End-of-year Rugby Union Internationals 2009

The 2009 End-of-Year Rugby Union Internationals were a series of international rugby union matches that ran from October 31 to December 5 .

Australia tried to complete a Grand Slam Tour , but this attempt failed due to a draw with Ireland and a defeat against Scotland . As in the previous year, Australia also played a Bledisloe Cup game against New Zealand abroad, this time in Tokyo .

Round 1

October 31, 5:40 pm	New Zealand New Zealand	32: 19	Australia Australia	Olympic Stadium , Tokyo Spectators: 44,449 Referee: Mark Lawrence ( South Africa )
October 31, 5:40 pm	Attempts: Sivivatu 20th received Smith 45th raised increases: Carter (2/2) Penalty kicks: Carter (6/6) 14th, 31st, 61st, 68th, 72nd, 77th.	(13:16) Report	Attempts: Hynes 34th raised increases: Giteau (1/1) Penalty kicks: Giteau (4/5) 5th, 11th, 28th, 71st

round 2

November 3, 7:45 p.m.	Gloucester	5:36	Australia Australia	Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 16,500 Referee: Andrew Small ( England )
November 3, 7:45 p.m.	Attempts: Burns 25th n.erh.	(5:17)	Attempts: Cross 14th received Smith 30th received Mitchell 65th received, 75th received Cooper 78th received Elevations: Cooper (4/5) Penalty Kicks: Cooper 3.

November 6th 7:30 pm	Leicester Tigers	22:17	South Africa South Africa	Welford Road Stadium , Leicester Spectators: 24,000 Referees: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
November 6th 7:30 pm	Attempts: González Amorosino 26th incremental increases: Youngs (1/1) Penalty kicks: Youngs 9th, 32nd, 39th, 45th, 58th	(16:11) Report	Attempts: Nokwe 7. n.erh. Penalty kicks: Pienaar 5th, 40th, 65th, 76th

November 7th 2:30 pm	England England	9:18	Australia Australia	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 80,020 Referee: Bryce Lawrence ( New Zealand )
November 7th 2:30 pm	Penalty kicks: Wilkinson (2/3) 8th, 25th Dropgoals: Wilkinson (1/2) 3.	(9: 5) Report	Attempts: Genia 21. n.erh. Ashley-Cooper 72nd increases: Giteau (1/2) Penalty kicks: Giteau (2/2) 45th, 60th

November 7th 4:30 pm	Portugal Portugal	9:12	Namibia Namibia	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa , Lisbon Referee: Chris White ( England )
November 7th 4:30 pm

November 7th 5:15 pm	Wales	12: 19	New Zealand New Zealand	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 74,330 Referee: Craig Joubert ( South Africa )
November 7th 5:15 pm	Penalty kicks: Jones 17th, 34th, 66th, 74th	(6: 6) Report	Attempts: Hore 56th increments: Carter (1/1) Penalty kicks: Carter 11th, 20th, 42nd, 64th

Round 3

November 13th 19:00	Italy A	33: 6	Romania Romania	Stadio Comunale Beltrametti , Piacenza Referee: Roman Poite ( France )
November 13th 19:00		(11: 6) Report

November 13th 19:00	Ireland A	48: 19	Tonga Tonga	Ravenhill Stadium , Belfast Spectators: 3,777 Referee: Bryce Lawrence ( New Zealand )
November 13th 19:00		(21:14) Report

November 13th 7:30 pm	Wales	17: 13	Samoa Samoa	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 58,907 Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon ( Ireland )
November 13th 7:30 pm	Attempts: Halfpenny 6. n.erh. Penalty kicks : Biggar (3), Halhpenny (1)	(11: 6) Report	Attempts: Mapusua 62nd increases: Fili (1/1) Penalty kicks: Fili (2)

November 13, 8:45 pm	France France	20: 13	South Africa South Africa	Stadium Municipal , Toulouse Spectators: 34,889 Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
November 13, 8:45 pm	Attempts: Clerc 31. n.erh. Penalty kicks: Dupuy (4/7) 5th, 40th, 49th, 61st	(11:13) Report	Attempts: Smit 29. Increased increases: Steyn (1/1) Penalty kicks: Steyn (1/2) 19. Dropgoals: Steyn (1/1) 24.

November 14, 2:30 p.m.	England England	16: 9	Argentina Argentina	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 78,743 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
November 14, 2:30 p.m.	Attempts: Banahan 71st raises: Wilkinson (1/1) Penalty kicks: Wilkinson (2/5) 20th, 39th Drop goals : Wilkinson (1/1) 6th.	(9: 9) Report	Penalty kicks: Rodríguez (3/6) 13th, 25th, 37th

November 14, 2:30 p.m.	Scotland Scotland	23:10	Fiji Fiji	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 21,826 Referee: Chris White ( England )
November 14, 2:30 p.m.	Attempts: Beattie 21st. Morrison 51st. Increases: Godman (2/2) Penalty kicks: Godman (3/4) 14th, 28th, 34th.	(16: 7) Report	Attempts: Goneva 38. Increments : Little (1/1) Penalty kicks: Little (1/2) 63.

November 14th 3pm	Italy Italy	6:20	New Zealand New Zealand	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium , Milan Spectators: 80,074 Referee: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
November 14th 3pm	Penalty kicks: Gower (2/3) 5., 66.	(3:14) Report	Attempts: Flynn 30. n.erh. Penalty kicks: McAlister (5/8) 8th, 15th, 43rd, 50th, 80th

November 14 16:15	Georgia Georgia	24:22	Argentina Jaguars	Boris Paitschadze National Stadium , Tbilisi Referee: Marius Jonker ( South Africa )
November 14 16:15

November 15, 14:00	Japan Japan	46: 8	Canada Canada	Sendai Stadium , Sendai Spectators: 6,164 Referee: Keith Brown ( New Zealand )
November 15, 14:00	Attempts: Leitch 9th n.erh. Kikutani 37th received Aruga 39th received Tupuailei 48th received Onozawa 51st received Horie 75th received increases: Webb (4/5) Arlidge (1/1) Penalty kicks: Webb (2/3) 20th, 23.	(25: 3)	Attempts: Hirayama 79th n.erh. Penalty kicks: Pritchard (1/2) 17.

November 15 3pm	Ireland Ireland	20:20	Australia Australia	Croke Park , Dublin Spectators: 69,886 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
November 15 3pm	Attempts: Bowe 57th raised O'Driscoll 79th raised raises: O'Gara (2/2) Penalty kicks: O'Gara (2/2) 5th, 21st	(6:10) Report	Attempts: Mitchell 2nd higher Elsom 62nd higher increases: Giteau (2/2) Penalty kicks: Giteau (2/4) 24th, 54th

Round 4

17th November 7:30 pm	Saracens	24:23	South Africa South Africa	Wembley Stadium , London Spectators: 46,281 Referee: James Jones ( Wales )
17th November 7:30 pm		(6:18) Report

November 20, 19:00	Italy A	8: 7	Georgia Georgia	Stadio Bruseschi , Palmanova Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon ( Ireland )
November 20, 19:00

November 20, 7:30 p.m.	Scotland A	38: 7	Tonga Tonga	Netherdale , Galashiels Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland )
November 20, 7:30 p.m.		(14: 0) report		Netherdale , Galashiels Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland )

November 21, 2:05 p.m.	Japan Japan	27: 6	Canada Canada	Prince Chichibu Rugby Stadium , Tokyo Spectators: 10,175 Referee: Vinny Munro ( New Zealand )
November 21, 2:05 p.m.	Attempts: Aruga 9th n.erh. Hatakeyama 20th received Leitch 48th received Goromaru 72nd received Elevations: Nicholas (1/3) Webb (1/1) Penalty kicks: Webb (1/2) 21.	(15: 3)	Penalty kicks: Pritchard (1/1) 23. Ander Monro (1/1) 46.

November 21, 2:30 p.m.	England England	6:19	New Zealand New Zealand	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 80,676 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
November 21, 2:30 p.m.	Penalty kicks: Wilkinson (2/2) 15., 25.	(6: 6) Report	Attempts: Cowan 56th increments: Carter (1/1) Penalty kicks: Carter (4/6) 23rd, 29th, 46th, 67th

November 21, 2:30 p.m.	Wales	33:16	Argentina Argentina	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 60,974 Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
November 21, 2:30 p.m.		(13: 3) Report

November 21 3pm	Portugal Portugal	13:24	Argentina Jaguars	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa , Lisbon Referee: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
November 21 3pm

November 21 3pm	Italy Italy	10:32	South Africa South Africa	Stadio Friuli , Udine Spectators: 31,482 Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
November 21 3pm	Attempts: Garcia 31. Increased raises: Gower (1/1) Penalty kicks: Gower 59.	(7:12) Report	Attempts: Habana 5th n.erh. Fourie 13. received du Preez 52. received Olivier 72. received increases: Steyn (2), Pienaar (1) Penalty kicks: Steyn 46., 64.

November 21, 5:15 p.m.	Ireland Ireland	41: 6	Fiji Fiji	RDS Arena , Dublin Spectators: 16,500 Referee: Marius Jonker ( South Africa )
November 21, 5:15 p.m.	Attempts: Earls 18th received, 62nd received O'Driscoll 45th received Kearney 67th received Horgan 76th increased increases: Sixth tone (5/5) Penalty kicks: Sixth tone (2/2) 9th, 40th	(13: 3) Report	Penalty kicks: Little (2/3) 27, 43.

November 21, 5:15 p.m.	Scotland Scotland	9: 8	Australia Australia	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 44,762 Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
November 21, 5:15 p.m.	Penalty kicks: Godman (2/3) 27., 56.Dropgoals: Paterson (1/1) 75.	(3: 3) report	Attempts: Cross 80th n.erh. Penalty kicks: Giteau (1/3) 4.

November 21, 18:00	France France	43: 5	Samoa Samoa	Stade de France , Paris Spectators: 67,834 Referee: Dave Pearson ( England )
November 21, 18:00		(33: 0) report

Round 5

November 24, 7:35 pm	Cardiff Blues	3:31	Australia Australia	Cardiff City Stadium , Cardiff Referee: James Jones ( Wales )
November 24, 7:35 pm

November 27, 7:30 p.m.	Ireland A	31: 0	Argentina Jaguars	Tallaght Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 4,016 Referee: Peter Allan ( Scotland )
November 27, 7:30 p.m.

November 28, 14:00	Canada Canada	22: 6	Russia Russia	Swangard Stadium , Burnaby Spectators: 4,200 Referee: Chris Henshall ( USA )
November 28, 14:00

November 28, 2:30 p.m.	Ireland Ireland	15:10	South Africa South Africa	Croke Park , Dublin Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
November 28, 2:30 p.m.	Penalty kicks: Sexton (5/7) 10th, 30th, 48th, 52nd, 68th	(6:10)	Attempts: Burger 16. Increased increases: Steyn (1/1) Dropgoals: Steyn (1/2) 24.	Croke Park , Dublin Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )

November 28, 2:30 p.m.	Scotland Scotland	6: 9	Argentina Argentina	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland )
November 28, 2:30 p.m.		(6: 0) report

November 28th 3pm	Portugal Portugal	19:24	Tonga Tonga	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa , Lisbon Referee: James Jones ( Wales )
November 28th 3pm

November 28th 3pm	Italy Italy	24: 6	Samoa Samoa	Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca , Ascoli Piceno Spectators: 17,110 Referee: Christophe Berdos ( France )
November 28th 3pm		(14: 6) Report

November 28, 5:15 pm	Wales	12:33	Australia Australia	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
November 28, 5:15 pm	Penalty kicks: Jones (3/4) 21st, 30th, 40th Halfpenny (1/1) 17th	(12:23) Report	Attempts: Ioane 7th n.erh. Horwill 19th n.erh. Pocock 24th increased Polota-Nau 62nd increased increases: Giteau (2/4) Penalty kicks: Giteau (3/3) 2nd, 31st, 57th

November 28, 7:15 pm	Romania Romania	18:29	Fiji Fiji	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf , Bucharest
November 28, 7:15 pm				Stadionul Arcul de Triumf , Bucharest

November 28, 8:45 pm	France France	12:39	New Zealand New Zealand	Stade Vélodrome , Marseille Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
November 28, 8:45 pm	Penalty kicks: Dupuy (3/3) 3rd, 16th, 20th Dropgoals: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 36.	(12:22) Report	Attempts: Sivivatu 7th received Muliaina 23rd a.a. Kaino 34th Jane 65th Smith 77th Elevations: Carter (4/5) Penalty kicks: Carter (2/2) 30., 54.

Round 6

December 5th 2:30 pm	Barbarian FC	25:18	New Zealand New Zealand	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 63,554 Referee: Christophe Berdos ( France )
December 5th 2:30 pm	Attempts: Habana 10th, 40th, 68th Elevations: Giteau (2/3) Penalty kicks: Giteau (1), Steyn (1)	(14:10) Report	Attempts: Smith 23rd received Boric 67th received Elevations: Donald (1/2) Penalty Kicks: Donald (1), Delany (1)