James Bevan Trophy

Infobox sports league
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sport = Rugby union
founded = 2007
teams = 2
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ru|AUS
champion = ru|AUSThe James Bevan Trophy is a rugby union trophy which was created in 2007, and named after James Bevan, the Australian-born Welsh-raised man who was the first ever captain of the Wales rugby union team. The trophy was established after a decision on 10 May 2007 by the Welsh and Australian rugby unions to celebrate the 100 years of Test rugby between the two sides. Australia are the current holders.

The prize was awarded for the first time in the forthcoming series in Australia, with the first Test on 26 May and the second on 2 June. The Trophy was commissioned by International Business Wales, the economic arm of the Welsh assembly government.

Results

Australia won the inaugural James Bevan Trophy test match 29–23 on Saturday 26 May 2007 at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney. They followed this up the following weekend with a whitewash 31–0 victory at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

26 May 2007

This was the first match which Australia scored last minute when Wales could have beaten the Aussies in Australia for the first time since 1969, Australia won 29 - 23

2 June 2007

This was the second match which the Aussies beat Wales 31 - 0.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport BBC Sport Page]