Wallaby Test Match Results

=1899-1909=

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date = 2007-06-09
18:00 AWST
home = ru-rt|AUS
score = 49 – 0
away = ru|FIJ
homescore = Tries: Staniforth 6' c
Huxley 16' m
Tuqiri 27' m
Tuqiri 34' m
Staniforth 39' m
Larkham 46' c
Norton-Knight 56' m
Ashley-Cooper 67' c
Con: Huxley (3/8)
Pen: Huxley 14'
awayscore =
stadium = Subiaco Oval, Perth
attendance = 20,108
referee = Bryce Lawrence flagicon|NZL ----rugbybox
date = 2007-06-16
15:00 SAST
home = ru-rt|RSA | score = 22 - 19
away = ru|AUS | homescore = Try: Fourie 15' c Con: Montgomery (1/1) Pen: Montgomery 3'
Montgomery 45'
Montgomery 53'
Drop: Steyn 74'
Steyn 77'
Cards: Spies sin bin|35|45 | awayscore = Try: Giteau 31' c Con: Mortlock (1/1) Pen: Mortlock 13'
Mortlock 29'
Mortlock 36'
Mortlock 44'
stadium = Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
attendance =
referee = Wayne Barnes flagicon|ENG
Touch Judge: Alain Rolland flagicon|IRE|rugby
Touch Judge: Hugh Watkins flagicon|WAL
TV match official: Simon McDowell flagicon|IRE|rugby ----rugbybox
date = 2007-06-30
20:00 AEST
home = ru-rt|AUS
score = 20 – 15
away = ru|NZL
homescore = Tries: Ashley-Cooper 64' c
Staniforth 71' c
Con: Giteau (2/2)
Pen: Stirling Mortlock 14'
Stirling Mortlock 19'
awayscore = Tries: Woodcock 3' c
Gear 25' m
Con: Carter (1/2)
Pen: Carter 17'
Cards: Hayman sin bin|61|71
stadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
attendance = 79,322
referee = Marius Jonker flagicon|RSA

Scoring

The scoring system used in rugby has changed many times over the years. In the original games scoring a "touch down" allowed the team to "try" a kick at goal. This is the derivation of the word "try" to describe a touch down in Rugby Union. Prior to 1890 each of the Home Unions had their own point scoring systems. A try scored in Scotland was worth 2 points whilst a try scored in England was worth 1 point. One of the first tasks undertaken by the International Rugby Football Board, formed in 1890, was to introduce a standard point scoring system. One point was awarded for a try, two points for a successful kick at goal after scoring a try (a conversion) and three points for a dropped goal or for a penalty goal. Most of the changes have been to increase the value of tries compared to goals (conversions, penalties, dropped-goals, and goals from mark).

References

* David Clark, Ray Mason, and Stephen Samuelson "Test Rugby Lists", The Five Mile Press (1999)
* "Rugby Football History", http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/index.htm