Wednesday, October 13, 2010

New millennium


John Connolly was named as the head-coach of Australia in early 2006. Australia won both of two Tests against England in 2006, as well as a subsequent win over Ireland. Australia lost by 20 points in their opening Tri-Nations fixture against the All Blacks. They then defeated South Africa in Brisbane by 49–0. They won one of their remaining four matches of the tournament. Following defeat to England in the Quarter-Finals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Connolly announced he was resigning as head-coach.

Robbie Deans was appointed head coach in early 2008 as the Wallabies began their preparations for the 2008 Tri-Nations series. After the retirement of George Gregan and Stephen Larkham after the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Deans had the task of choosing a squad minus some of its most experienced players. The Wallabies had mixed results in the 2008 Tri Nations Series, defeating New Zealand in Sydney and defeating South Africa twice, in both Perth and Durban. However, the Wallabies suffered the worst defeat in their history, going down 53-8 to South Africa in Johannesburg.

2009 was not a good year for the Wallabies. It was a good start for them as they slaughtered the Barbarians 55 - 7 and then beat Italy in both tests and finishing off the Mid year test series with a 22 - 6 win over France. It went downhill from there as they finished 3rd in the Tri Nations with 3 losses to the All Blacks (22 - 16, 19 - 18 and 33 - 6) and 2 losses to the World Champion Springboks (29 - 17 and 32 - 25). Their only win in the Tri Nations was a 21 - 6 win over the Springboks. In the Autumn Internationals of 2009, they lost to All Blacks 32 - 19, they beat England 18 - 9 on Jonny Wilkinson's return in the English jersey. The Wallabies then drew with Ireland 20-all after Brian O'Driscoll's last minute try to give Ronan O'Gara a relatively easy conversion to draw level. They then lost to Scotland for the first time in 27 years. The final score was 9 - 8 despite the 3 - 3 score at half time. The Wallabies only won 7 out of their 14 games in 2009 but were still ranked 3rd in the world.

2010 saw improved results in the Tri-Nations series, with a very rare away win against South Africa awarding Australia the Mandela Plate and ensuring they retained second place both in the 2010 Tri-Nations competition and IRB World Rankings. However, they suffered their tenth consecutive defeat at the hands the All Blacks.

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