Sunday 16th October 2011 Australia KO: 21:00 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland Key Facts & Figures
Head-to-head New Zealand
• Australia and New Zealand have played 142 Test matches. • Ranked No.1 in the world, a position they have held more The All Blacks have won 96 matches, the Wallabies 41 and than all other nations combined. there have been five draws. • Have scored 1,984 RWC points, 588 more than • The All Blacks have outscored the Wallabies by 850 points second-placed Australia. across the 142 Tests. • Have scored 270 RWC tries, 91 more than second-placed • Australia also recognise 24 matches played by New South Australia. Wales against New Zealand XVs in the 1920s as Tests. • Have won 35 RWC matches, three more than • New Zealand have won 49 of the Tests played in New second-placed Australia. Zealand. • Are the only team to finish first in their pool at every RWC. • The teams have met at the RWC twice before, both times • Are one of four teams (along with England, France and in semi-finals. Australia won the RWC 1991 semi-final 16-6 Australia) to have progressed to the quarter-finals at every and the RWC 2003 match 22-10. RWC. • Australia have won two of the last three matches between • Have progressed to the semi-finals on five occasions, these teams. Prior to that, New Zealand had won 10 equal-most with France. matches in a row and 16 of the previous 18. • Along with France, are the only teams to have lost • Australia last beat the All Blacks in New Zealand in 2001, multiple RWC semi-finals. 23-15 at Dunedin. • Have lost two knockout matches after leading at half-time, • None of the Wallabies has played in a win against the All both against France. Australia are the only other team to Blacks on New Zealand soil. have done it more than once (both losses were against • Ten of Australia’s match-day 22 were not born the last England). time the Wallabies beat the All Blacks at Eden Park. • New Zealand have scored at least one try in their past • Richie McCaw plays against Australia for the 26th time, 94 tests and in 100 of the 101 tests coached by Graham which breaks the All Black record he shared with Mils Henry. Muliaina. • Graham Henry coaches a team in a Rugby World Cup • McCaw shares the All Black record for most tries against match for the 15th time, breaking Bernard Laporte’s (FRA) the Wallabies (eight). Ma’a Nonu has seven tries against record. Henry coached Wales in their four matches at RWC Australia. 1999 and the All Blacks in five matches at RWC 2007 and six at RWC 2011. Australia • Graham Henry is the only person to coach 100 Tests for a major nation in the professional era. His 85 per cent • Second in the IRB World Rankings having regained that winning record coaching New Zealand is the best for position after their quarter-final win against South Africa. any coach of a major nation in the professional era. His Will gain the top ranking for the first time if they win this predecessor John Mitchell’s record of 82.1 per cent is the semi-final. only other above 80 per cent. Henry also coached 34 Tests • Have won 32 RWC matches and have scored 1396 RWC for Wales and three for the British and Irish Lions. points and 179 RWC tries. They are second behind only • New Zealand have lost to only South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in all three categories. France during Henry’s reign and have a winning record • Are one of four teams (along with England, France and against all three. New Zealand) to have progressed to the quarter-finals at • New Zealand have won their last 15 Test matches at home, every RWC. a winning streak that goes back more than two years, • Have played in three RWC finals, equal-most with England. since South Africa beat them 32-29 in Hamilton on 12 • Have kept their opposition from scoring a try in a RWC September 2009. record 17 matches, four more than South Africa who are • Under Graham Henry, New Zealand have lost only three second-best. home Test matches, against South Africa (twice) and • Have kept the opposition from scoring a try in a RWC France. record seven knockout matches, two more than South Africa who are second-best. The venue • Have won 10 RWC knockout matches, more than any other team. • Eden Park hosted five matches during RWC 1987, with • Are undefeated against Tri Nations opposition in knockout New Zealand and France winning two matches each and matches having beaten New Zealand in two semi-finals Romania one. and South Africa in a semi-final and quarter-final. • Eden Park will host 11 matches at RWC 2011. It has already • Have lost two RWC knockout matches after leading at hosted two Pool A matches, one match in each of the half-time, both against England. New Zealand are the only other three pools and two quarter-finals. It will also host other team to have done it more than once (two losses both semi-finals, the bronze final and final. against France). • This match is Eden Park’s 14th RWC match, breaking the • Have two players (Quade Cooper and Adam record held by Murrayfield. Ashley-Cooper) who have played every minute of all five • New Zealand have played four Rugby World Cup matches RWC 2011 matches. They are the only semi-finalist with at Eden Park, two at RWC 1987 and three at RWC 2011, more than one player to do so. winning by a minimum of 20 points each time. Their closest matches were the 29-9 victory against France in the final of Rugby World Cup 1987 and their 37-17 victory against the French three weeks ago.
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The venue (cont’d) The lineups (cont’d)
• The All Blacks have won their last 25 Tests at Eden Park • Aaron Cruden, who came on as a replacement against since an 18-18 draw against South Africa in August 1994. the Pumas, replaces the injured Colin Slade at fly half, • France were the last team to beat New Zealand at Eden Israel Dagg returns from injury to replace the injured Mils Park, in July 1994. That match is also New Zealand’s only Muliaina at full back and Richard Kahui returns from injury defeat at Eden Park in the past 25 years, since Australia to play left wing, with Sonny Bill Williams returning to the won there in September 1986. bench. Andy Ellis replaces Jimmy Cowan on the bench as • The All Blacks have collected 23 wins from as many back-up scrum half while Stephen Donald joins the bench attempts at Eden Park in the professional era (1996-2011). as the reserve fly half. • New Zealand will play five matches at Eden Park at RWC • If Donald comes on as a replacement, he will become the 2011, equalling Scotland’s record of playing five matches fourth player to make his RWC debut in a semi-final and at Murrayfield at Rugby World Cups 1991 and 1999. the first since South Africa’s Henry Honiball in the RWC • Australia have played 24 matches at Eden Park. Their first 1999 semi-final against Australia. match was a loss against a New Zealand XV in 1925 and • This is New Zealand’s most settled RWC line-up since their their most recent match was a loss against Ireland, which last three matches of RWC 2003, where they made one, was also their only RWC match at the venue. The other zero and one change respectively. matches were all against the All Blacks, with Australia • The 694 caps earned by New Zealand’s starting XV is their winning four of the 22. third highest for a RWC match, falling behind the 727 of • Australia’s last win at Eden Park was a 22-9 victory against the XV that beat France in their RWC 2011 pool match the All Blacks in September 1986. and the All Blacks record of 769 earned by the side that • Australia have lost their 13 Tests at Eden Park (nine in the defeated Argentina last weekend. professional era) since 1986. • Eleven of New Zealand’s starting XV also started the All • Eight of Australia’s 12 losses against New Zealand at Eden Blacks’ last match against the Wallabies, their loss in the Tri Park since 1986 have been by at least 10 points. During Nations decider in Brisbane in August. Jerome Kaino is the that 12-match streak, the Wallabies have scored 20 points only forward present that did not play in Brisbane, while in a match only twice and have restricted the All Blacks to the new backline faces are Cruden, Kahui and Dagg. less than 20 points only once (a 6-3 loss in 1991). • Eight of those 11 players also started the last match • Dan Vickerman plays his seventh Test at Eden Park, setting between the two teams in New Zealand, at Eden Park, an Australian record, while Adam Ashley-Cooper plays in also in August, including two of New Zealand’s three try his sixth Eden Park international, which is the most by an scorers that day, Keven Mealamu and Ma’a Nonu. Australian back. Rocky Elsom also plays his sixth Eden Park • Nonu has crossed the try-line in New Zealand’s past three Test. matches against Australia. His seven tries against the • Rocky Elsom’s 10 points at the venue is the most among Wallabies put him just one behind Richie McCaw, who the Wallabies squad. Only five of the Australian squad shares the record for most All Black tries against Australia. have scored points at the Auckland venue, with four • McCaw breaks the All Black record for most Test starts he having scored tries only. James O’Connor is the only one shared with Muliaina. This will be his 96th Test cap in the to have kicked any points. starting XV. • Four of the All Blacks’ match-day 22 played in New The line-ups Zealand’s last RWC match against Australia, the 22-10 RWC 2003 semi-final defeat in Sydney. Mealamu and McCaw • Australia have made one change to the starting XV that will again start, while Brad Thorn starts this match having beat South Africa in their RWC 2011 quarter-final with come on as a replacement in 2003 and Ali Williams is on Adam Ashley-Cooper moving to full back to replace the the bench here having started in 2003. injured Kurtley Beale and Anthony Faingaa replacing • McCaw plays his 15th RWC match, leaving Sean Fitzpatrick Ashley-Cooper at outside centre. Rob Horne replaces (17) as the only All Black with more RWC matches. Ali Faingaa on the bench. The only other change to their Williams can join McCaw if he comes on as a replacement. match-day 22 sees Rob Simmons replace 99-Test veteran • Brad Thorn is the oldest All Black to play at the Rugby Nathan Sharpe as the replacement second row. World Cup. He advances his record to 36 years and 255 • The Wallabies starting XV will contain 14 of the 15 players days by starting this match. that started their last match against the All Blacks, the • Ma’a Nonu and Conrad Smith play in the centres together Tri Nations decider at Brisbane in August this year. James for the 34th time, extending their All Blacks record. O’Connor is the only player who did not play in that match • Keven Mealamu plays his 91st Test, moving to within one with Beale the player missing from this XV. of Sean Fitzpatrick’s All Black record for a hooker. • Faingaa coming in for Beale is the only change to the back line that started Australia’s last Test at Eden Park, against The referee New Zealand in August this year. The only changes in the forwards are Dan Vickerman at second row rather than • Craig Joubert referees his sixth match of RWC 2011. He is Nathan Sharpe and Radike Samo at number 8 rather than the first official to take charge of six matches at one RWC. Ben McCalman. • New Zealand have made three changes to the side that defeated Argentina in their quarter-final.
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AUSTRALIA Adam IRB RANKING: 2 Ashley-Cooper Test #: 531 Brumbies Replacements 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau (Waratahs) 14 13 12 11 17 James Slipper (Reds) James Anthony Pat Digby 18 Rob Simmons (Reds) O’Connor Faingaa McCabe Ioane 19 Ben McCalman (Force) Force Reds Brumbies Reds 20 Luke Burgess (Waratahs) 21 Berrick Barnes (Waratahs) 10 9 22 Robert Horne (Waratahs) Quade Will Cooper Genia Reds Reds Key Stats 8 Radike # Caps Starting Lineup: 526 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 26 Samo Oldest Player: Radike Samo (35) Reds Youngest Player: James O’Connor (21) 6 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 115 kg Rocky 5 4 David Elsom Pocock James Dan Brumbies Horwill (C) Vickerman Force Reds Waratahs Officials 3 2 1 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) - 29 Tests Ben Stephen Sekope Alexander Moore Kepu Tests at Venue: 3 Tests Australia: 7 Tests Brumbies Brumbies Waratahs New Zealand: 7 Tests Test Debut: 31/08/2003 - Namibia v Uganda Assistant Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) Assistant Referee: 1 2 3 Romain Poite (France) Tony Keven Owen Woodcock Mealamu Franks TV Match Official: North Harbour Auckland Canterbury Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
4 5 6 Sam Brad 7 Whitelock Thorn Jerome Richie Kaino Canterbury Canterbury McCaw (C) Auckland Canterbury 8 Replacements Kieran 16 Andrew Hore (Taranaki) Read 17 Ben Franks (Tasman) Canterbury 18 Ali Williams (Auckland) 19 Victor Vito (Wellington) 9 10 20 Andy Ellis (Canterbury) Piri Aaron 21 Stephen Donald (Waikato) Weepu Cruden 22 Sonny Bill Williams (Canterbury) Wellington Manawatu
11 12 13 14 Richard Ma’a Conrad Cory Key Stats Kahui Nonu Smith Jane Waikato Wellington Wellington Wellington # Caps Starting Lineup: 694 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 28 Oldest Player: Brad Thorn (36) 15 Youngest Player: Aaron Cruden (22) Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg Israel Dagg Hawke’s Bay
NEW ZEALAND IRB RANKING: 1 Test #: 483
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Recent Results Date Team A Result Team B Venue 27/08/2011 Australia 25 20 New Zealand Brisbane 06/08/2011 New Zealand 30 14 Australia Auckland 30/10/2010 Australia 26 24 New Zealand Hong Kong 11/09/2010 Australia 22 23 New Zealand Sydney 07/08/2010 New Zealand 20 10 Australia Christchurch
Summary Australia 142 Matches (5 Draw) New Zealand 41 Won 96 1922 Points 2772 220 Tries 371 125 Conversions 209 243 Penalties 276 18 Drop Goals 32
Player Records For Australia against New Zealand For New Zealand against Australia David Campese - 29 Appearances 25 - 2 Players Matt Burke - 176 Points 270 - Daniel Carter David Campese - 8 Tries 8 - 4 Players Matt Giteau - 20 Conversions 39 - Daniel Carter Matt Burke - 41 Penalties 57 - Daniel Carter 5 Players - 2 Drop Goals 4 - Grant Fox
Player Records in a Match For Australia against New Zealand For New Zealand against Australia Matt Burke on 11/07/1998 - 24 Points 29 - Andrew Mehrtens on 24/07/1999 Greg Cornelsen on 09/09/1978 - 4 Tries 3 - On 6 Occasions Matt Giteau on 26/07/2008 - 4 Conversions 5 - Bob Scott on 14/09/1946 Matt Burke on 28/08/1999 - 7 Penalties 9 - Andrew Mehrtens on 24/07/1999 On 20 Occasions - 1 Drop Goals 2 - On 2 Occasions
Team Records in a Match For Australia against New Zealand For New Zealand against Australia On 15/07/2000 - 35 Points 50 - On 26/07/2003 On 3 Occasions - 5 Tries 9 - On 12/09/1936 On 26/07/2008 - 4 Conversions 5 - On 14/09/1946 On 28/08/1999 - 7 Penalties 9 - On 24/07/1999 On 20 Occasions - 1 Drop Goals 2 - On 4 Occasions
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Head Coach: Robbie Deans Recent Matches Debut: 14/06/2008 v Ireland (W 18-12) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 58.49% Average Tries per Match: 2.83 09/10/2011 South Africa W 11 9 Wellington
01/10/2011 Russia W 68 22 Nelson Australia Record Under Robbie Deans 23/09/2011 USA W 67 5 Wellington 31 Wins 1 Drawn 21 Lost 17/09/2011 Ireland L 6 15 Auckland 1346 For Points 1051 Against 11/09/2011 Italy W 32 6 Auckland 150 For Tries 95 Against
112 For Conversions 69 Against Points For 184
118 For Penalties 134 Against Points Ag 57
6 For Drop Goals 12 Against Tries For 26
Tries Ag 4 Player Info For Australia
Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent Sekope Kepu 1 25 08/11/2008 13 4 2 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Stephen Moore 2 28 11/06/2005 64 15 15 38 1 25 25 5 0 0 0 Ben Alexander 3 26 28/06/2008 33 7 7 21 1 11 15 3 0 0 0 Dan Vickerman 4 32 29/06/2002 62 23 14 38 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 James Horwill (C) 5 26 09/06/2007 32 0 9 19 1 12 30 6 0 0 0 Rocky Elsom 6 28 11/06/2005 74 2 17 43 2 29 70 14 0 0 0 David Pocock 7 23 01/11/2008 37 9 11 22 1 14 20 4 0 0 0 Radike Samo 8 35 13/06/2004 13 3 2 11 0 2 10 2 0 0 0 Will Genia 9 23 18/07/2009 31 5 10 14 1 16 25 5 0 0 0 Quade Cooper 10 23 08/11/2008 33 6 4 23 1 9 65 6 7 7 0 Digby Ioane 11 26 02/06/2007 18 0 3 12 1 5 45 9 0 0 0 Pat McCabe 12 23 20/11/2010 10 2 2 7 0 3 10 2 0 0 0 Anthony Faingaa 13 24 31/07/2010 11 6 4 7 0 4 10 2 0 0 0 James O'Connor 14 21 08/11/2008 34 8 9 18 1 15 188 12 34 20 0 Adam Ashley-Cooper 15 27 20/08/2005 61 6 16 36 1 24 110 22 0 0 0 Total 526 96 125 318 12 196 623 92 41 27 0 Tatafu Polota-Nau 16 26 12/11/2005 29 23 5 18 1 10 10 2 0 0 0 James Slipper 17 22 12/06/2010 19 15 4 12 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Simmons 18 22 24/07/2010 13 8 4 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Ben McCalman 19 23 24/07/2010 18 5 4 12 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 Luke Burgess 20 28 14/06/2008 36 13 10 24 0 12 5 1 0 0 0 Berrick Barnes 21 25 08/09/2007 34 10 9 24 0 10 77 6 7 6 5 Robert Horne 22 22 05/06/2010 7 0 1 5 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 Records For Australia Caps Tries Points 139 - George Gregan 64 - David Campese 911 - Michael Lynagh 110 - George Smith 40 - Chris Latham 878 - Matt Burke 102 - Stephen Larkham 30 - Lote Tuqiri 684 - Matt Giteau
Player Records (In a Match) Team Records (In a Match) Points: 42 - Mat Rogers v Namibia on 25/10/2003 Points: 142 v Namibia on 25/10/2003 Tries: 5 - Chris Latham v Namibia on 25/10/2003 Tries: 22 v Namibia on 25/10/2003 Conversions: 16 - Mat Rogers v Namibia on 25/10/2003 Conversions: 16 v Namibia on 25/10/2003 Penalties: 8 - Matt Burke v South Africa on 30/10/1999 Penalties: 8 v South Africa on 30/10/1999 Drop Goals: 3 - Phillip Hawthorne v England on 07/01/1967 Drop Goals: 3 on 3 Occasions
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Head Coach: Graham Henry Recent Matches Debut: 12/06/2004 v England (W 36-3) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 85.15% Average Tries per Match: 4.13 09/10/2011 Argentina W 33 10 Auckland
New Zealand Record Under Graham Henry 02/10/2011 Canada W 79 15 Wellington 86 Wins 0 Drawn 15 Lost 24/09/2011 France W 37 17 Auckland 3574 For Points 1521 Against 16/09/2011 Japan W 83 7 Hamilton 417 For Tries 136 Against 09/09/2011 Tonga W 41 10 Auckland 311 For Conversions 104 Against Points For 273 284 For Penalties 200 Against Points Ag 59
5 For Drop Goals 11 Against Tries For 38
Tries Ag 7 Player Info For New Zealand
Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent Tony Woodcock 1 30 23/11/2002 81 10 20 68 0 13 35 7 0 0 0 Keven Mealamu 2 32 23/11/2002 90 28 23 76 0 14 60 12 0 0 0 Owen Franks 3 23 27/06/2009 29 7 8 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Whitelock 4 23 12/06/2010 23 13 5 20 0 3 15 3 0 0 0 Brad Thorn 5 36 21/06/2003 57 9 16 49 0 8 20 4 0 0 0 Jerome Kaino 6 28 10/06/2006 46 5 11 39 0 7 40 8 0 0 0 Richie McCaw (C) 7 30 17/11/2001 101 7 25 89 0 12 95 19 0 0 0 Kieran Read 8 25 08/11/2008 34 6 10 28 0 6 35 7 0 0 0 Piri Weepu 9 28 20/11/2004 54 34 14 47 0 7 91 7 10 12 0 Aaron Cruden 10 22 12/06/2010 7 6 2 7 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 Richard Kahui 11 26 21/06/2008 15 3 3 13 0 2 50 10 0 0 0 Ma’a Nonu 12 29 14/06/2003 64 16 14 55 0 9 105 21 0 0 0 Conrad Smith 13 30 13/11/2004 53 4 13 47 0 6 105 21 0 0 0 Cory Jane 14 28 01/11/2008 30 6 9 25 0 5 45 9 0 0 0 Israel Dagg 15 23 12/06/2010 10 4 2 9 0 1 35 7 0 0 0 Total 694 158 175 596 0 98 738 136 11 12 0 Andrew Hore 16 33 09/11/2002 60 29 13 48 1 11 35 7 0 0 0 Ben Franks 17 27 12/06/2010 14 9 3 13 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 Ali Williams 18 30 09/11/2002 71 10 15 59 1 11 35 7 0 0 0 Victor Vito 19 24 12/06/2010 12 8 4 10 0 2 10 2 0 0 0 Andy Ellis 20 27 05/11/2006 24 14 3 20 0 4 20 4 0 0 0 Stephen Donald 21 27 14/06/2008 22 14 7 17 0 5 95 1 15 20 0 Sonny Bill Williams 22 26 06/11/2010 12 6 1 11 0 1 20 4 0 0 0
Records For New Zealand Caps Tries Points 101 - Richie McCaw 49 - Doug Howlett 1250 - Daniel Carter 100 - Mils Muliaina 46 - Josevata Rokocoko 967 - Andrew Mehrtens 92 - Sean Fitzpatrick 46 - Christian Cullen 645 - Grant Fox
Player Records (In a Match) Team Records (In a Match) Points: 45 - Simon Culhane v Japan on 04/06/1995 Points: 145 v Japan on 04/06/1995 Tries: 6 - Marc Ellis v Japan on 04/06/1995 Tries: 21 v Japan on 04/06/1995 Conversions: 20 - Simon Culhane v Japan on 04/06/1995 Conversions: 20 v Japan on 04/06/1995 Penalties: 9 - 2 players Penalties: 9 on 2 Occasions Drop Goals: 2 - 4 players Drop Goals: 3 v France on 28/06/1986
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