1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe

Manager

J. G. Bain

Tour captain(s)

Geoff Shaw

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

10	04	00	06

Test match

03	01	00	02

Opponent

P	W	D	L

France

2	0	0	2

Italy

1^[1]	1	0	0

The 1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe was a series of ten matches played by the Australia national rugby union team (the Wallabies) in France and Italy in October and November 1976. The Wallabies won four and lost six of their matches; they lost both of their international matches against France in Bordeaux and Paris but won the international against Italy.

Australia did not award full international caps for the match against Italy while Italy did. The match was played at Arena Civica in Milan and was narrowly won by the Australians by one point, 16-15.^[2]

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Selection Française	17	15	6 October	Toulon
Selection Française	14	15	10 October	Narbonne
Selection Française	6	10	13 October	Clermont-Ferrand
Selection Française	15	9	17 October	Périgueux
Selection Française	7	16	20 October	Tarbes
FRANCE	15	18	24 October	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Selection Française	12	6	26 October	La Rochelle
FRANCE	6	34	30 October	Parc des Princes, Paris
Selection Française	7	25	1 November	Bourg-en-Bresse
Italy	16	15	4 November	Arena Civica, Milan

Touring party

Manager - J. G. Bain
Coach - Bob Templeton
Captain - Geoff Shaw

Backs

Paddy Batch
Philip Crowe
Gary Grey
Rod Hauser
Jim Hindmarsh
Bill McKid
Peter McLean
Laurie Monaghan
John Ryan
Greg Shambrook
Geoff Shaw
Ken Wright

Forwards

References

Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1977). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1977–78. Queen Anne Press. pp. 33–39. ISBN 0-354-09020-8.

Notes

^ nor capped for Australian Rugby Union
^ "I rugbisti azzurri perdono per un punto" [Azzurri lost just by one] (PDF). La Stampa (in Italian). Turin. 5 November 1976. p. 19. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

Australia national rugby union team

Rugby Australia

History

Records

Players

Home stadium

Stadium Australia

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

World Cup finals	1991 1999 2003 2015
By opponent	Argentina Barbarians British & Irish Lions England Fiji France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tours

Argentina	1979 1987 1997 2002
New Zealand	1905 1913 1921 1923 1925 1928 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1967 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991
South Africa	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992
Europe	1908–09 1927–28 1939–40 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1971 1973 1975–76 1976 1981–82 1983 1984 1988 1989 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013
Oceania	1972 1980 1984
North America	1909 1912 1928 1948 1958 1967 1976 1989 1993
Asia	2000 2008 2009 2010

See also

Wally

v t e Rugby union tours of France
Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008 2021
Australia	1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008
Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005
Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001
Ireland	1988
Japan	1973 2000
Maori All Blacks	1926–27
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006
Pacific Islanders	2008
Samoa	1989 (no test)
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1951–52 1960–61 1992 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005
Tonga	2005
USA	1924 Olympic Games

v t e Rugby union tours of Italy
Argentina	1978 1998 2002 2005 2006 2008 2021
Australia	1973 (unofficial) 1976 (unofficial) 1983 1988 2002 2006 2008 2013
New Zealand	1977 (no test) 1979 (unofficial) 1995 2000 2004
South Africa	1995 1997 2001
Asia and Oceanian teams	1976 2001 2001 2005 2005 2005 2008
North American Teams	2000 2004 2004