2008 mid-year rugby test series

The 2008 mid-year rugby Test series (also known as the Summer Tours in the Northern Hemisphere) refers to the Rugby union Internationals played from May to July 2008, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. For Australia, New Zealand and South Africa they constitute preparation for the 2008 Tri Nations. There will also be a short tour for the Barbarians.

Barbarians

rugbybox
date = 24 May 2008 (not a test)
home = ru-rt|BEL
score = 10–84
away = Barbarians
homescore =
awayscore =Tries: G. Thomas (4)|
stadium = Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels
attendance =
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 27 May 2008
home = ru-rt|IRE
score = 39-14
away = Barbarians
homescore = Tries: Bowe, Heaslip (2), Horgan (2)
Con: Wallace (4)
Pen: Wallace (2)
awayscore = Tries: Newby flagicon|NZL, Wannenburg flagicon|ZAF
Con: Hewat flagicon|AUS (2) | stadium = Kingsholm, Gloucester
attendance =
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 1 June 2008
home = ru-rt|ENG
score = 17 – 14
away = Barbarians
homescore = Try: Easter 14' c
Tait 64' c
Con: Flood
Brown
Pen: Flood
awayscore = Try: Mapusua flagicon|Samoa 50' c
G. Thomas flagicon|Wales 79' c
Con: Gomarsall flagicon|England
Jackson flagicon|New Zealand
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance =
referee =

Tour matches

aturday 7th June

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date =
home = ru-rt|ARG
score = 21 – 15
away = ru|SCO
homescore = Tries: Tejeda 22' c
Tiesi 80' m
Con: Todeschini
Pen: Todeschini (3) 19', 56', 74'
awayscore = Pen: Paterson (5) 3', 24', 34', 42', 47'
stadium = Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
attendance = 33,000
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alan Lewis ----rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|NZ
score = 21 – 11
away = ru|IRE
homescore = Try: Sivivatu 14' m
Nonu 61' c
Con: Carter
Pen: Carter (3)
awayscore = Try: P. Wallace 21' m
Pen: O'Gara (2)
stadium = Westpac Stadium, Wellington
attendance = 33,743
referee = flagicon|ENG Chris White ----rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|RSA
score =43 – 17
away = ru|WAL
homescore = Try: Jantjes 31' c
de Villiers 47' c
Spies 56' c
Montgomery 71' c
Con: James (4)
Pen: James (5)
awayscore = Try: Roberts 37' c
S. Williams 67' c
Con: S. Jones
Hook
Pen: S. Jones
stadium = Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
attendance = 32,685
referee = flagicon|ENG David Pearson

aturday 14th June

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date =
home = ru-rt|ARG
score = 14 - 26
away = ru|SCO
stadium = Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires
attendance =
referee = flagicon|IRE|rugby Alain Rolland ----rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|AUS
score = 18 - 12
away = ru|IRE
homescore = Try: Barnes 6' m
Horwill 21' c
Con: Giteau
Pen: Giteau (2)
awayscore = Try: Leamy 15' c
O'Driscoll 62' m
Con: O'Gara
stadium = Telstra Dome, Melbourne
attendance = 41,700
referee = flagicon|FRA Christophe Berdos ----rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|NZ
score = 37 - 20
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Try: Smith 22' c
Carter 28' c
Muliaina 43' c
Sivivatu 46' c
Con: Carter (4)
Pen: Carter (3)
awayscore = Try: Ojo 38', 72' c
Con: Barkley (2)
Pen: Barkley (2)
stadium = Eden Park, Auckland
attendance = 45,000
referee = flagicon|WAL Nigel Owens ----rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|RSA
score = 37 - 21
away = ru|WAL
homescore = Try: de Villiers (2) 11' c, 67' c
Januarie 18' c
du Plessis 80' c
Con: James (4)
Pen: James (3)
awayscore = Try: Cooper 22' c
S Williams 28' c
Con: S Jones (1)
Pen: S Jones (3)
stadium = Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
attendance = 45,000
referee = flagicon|NZL Lyndon Bray

aturday 21st June

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date =
home = ru-rt|NZ
score = 44 - 12
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Try: Kahui,
Carter,
Nonu,
Lauaki,
Cowan,
Con: Carter (4),
Donald,
Pen: Carter (3)
awayscore = Try: Care,
Varndell
Con: Barkley
stadium = AMI Stadium, Christchurch
attendance =
referee = flagicon|RSA Jonathan Kaplan----rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|RSA
score = 26 - 0
away = ru|ITA
homescore = Try: Steyn,
du Plessis (2),
Mtawarira,
Con: Steyn (3)
awayscore =
stadium = Newlands, Cape Town
attendance =
referee = flagicon|IRE George Clancy

aturday 28th June

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date =
home = ru-rt|ARG
score = 12 – 13
away = ru|ITA
homescore = Pen: Hernandez (2), Bosch (2)
awayscore = Try: Ghiraldini c
Con: Marcato
Pen: Marcato (2)
stadium = Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba
attendance =
referee = flagicon|AUS Matt Goddard----rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|AUS
score = 34 – 13
away = ru|FRA
homescore = Try: Giteau 36' c
Sharpe 42' c
Elsom 46' c
Mortlock 60' c
Con: Giteau (4)
Pen: Giteau (2) 19' 50'
awayscore = Try: Palisson 64' c
Con: Trinh-Duc (1)
Pen: Yachvili (2) 21' 40+2'
stadium = ANZ Stadium, Sydney
attendance = 48,899
referee = flagicon|RSA Marius Jonker----

aturday 5th July

rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|AUS
score = 40 – 10
away = ru|FRA
homescore = Tries:Hynes 6' c, Horwill 36' c, Cross (2) 58' c, 67' c
Con: Giteau (4)
Pen: Giteau 4', 16', 24', 30'
awayscore = Tries:Trinh-Duc 79' c
Con: Yachvili
Pen: Trinh-Duc 40'
stadium = Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
attendance =
referee = flagicon|NZL Paul Honiss

aturday 9th August

rugbybox
date =
home = ru-rt|RSA
score = 63 – 9
away = ru|ARG
homescore = Tries: Jacobs, Nokwe, Spies, Pietersen (2), Du Preez, Van Niekerk (2), Du Plessis
Con: James (9)
awayscore = Pen: Contepomi (3)
stadium = Johannesburg
attendance =
referee = flagicon|ENG Wayne Barnes

Wednesday 3rd September

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date=
home = ru-rt|NZL
score = 101 – 14
away = ru|SAM
stadium = Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
attendance =
referee = flagicon|AUS Stuart Dickinson

External links

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