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Australia vs Ireland
Match scheduled:
Date : 26-06-2010
Time : 09:30 GMT
June Internationals
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 Mandela Challenge Plate with South Africa. As at 28 November 2009, Australia are ranked third on the IRB World Rankings.
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Australia have competed in all six Rugby World Cups, and have won the World Cup on two occasions, in 1991 against England, and in 1999 against France. Australia also lost in the final after extra time to England in the 2003 competition. Australia are governed by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). Seven former Australian players have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame, with one of those also having been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame.
Australia's only annual tournament is the Tri-Nations played against New Zealand and South Africa�it has been contested since 1996. They have won the competition twice, in 2000 and 2001. Australia's greatest rivals are the All Blacks (New Zealand) with whom they have contested the Bledisloe Cup since 1932. The Bledisloe Cup is now contested during the Tri-Nations. The longest time that Australia have held the Bledisloe is five years; between 1998 to 2002. The Mandela Challenge Plate is also contested between South Africa and Australia during the Tri Nations.
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Ireland named their squad for their tour to New Zealand and Australia. Rory Best and Paul O'Connell were both ruled out due to injury and replaced by Fogarty and O'Donoghue. Kevin McLaughlin was also ruled out and was replaced by Niall Ronan. Keith Earls had to pull out of the squad and was replaced by Gavin Duffy. Fergus McFadden was ruled out of the tour and was replaced by Johne Murphy. Damien Varley was called up to the squad as cover for Jerry Flannery. Rhys Ruddock was called to the squad as a replacement for the banned Heaslip. thanks to Wikipedia
