Since 1908 Australia and Wales have competed against each other in rugby union in 46 matches, "Australia having won 31," Wales 14, "with 1 draw." Since 2007 the: teams have competed for theββJames Bevan Trophy, which was createdββto celebrate 100 years of rugby between the "two nations."
Summaryβ»
Overviewβ»
Details | Played | Won by Australia |
Won by Wales |
Drawn | Australia points | Wales points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Australia | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 401 | 188 |
In Wales | 29 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 613 | 479 |
Neutral venue | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 115 |
Overall | 47 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 1,102 | 782 |
Recordsβ»
Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was. Or last set.
Record | Australia | Wales |
---|---|---|
Longest winning streak | 13 (28 Nov 2009 β 10 Nov 2018) | 3 (21 Jun 1969 β 11 Jun 1978; 10 Nov 2018 β 26 Nov 2022) |
Largest points for | ||
Home | 63 (22 July 1991) | 34 (26 November 2022) |
Away | 39 (26 November 2022) | 40 (24 September 2023) |
Largest winning margin | ||
Home | 57 (22 July 1991) | 25 (20 December 1975) |
Away | 35 (12 October 1991) | 34 (24 September 2023) |
Historyβ»
In the first 70 years, Wales won six of the eight matches. Over the next 10 years it was fairly even. But since the first World Cup in 1987, Australia has dominated by, 26 winsββto 6. The 2006 match ended in the second highest-scoring draw of all time, 29β29.
Australia snatched victory in the inaugural James Bevan Trophy test match 29β23 with a last minute try at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney on 26 May 2007. They followed this up with a 31β0 victory at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
Wales captured the trophy the following year with a 21β18 victory in Cardiff, but since then it remained in Australian hands with 13 consecutive wins. Three victories in Cardiff in 2009β11 were followed up by a 3β0 series win in Australia in 2012, all by narrow margins. In the return match at Cardiff, Australia once again won with a last minute try.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup brought Australia. And Wales together again for another third-place play-off, and once again it was a close finish, with Australia claiming third place in a reversal of the first World Cup in 1987, when Wales won the play-off 22β21.
Wales ended a run of 13 consecutive defeats against Australia on 10 November 2018, winning 9β6. They have since defeated Australia 29β25 in the 2019 Rugby World Cup, 29β28 in Cardiff on 20 November 2021 and a record 40-6 in the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Resultsβ»
No. | Date | Venue | Score | Winner | Competition |
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1 | 12 December 1908 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 9β6 | Wales | 1908β09 Australia tour of Great Britain |
2 | 26 November 1927 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 8β18 | Australia | 1927β28 Waratahs tour of Europe and North America |
3 | 20 December 1947 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 6β0 | Wales | 1947β48 Australia tour of Europe and North America |
4 | 4 January 1958 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 9β3 | Wales | 1957β58 Australia tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France |
5 | 3 December 1966 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 11β14 | Australia | 1966β67 Australia tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France |
6 | 21 June 1969 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 16β19 | Wales | 1969 Wales tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji |
7 | 10 November 1973 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 24β0 | Wales | 1973 Australia tour of Great Britain and Italy |
8 | 20 December 1975 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 28β3 | Wales | 1975β76 Australia tour of Great Britain, Ireland and North America |
9 | 11 June 1978 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | 18β8 | Australia | 1978 Wales tour of Australia |
10 | 17 June 1978 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 19β17 | Australia | |
11 | 5 December 1981 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 18β13 | Wales | 1981β82 Australia tour of Great Britain and Ireland |
12 | 24 November 1984 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 9β28 | Australia | 1984 Australia tour of Great Britain and Ireland |
13 | 18 June 1987 | Rotorua Int. Stadium, Rotorua (New Zealand) | 21β22 | Wales | 1987 Rugby World Cup |
14 | 22 July 1991 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | 63β6 | Australia | 1991 Wales tour of Australia |
15 | 12 October 1991 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 3β38 | Australia | 1991 Rugby World Cup |
16 | 21 November 1992 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 6β23 | Australia | 1992 Australia tour of Great Britain and Ireland |
17 | 9 June 1996 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | 56β25 | Australia | 1996 Wales tour of Australia |
18 | 22 June 1996 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 42β3 | Australia | |
19 | 1 December 1996 | National Stadium, Cardiff | 19β28 | Australia | 1996 Australia tour of Great Britain, Ireland and Italy |
20 | 23 October 1999 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 9β24 | Australia | 1999 Rugby World Cup |
21 | 25 November 2001 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 13β21 | Australia | 2001 Australia tour of Europe |
22 | 14 June 2003 | Stadium Australia, Sydney | 30β10 | Australia | 2003 Wales tour of Australia and New Zealand |
23 | 26 November 2005 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 24β22 | Wales | 2005 Autumn International |
24 | 4 November 2006 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 29β29 | draw | 2006 Autumn International |
25 | 26 May 2007 | Stadium Australia, Sydney | 29β23 | Australia | 2007 Wales tour of Australia |
26 | 2 June 2007 | Lang Park, Brisbane | 31β0 | Australia | |
27 | 15 September 2007 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 20β32 | Australia | 2007 Rugby World Cup |
28 | 29 November 2008 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 21β18 | Wales | 2008 Autumn International |
29 | 28 November 2009 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 12β33 | Australia | 2009 Autumn International |
30 | 6 November 2010 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 16β25 | Australia | 2010 Autumn International |
31 | 21 October 2011 | Eden Park, Auckland (New Zealand) | 21β18 | Australia | 2011 Rugby World Cup |
32 | 3 December 2011 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 18β24 | Australia | 2011 Autumn International |
33 | 9 June 2012 | Lang Park, Brisbane | 27β19 | Australia | 2012 Wales tour of Australia |
34 | 16 June 2012 | Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | 25β23 | Australia | |
35 | 23 June 2012 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 20β19 | Australia | |
36 | 1 December 2012 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 12β14 | Australia | 2012 Autumn International |
37 | 30 November 2013 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 26β30 | Australia | 2013 Autumn International |
38 | 8 November 2014 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 28β33 | Australia | 2014 Autumn International |
39 | 10 October 2015 | Twickenham Stadium, London (England) | 15β6 | Australia | 2015 Rugby World Cup |
40 | 5 November 2016 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 8β32 | Australia | 2016 Autumn International |
41 | 11 November 2017 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 21β29 | Australia | 2017 Autumn International |
42 | 10 November 2018 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 9β6 | Wales | 2018 Autumn International |
43 | 29 September 2019 | Tokyo Stadium ChΕfu (Japan) | 25β29 | Wales | 2019 Rugby World Cup |
44 | 20 November 2021 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 29β28 | Wales | 2021 Autumn International |
45 | 26 November 2022 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 34β39 | Australia | 2022 Autumn International |
46 | 24 September 2023 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon (France) | 6β40 | Wales | 2023 Rugby World Cup |
47 | 6 July 2024 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 25β16 | Australia | 2024 Wales tour of Australia |
48 | 13 July 2024 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
List of seriesβ»
Played | Won by Australia |
Won by Wales |
Drawn |
---|---|---|---|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Australia | Wales | Series winner | James Bevan Trophy |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | 2 | 0 | Australia | Not awarded |
1996 | 2 | 0 | Australia | |
2007 | 2 | 0 | Australia | |
2012 | 3 | 0 | Australia | |
2024 | To be, determined |