September 1985 (aged 30) 49 Harlequins Goode, AlexAlex Goode Fullback 7 May 1988 (aged 28) 20 Saracens

Australia

On 26 May 2016, Michael Cheika named a 39-man extended squad for their June test series against England.^[7]

On 30 May 2016, Reece Hodge was called up to the squad to replace the injured Mike Harris.^[8]

On 3 June 2016, Michael Cheika named a final 33-man squad for the test series, with Adam Coleman, Liam Gill, James Hanson, Leroy Houston, Eto Nabuli and Joe Powell missing out on the final cut.^[9]

On 12 June, Matt Toomua joined the squad as un-listed member of the squad after recovering from his knee surgery.^[10] Liam Gill also joined the squad after David Pocock was ruled out of the rest of the series.^[11][12]

On 20 June, Ben McCalman was ruled out of the last test of the series due to injury and was replaced by Leroy Houston in the squad.^[13]

On 23 June, Adam Coleman was named in an extended match-day 23 for the final test, despite not being in the initial 33-man squad.^[14]

Coaching team:

• Head coach: Michael Cheika
• Defence coach: Nathan Grey
• Forwards coach: Mario Ledesma
• Backs/Attack coach: Stephen Larkham

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Moore, StephenStephen Moore Hooker 20 January 1983 (aged 33) 102 Brumbies Polota-Nau, TatafuTatafu Polota-Nau Hooker 26 July 1985 (aged 30) 61 Waratahs Alaalatoa, AllanAllan Alaalatoa Prop 28 January 1994 (aged 22) 0 Brumbies Holmes, GregGreg Holmes Prop 11 June 1983 (aged 33) 24 Queensland Reds Kepu, SekopeSekope Kepu Prop 5 February 1986 (aged 30) 63 Bordeaux Bègles Sio, ScottScott Sio Prop 16 October 1991 (aged 24) 16 Brumbies Slipper, JamesJames Slipper Prop 6 June 1989 (aged 27) 74 Queensland Reds Smith, TobyToby Smith Prop 10 October 1988 (aged 27) 3 Melbourne Rebels Arnold, RoryRory Arnold Lock 1 July 1990 (aged 25) 0 Brumbies Carter, SamSam Carter Lock 10 September 1989 (aged 26) 12 Brumbies Coleman, AdamAdam Coleman Lock 7 October 1991 (aged 24) 0 Western Force Horwill, JamesJames Horwill Lock 29 May 1985 (aged 31) 61 Harlequins Mumm, DeanDean Mumm Lock 5 March 1984 (aged 32) 44 Waratahs Simmons, RobRob Simmons Lock 19 April 1989 (aged 27) 60 Queensland Reds Skelton, WillWill Skelton Lock 3 May 1992 (aged 24) 14 Waratahs Fardy, ScottScott Fardy Flanker 5 July 1984 (aged 31) 30 Brumbies Gill, LiamLiam Gill Flanker 8 June 1992 (aged 24) 15 Queensland Reds Hooper, MichaelMichael Hooper Flanker 29 October 1991 (aged 24) 51 Waratahs McMahon, SeanSean McMahon Flanker 18 June 1994 (aged 21) 6 Melbourne Rebels Pocock, DavidDavid Pocock Flanker 23 April 1988 (aged 28) 55 Brumbies Houston, LeroyLeroy Houston Number 8 10 November 1986 (aged 29) 0 Queensland Reds McCalman, BenBen McCalman Number 8 18 March 1988 (aged 28) 47 Western Force Palu, WycliffWycliff Palu Number 8 27 July 1982 (aged 33) 57 Waratahs Frisby, NickNick Frisby Scrum-half 29 October 1992 (aged 23) 0 Queensland Reds Phipps, NickNick Phipps Scrum-half 9 January 1989 (aged 27) 39 Waratahs Foley, BernardBernard Foley Fly-half 8 September 1989 (aged 26) 27 Waratahs Lealiifano, ChristianChristian Lealiifano Fly-half 24 September 1987 (aged 28) 16 Brumbies Hunt, KarmichaelKarmichael Hunt Centre 17 November 1986 (aged 29) 0 Queensland Reds Kerevi, SamuSamu Kerevi Centre 27 September 1993 (aged 22) 0 Queensland Reds Kuridrani, TevitaTevita Kuridrani Centre 31 March 1991 (aged 25) 31 Brumbies Toomua, MattMatt Toomua Centre 2 January 1990 (aged 26) 31 Brumbies Haylett-Petty, DaneDane Haylett-Petty Wing 18 June 1989 (aged 26) 0 Western Force Horne, RobRob Horne Wing 15 August 1989 (aged 26) 29 Waratahs Morahan, LukeLuke Morahan Wing 13 April 1990 (aged 26) 1 Western Force Naiyaravoro, TaqeleTaqele Naiyaravoro Wing 7 December 1991 (aged 24) 1 Waratahs Folau, IsraelIsrael Folau Fullback 3 April 1989 (aged 27) 38 Waratahs Harris, MikeMike Harris Fullback 8 July 1988 (aged 27) 10 Melbourne Rebels Hodge, ReeceReece Hodge Fullback 26 August 1994 (aged 21) 0 Melbourne Rebels Matches First test 11 June 2016 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Australia  28–39  England Try: Hooper (2) 8' m, 58' m Folau 15' m Kuridrani 70' c Con: Foley (1/4) 71' Pen: Foley (2/2) 36', 77' Report Try: Joseph 31' c Yarde 45' c Nowell 79' c Con: Farrell (3/3) 32', 47', 80' Pen: Farrell (6/7) 20', 27', 30', 40', 56', 66' Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [15] Attendance: 48,735 Referee: Romain Poite (France) FB 15 Israel Folau RW 14 Dane Haylett-Petty OC 13 Tevita Kuridrani IC 12 Samu Kerevi LW 11 Rob Horne  28' FH 10 Bernard Foley SH 9 Nick Phipps  77' N8 8 David Pocock OF 7 Michael Hooper  69' BF 6 Scott Fardy  67'  69' RL 5 Rob Simmons  24' LL 4 Rory Arnold  47' TP 3 Greg Holmes  56' HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  56' LP 1 Scott Sio 53' to 63'  65' Replacements: HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau  56' PR 17 James Slipper  65' PR 18 Sekope Kepu  56' LK 19 James Horwill  24' LK 20 Dean Mumm  47' FL 21 Sean McMahon  67' SH 22 Nick Frisby  77' FH 23 Christian Lealiifano  28' Coach: Michael Cheika FB 15 Mike Brown RW 14 Anthony Watson  69' OC 13 Jonathan Joseph IC 12 Luther Burrell  28' LW 11 Marland Yarde FH 10 Owen Farrell SH 9 Ben Youngs  69' N8 8 Billy Vunipola  71' OF 7 James Haskell BF 6 Chris Robshaw RL 5 George Kruis  59' LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Dan Cole  65' HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  71' LP 1 Mako Vunipola  65' Replacements: HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie  71' PR 17 Matt Mullan  65' PR 18 Paul Hill  65' LK 19 Joe Launchbury  71' LK 20 Courtney Lawes  59' SH 21 Danny Care  69' FH 22 George Ford  28' WG 23 Jack Nowell  69' Coach: Eddie Jones Man of the Match: James Haskell (England) Touch judges: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Glen Jackson (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Rory Arnold, Nick Frisby, Samu Kerevi and Dane Haylett-Petty (all Australia) made their international debuts. Mike Brown (England) earned his 50th test cap. England win back-to-back tests in Australia for the first time since 2003, while winning in Brisbane for the first time ever. The 39 points scored by England, are the most points scored by England against Australia. Second test 18 June 2016 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Australia  7–23  England Try: Moore 34' c Con: Foley (1/1) 35' Report Try: Hartley 18' c Farrell 74' c Con: Farrell (2/2) 19', 75' Pen: Farrell (3/4) 30', 51', 79' AAMI Park, Melbourne [15] Attendance: 29,871 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) FB 15 Israel Folau RW 14 Dane Haylett-Petty  69' OC 13 Tevita Kuridrani IC 12 Samu Kerevi  60' LW 11 Rob Horne FH 10 Bernard Foley SH 9 Nick Phipps  69' N8 8 Sean McMahon  50' OF 7 Michael Hooper BF 6 Scott Fardy RL 5 Sam Carter LL 4 Rory Arnold 33' to 40'  50' TP 3 Sekope Kepu  46' HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  54' LP 1 James Slipper  46' Replacements: HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau  54' PR 17 Toby Smith  46' PR 18 Greg Holmes  46' LK 19 Dean Mumm  33'  40'  50' N8 20 Ben McCalman  50' SH 21 Nick Frisby  69' CE 22 Christian Lealiifano  60' WG 23 Luke Morahan  69' Coach: Michael Cheika FB 15 Mike Brown RW 14 Anthony Watson  76' OC 13 Jonathan Joseph IC 12 Owen Farrell LW 11 Jack Nowell FH 10 George Ford SH 9 Ben Youngs  65' N8 8 Billy Vunipola OF 7 James Haskell  71' BF 6 Chris Robshaw  71' RL 5 George Kruis  55' LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Dan Cole  65' HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  71' LP 1 Mako Vunipola  65' Replacements: HK 16 Jamie George  71' PR 17 Matt Mullan  65' PR 18 Paul Hill  65' LK 19 Joe Launchbury  71' LK 20 Courtney Lawes  55' FL 21 Jack Clifford  71' SH 22 Danny Care  65' CE 23 Elliot Daly  76' Coach: Eddie Jones Man of the Match: Chris Robshaw (England) Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales) Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand) Notes: Chris Robshaw (England) earned his 50th test cap, having started all of his appearances. The 16 points England won by is the most they have ever beaten Australia by in Australia, breaking the record of 11 points they set the previous week. England retain the Cook Cup for the third consecutive time. England win their first ever test series against Australia. England win their third consecutive match against Australia in Australia, the first time they have done this. Third test 25 June 2016 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Australia  40–44  England Try: Foley 12' c Haylett-Petty 20' m Hooper 50' c Folau 57' c Naiyaravoro 80' m Con: Foley (3/5) 13', 51', 58' Pen: Foley (3/4) 27', 40', 71' Report Try: Cole 10' c Brown 29' c B. Vunipola 43' m George 66' c Con: Farrell (3/4) 11', 30', 67' Pen: Farrell (6/6) 25', 47', 55', 61', 69', 79' Allianz Stadium, Sydney [15] Attendance: 44,063 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) FB 15 Israel Folau RW 14 Dane Haylett-Petty OC 13 Tevita Kuridrani IC 12 Matt Toomua  67' LW 11 Rob Horne  67' FH 10 Bernard Foley SH 9 Nick Phipps N8 8 Sean McMahon OF 7 Michael Hooper BF 6 Scott Fardy RL 5 Rob Simmons  40' LL 4 Will Skelton  51' TP 3 Sekope Kepu  58' HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  62' LP 1 James Slipper  58' Replacements: HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau  62' PR 17 Scott Sio  58' PR 18 Greg Holmes  58' LK 19 Adam Coleman  40' N8 20 Wycliff Palu  51' SH 21 Nick Frisby FH 22 Christian Lealiifano  67' WG 23 Taqele Naiyaravoro  67' Coach: Michael Cheika FB 15 Mike Brown RW 14 Anthony Watson OC 13 Jonathan Joseph IC 12 Owen Farrell LW 11 Jack Nowell FH 10 George Ford SH 9 Ben Youngs  53' N8 8 Billy Vunipola  74' OF 7 Teimana Harrison  31' BF 6 Chris Robshaw  53' RL 5 George Kruis  61' LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Dan Cole  67' HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  63' LP 1 Mako Vunipola  79' Replacements: HK 16 Jamie George  63' PR 17 Matt Mullan  79' PR 18 Paul Hill  67' LK 19 Joe Launchbury  61' LK 20 Courtney Lawes  31' FL 21 Jack Clifford  53' SH 22 Danny Care  53' CE 23 Elliot Daly  74' Coach: Eddie Jones Touch judges: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Adam Coleman (Australia) made his international debut. England score their most points against Australia in Australia, surpassing the 39 points scored in the first test of this test series. Australia lose 3–0 for the first time since they lost their three-test series to South Africa in 1971. This was the first time three matches had been played in a series between England and Australia.[15] Statistics Key Con: Conversions Pen: Penalties DG: Drop goals Pts: Points England statistics Name Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Owen Farrell 3 1 8 15 0 66 – – Mike Brown 3 1 0 0 0 5 – – Dan Cole 3 1 0 0 0 5 – – Dylan Hartley 3 1 0 0 0 5 – – Jonathan Joseph 3 1 0 0 0 5 – – Jack Nowell 3 1 0 0 0 5 – – Billy Vunipola 3 1 0 0 0 5 – – Jamie George 2 1 0 0 0 5 – – Marland Yarde 1 1 0 0 0 5 – – Danny Care 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – George Ford 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Paul Hill 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Maro Itoje 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – George Kruis 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Joe Launchbury 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Courtney Lawes 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Matt Mullan 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Chris Robshaw 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Mako Vunipola 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Anthony Watson 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Ben Youngs 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Jack Clifford 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Elliot Daly 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – James Haskell 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Luther Burrell 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Luke Cowan-Dickie 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Teimana Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Ellis Genge – – – – – 0 – – Alex Goode – – – – – 0 – – Kyle Sinckler – – – – – 0 – – Henry Slade – – – – – 0 – – Ben Te'o – – – – – 0 – – Manu Tuilagi – – – – – 0 – – Test series statistics Name Team Tries Con Pen DG Pts Owen Farrell  England 1 8 15 0 66 Bernard Foley  Australia 1 5 5 0 30 Michael Hooper  Australia 3 0 0 0 15 Israel Folau  Australia 2 0 0 0 10 Mike Brown  England 1 0 0 0 5 Dan Cole  England 1 0 0 0 5 Jamie George  England 1 0 0 0 5 Dylan Hartley  England 1 0 0 0 5 Dane Haylett-Petty  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Jonathan Joseph  England 1 0 0 0 5 Tevita Kuridrani  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Stephen Moore  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Taqele Naiyaravoro  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Jack Nowell  England 1 0 0 0 5 Billy Vunipola  England 1 0 0 0 5 Marland Yarde  England 1 0 0 0 5 See also 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals History of rugby union matches between Australia and England References England's 2016 Australia tour venues confirmed "IRB approve new 10-year playing schedule". 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