End-of-year Rugby Union Internationals 2010

The End-of-year Rugby Union Internationals 2010 were a series of international rugby union matches that ran from September 29th to December 4th .

In 2010, New Zealand and South Africa both attempted a Grand Slam Tour , which was the first time two teams attempted a Grand Slam Tour at the same time. New Zealand made its fourth Grand Slam Tour and its third in five years, while South Africa's attempt failed after losing to Scotland . During the series, Daniel Carter became the rugby union player with the most tries, while Victor Matfield became the South African with the most international matches. Ireland's first game also took place on November 6th at the Aviva Stadium .

Preliminary round

September 29, 4:30 p.m.	Chile	30:32	Tonga	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo , Santiago Referee: Jaime Vial ( Chile )

Round 1

October 23 3pm	Russia	20:40	Argentina Jaguars	Slava Stadium , Moscow Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )

round 2

October 30, 14:00	Japan	10: 13	Samoa	Prince Chichibu Rugby Stadium , Tokyo Spectators: 3,743 Referee: Garratt Williamson ( New Zealand )
	Attempts: Holani 7. Raised increases: Arlidge (1/1) Penalty kicks: Arlidge (1/2) 2.	(10: 0) report	Attempts: Fotuali'i 69th increments: Lui (1/1) Penalty kicks: Lui (2/2) 45th, 54th.

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October 30th 3pm	Russia	6:32	Argentina Jaguars	Slava Stadium , Moscow Referee: James Jones ( Wales )
		(6:10) Report

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October 30, 4:30 p.m.	Australia	26:24	New Zealand	Hong Kong Stadium , Hong Kong Spectators: 26,210 Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
	Attempts: Cooper 8. n.erh. Ashley-Cooper 23rd awarded Mitchell 60th awarded O'Connor 80 + 1. . erh increases: Giteau (1/2) O'Connor (2/2)	(12:17) Report	Attempts: Cowan 30th, Jane 33rd, Nonu, 53rd, Graduated : Carter (3/3) Penalty: Carter 40 + 1.

Round 3

November 6, 14:00	Japan	75: 3	Russia	Prince Chichibu Rugby Stadium , Tokyo Spectators: 6,274 Referee: Vinny Munro ( New Zealand )
	Attempts: Tupuailai 5th received, 72nd postgraduate, 80 + 2. . erh Leitch . 13. erh Taira .. 28 erh erh 39. Kikutani 34. erh. Imamura 47. erh. Robins . 78. 65. erh erh. Endo 68. erh. increases: Tanabe (10/11)	(35: 3) Report	Penalty kicks: Januschkin 38.

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November 6, 2:30 p.m.	England	16:26	New Zealand	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 80,350 Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
	Attempts: Hartley 54th increments: Flood (1/1) Penalty kicks: Flood 24th, 44th, 65th	(3:17) Report	Attempts: Gear 16th, Read 21st, Elevations: Carter (2/2) Penalty kicks: Carter 31st, 47th, 56th, 69th.

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November 6, 2:30 p.m.	Wales	16:25	Australia	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 53,127 Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
	Attempts: Rees 70th increases: Biggar (1/1) Penalties: Jones (3/5) 1st, 31st, 52nd	(6: 7) Report	Attempts: Pocock 6th received Beale 47th received Alexander 60th received Elevations: O'Connor (2/3) Penalty kicks: O'Connor (2/3) 64th, 73rd

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November 6th 3pm	Belgium	12:43	Canada	King Baudouin Stadium , Brussels Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Marius Mitrea ( Italy )

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November 6th 5:30 pm	Ireland	21:23	South Africa	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 35,515 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
	Attempts: Bowe 68th received Kearney 74th received Elevations: O'Gara (1/2) Penalty kicks: Sexton (3/4) 26th, 40th, 55th	(6:13) Report	Attempts: Smith 16th received Aplon 64th raised increases: Steyn (1/1) Lambie (1/1) Penalty kicks: Steyn (3/4) 5th, 37th, 52nd

Round 4

November 9, 14:00	Saracens	20: 6	United States	Artillery Ground , London Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts ( England )

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November 9 7:05 pm	Connacht	26:22	Samoa	Galway Sportsgrounds , Galway Spectators: 2,300 Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
	Attempts: Touhy 36th Muldoon 63rd increases: Nikora (2/2) Penalty kicks : Nikora 15th, 23rd, 32nd, 44th	(16:17)	Attempts: Timoteo 20th received Selesele 35th received Williams 56th received Elevations: Lui (2/3) Penalty kicks: Lui 11.

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November 9th 7:30 pm	Leicester Tigers	15:26	Australia	Welford Road Stadium , Leicester Spectators: 20,299 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
	Penalty kicks: Twelvetrees 25th, 29th, 34th, 36th, 72nd	(12:13)	Attempts: Turner 10. Increased Higginbotham 80. Increased increases: Barnes (2/2) Penalty kicks: Barnes 1st, 22nd, 73rd Dropgoals: Barnes 78.

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November 13, 2:30 p.m.	England	35:18	Australia	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 80,002 Referee: Craig Joubert ( South Africa )
	Attempts: Ashton 25th incremental, 47th incremental increments: Flood (2/2) Penalty kicks: Flood 11th, 34th, 38th, 42nd, 57th, 69th, 77th.	(16: 6) Report	Attempts: Beale 54th received, 65th received Raise: O'Connor (1/2) Penalty: O'Connor 31., 39.

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November 13, 2:30 p.m.	Ireland	20:10	Samoa	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 30,985 Referee: Kevin Brown ( New Zealand )
	Attempts: Heaslip 18. Increased O'Gara 65. Increased increases: O'Gara (2/2) Penalty kicks: O'Gara 1., 30.	(13: 7) Report	Attempts: Tuilagi 21. Increased increases: Williams (1/1) Penalty kicks: Williams 54.

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November 13, 2:30 p.m.	Wales	25:29	South Africa	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 54,027 Referee: Steve Walsh ( Australia )
	Attempts: North 5th increase, 56th increase Hook 17. Increases: Jones (2/3) Penalty kicks: Jones (2/3) 27., 42.	(17: 9) Report	Attempts: Albert's 50th raised Matfield 53rd raised increases: Steyn (2/2) Penalty kicks: Steyn (5/6) 1st, 19th, 40th, 46th, 64th

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November 13th 3pm	Italy	16:22	Argentina	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi , Verona Spectators: 29,500 Referee: Chris Pollock ( New Zealand )
	Tries: penalty try 78. increases: Bergamasco (1/1) penalty kicks: Bergamasco 9th, 29th, 68th	(6: 6) Report	Attempts: Rodríguez 49th increments: Contepomi (1/1) Penalty kicks: Contepomi 17th, 37th, 70th, 72nd, 80th

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November 13th 3pm	Portugal	17:22	United States	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa , Lisbon Referee: JP Doyle ( England )
	Attempts: Uva 73. n.erh. Penalty kicks: Gardener 5th, 18th, 42nd, 57th	(6:10) Report	Attempts: Ngwenya 28. Suniula Emerick 60. Elevations: Malifa (2/3) Penalty kicks: Malifa 34.

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November 13, 16:00	Spain	22:60	Canada	Estadio Nacional Universidad Complutense , Madrid Spectators: 8,000 Referee: Frank Himmer ( Germany )
		(12:31) report

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November 13th 5:15 pm	Scotland	3:49	New Zealand	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 56,807 Referee: Dave Pearson ( England )
	Penalty kicks: parks 3.	(3:28) Report	Attempts: Gear 9th, 26th, Carter 11th, Muliaina, 18th, 48th, Smith, 67th, Ellis 78th, of the elevations: Carter (5/5) Donald (2/2 )

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November 13th 6pm	France	34: 12	Fiji	Stade Louis-Fonteneau , Nantes Spectators: 35,717 Referee: Andrew Small ( England )
	Attempts: Marty 32nd received Medard 42nd received Penalty try . 68. erh increases: Yachvili (2/3) penalty kicks: Yachvili (5.6) 2nd, 20th, 40th, 44th, 56.	(16: 6) Report	Penalty kicks: Bai (4/4) 13., 16., 48., 54.

Round 5

November 16, 7:30 p.m.	Munster rugby	15: 6	Australia	Thomond Park , Limerick Spectators: 21,314 Referee: Bryce Lawrence ( New Zealand )

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November 19, 7:30 p.m.	Wales	16:16	Fiji	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Jérôme Garcès ( France )
	Tries: penalty try . 59. erh increases: Jones (1/1) penalty kicks: Biggar (2/3) 6, 21. Jones (1/1) 63rd	(6:13) Report	Attempts: VuliVuli 36th increments: Bai (1/1) Penalty kicks: Bai (2/3) 13th, 80 + 2. Matavesi (1/1) 24.

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November 19, 7:30 p.m.	Scotland A	25: 0	United States	Netherdale , Galashiels Referee: Mathieu Raynal ( France )
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November 19, 8 p.m.	Italy A	9:16	Tonga	Stadio Vittorio Pozzo Lamarmora , Biella Spectators: 2,000 Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
		(6:16) Report

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November 20, 14:00	Georgia	22:15	Canada	Boris Paitschadze National Stadium , Tbilisi Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
		(15: 8) Report

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November 20, 2:30 p.m.	England	26: 13	Samoa	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 70,553 Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon ( Ireland )
	Tries: Banahan 47. erh. Croft 72. erh. Increases: Flood (2/2) penalty kicks: Flood (4/5) 16th, 26th, 52nd, 70th	(6: 3) Report	Attempts: Williams 41st n.erh. Otto 79th n.erh. Penalty kicks: Williams (1/3) 4.

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November 20, 2:30 p.m.	Scotland	21:17	South Africa	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 35,555 Referees: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
	Penalty kicks: Parks (6/6) 16th, 23rd, 29th, 53rd, 62nd, 68th Dropgoals: Parks (1/2) 19th	(12: 9) Report	Attempts: Albert's 70th ad. Penalty kicks: Steyn (4/5) 2nd, 12th, 36th, 46th

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November 20 3pm	Italy	14:32	Australia	Stadio Artemio Franchi , Florence Spectators: 40,127 Referee: Christophe Berdos ( France )
	Attempts: Barbieri 71st n.erh. Penalty kicks : Bergamasco 11th, 40th Orquera 35.	(9:13) Report	Attempts: Mitchell 9th. Elsom 80th. Increased increases: Barnes (2/2) Penalty kicks: Barnes (6/6) 2nd, 13th, 50th, 53rd, 59th, 67th.

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November 20 3pm	Portugal	24:12	Namibia	Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição , Coimbra Referee: Greg Garner ( England )
		(12: 9) Report

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November 20, 5:30 p.m.	Ireland	18:38	New Zealand	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 46,302 Referee: Marius Jonker ( South Africa )
	Attempts: Ferris 31st received O'Driscoll 57th received Elevations: sixth tone (1/2) Penalty kicks: sixth tone 11., 27.	(13:19) Report	Attempts: Boric 40th received Read 45th received, 80th received Whitelock 49th increments: Carter (3/4) Penalty kicks: Carter 8th, 16th, 30th, 36th

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November 20 20:45	France	15: 9	Argentina	Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier Spectators: 34,993 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
	Penalty kicks: Parra (4/6) 11th, 26th, 32nd, 60th Dropgoals: Traille (1/1) 49.	(9: 3) Report	Penalty kicks: Contepomi 17th, 47th, 62nd

Round 6

November 26, 8:45 pm	French Barbarians	27:28	Tonga	Stade des Alpes , Grenoble Referee: JP Doyle ( England )
	Attempts: Caucaunibuca 50th Kelleher 60th Hayman 64th Increased increases: Baby (3/3) Penalty kicks: Élissalde (1/1) 31st Baby (1/2) 56.	(3: 3)	Attempts: Lilo 66th received Malupo 70th received Pulu 75th increments: Fisilau (2/3) Penalty kicks : Fisilau (3/4) 3rd, 43rd, 47th

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November 27, 14:00	Georgia	19: 17	United States	Boris Paitschadze National Stadium , Tbilisi Spectators: 35,000 Referee: Peter Allan ( Scotland )

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November 27, 2:30 p.m.	England	11:21	South Africa	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 80,793 Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
	Attempts: Foden 79th n.erh. Penalty kicks: Flood (2/2) 5th, 17th	(6: 6) Report	Attempts: Albert's 59th n.erh. Mvovo 70th increments: Steyn (1/2) Penalty kicks: Steyn (3/4) 10th, 35th, 42nd

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November 27, 2:30 p.m.	Scotland	19:16	Samoa	Pittodrie Stadium , Aberdeen Spectators: 18,290 Referee: Steve Walsh ( Australia )
	Tries: Walker . 14. erh increases: Parks (1/1) penalty kicks: Parks 2. 29 Jackson 79. Drop Goals: Parks (1/1) 52nd	(13:10) Report	Attempts: Fotuali'i 9th increments: Williams (1/1) Penalty kicks: Williams (3/3) 36th, 41st, 55th

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November 27th 3pm	Italy	24:16	Fiji	Stadio Alberto Braglia , Modena Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Dave Pearson ( England )
	Penalty kicks: Bergamasco 11th, 19th, 35th, 45th, 52nd, 60th, 75th, 79th.	(9:16) Report	Attempts: Tuapati 8. Increased increases: Bai (1/1) Penalty kicks: Bai 24., 27., 39.

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November 27th 3pm	Portugal	20:23	Canada	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa , Lisbon Referee: Francisco Pastrana ( Argentina )
		(14:15)

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November 27th 3:45 pm	Spain	33:20	Namibia	Estadio Príncipes de España , Palma Spectators: 3,500 Referee: João Mourinha ( Portugal )

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November 27th 5:15 pm	Wales	25:37	New Zealand	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 73,789 Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland )
	Attempts: Byrne 80. Increases: Jones (1/1) Penalty kicks: Jones (6)	(9:13) Report	Attempts: Gear 5th n.erh., 54th. Muliaina 22nd n.erh. Toeava 73rd increased Afoa 76th increased increases: Carter (3/5) Penalty kicks: Carter (2)

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November 27, 8:45 pm	France	16:59	Australia	Stade de France , Paris Spectators: 59,275 Referee: Bryce Lawrence ( New Zealand )
	Tries: penalty try . 30, obtained increases: Parra (1/1) penalty kicks: Parra (3/4) 9., 20., 42.	(13:13) Report	Attempts: Ashley-Cooper 4th received Robinson 49th received Genia 52nd received Mitchell 67th received, 73rd received, 76th received O'Connor 80th received Raise: O'Connor (6/7) Penalty: O'Connor (4/5) 14th, 25th, 61st, 72nd

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November 28, 2:30 p.m.	Ireland	29: 9	Argentina	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Mark Lawrence ( South Africa )
	Attempts: Ferris 19th increased D'Arcy 80th increased increases: Sixth tone (1/1) O'Gara (1/1) Penalty kicks: Sixth tone 13th, 28th, 33rd, 40th, 65th	(19: 3) Report	Penalty kicks: Contepomi 30., 57., 67.

Round 7

December 4th 2:30 pm	Barbarian FC	26:20	South Africa	Twickenham Stadium , London Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
	Attempts: Mitchell 5th increased, 20th increased O'Connor 15th increased Geldenhuys 61st increased increases: O'Connor (3/4)	(19: 3) Report	Attempts: Ndungane 43rd received Botha 69th received Maku 80th n.erh. Elevations: Jantjies (1/3) Penalty kicks: Jantjies 9.