End-of-year Rugby Union Internationals 2002

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The 2002 End-of-Year Rugby Union Internationals were a series of international rugby union games that ran from November 1st to November 24th .

On November 23, South Africa lost a game to England 3:53 in what is the greatest defeat in their history to date.

Round 1

November 1st,
7:30 pm
Wales Wales 40: 3 RomaniaRomania Romania Racecourse Ground , Wrexham
Spectators: 9,448
Referee: Joël Jutge ( France )
(12: 0)
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November 2nd
8:10 pm
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 6:17 AustraliaAustralia Australia Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti , Buenos Aires
Spectators: 65,000
Referee: Kelvin Deaker ( New Zealand )
(6:14)
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round 2

November 9,
2:30 p.m.
EnglandEngland England 31:28 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Twickenham Stadium , London
Spectators: 75,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
(17:14)
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November 9,
2:30 p.m.
IrelandIreland Ireland 18: 9 AustraliaAustralia Australia Lansdowne Road , Dublin
Spectators: 49,000
Referee: Steve Walsh ( New Zealand )
(12: 3)
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November 9,
4:30 p.m.
ScotlandScotland Scotland 37:10 RomaniaRomania Romania Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh
Spectators: 34,413
Referee: Andy Turner ( South Africa )
(20: 3)
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November 9,
4:30 p.m.
Wales Wales 58: 14 FijiFiji Fiji Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
Spectators: 34,103
Referee: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
(27: 0)
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November 9,
8:45 pm
FranceFrance France 30:10 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Stade Vélodrome , Marseille
Spectators: 57,203
Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
(12: 3)
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Round 3

November 16,
2:30 p.m.
EnglandEngland England 32:31 AustraliaAustralia Australia Twickenham Stadium , London
Spectators: 75,000
Referee: Paul Honiss ( New Zealand )
(16:13)
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November 16,
2:30 p.m.
ScotlandScotland Scotland 21: 6 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh
Spectators: 58,225
Referee: Nigel Williams ( Wales )
(6: 6)
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November 16,
3:15 pm
ItalyItaly Italy 6:36 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Stadio Flaminio , Rome
Spectators: 23,263
Referee: Andrew Cole ( Australia )
(6:15)
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November 16
16:30
Wales Wales 32:21 CanadaCanada Canada Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
Spectators: 30,586
Referee: Giulio de Santis ( Italy )
(22:12)
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November 16,
8:45 pm
FranceFrance France 20:20 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Stade de France , Paris
Spectators: 78,625
Referee: Scott Young ( Australia )
(10:10)
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17th November
3pm
IrelandIreland Ireland 64: 17 FijiFiji Fiji Lansdowne Road , Dublin
Spectators: 31,482
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse ( Wales )
(39: 3)
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Round 4

November 23,
14:00
FranceFrance France 35: 3 CanadaCanada Canada Stade de France , Paris
Spectators: 48,000
Referee: David McHugh ( Ireland )
(13: 0)
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November 23,
2:30 p.m.
Wales Wales 17:43 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
Spectators: 68,785
Referee: Tappe Henning ( South Africa )
(10: 9)
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November 23,
2:30 p.m.
EnglandEngland England 53: 3 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Twickenham Stadium , London
Spectators: 72,000
Referee: Paddy O'Brien ( New Zealand )
(18: 3)
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November 23,
3:15 pm
ItalyItaly Italy 3:34 AustraliaAustralia Australia Stadio Luigi Ferraris , Genoa
Spectators: 20,000
Referee: Pablo Deluca ( Argentina )
(3:17)
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November 23,
4:30 p.m.
IrelandIreland Ireland 16: 7 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Lansdowne Road , Dublin
Spectators: 40,000
Referee: Chris White ( England )
(10: 7)
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November 24th
3pm
ScotlandScotland Scotland 36:22 FijiFiji Fiji Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh
Spectators: 37,351
Referee: Mark Lawrence ( South Africa )
(18:12)
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Individual evidence

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/2506421.stm