1973 Australia rugby union tour of Europe

The 1973 Australia rugby union tour of Europe was a series of nine matches played by the Australia national rugby union team (the Wallabies) in England and Wales in October and November 1973. The Wallabies won only of three of their matches, lost five and drew the other one; they lost both of their international matches, against Wales and England. The final match with Italy, is not considered as a capped Test match by Australian Rugby Union.

1973 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
Summary	P W D L
Total	09 03 01 05
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
Wales	1 0 0 1
England	1 0 0 1
Italy	1 1 0 0

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Metropolitan Counties	17	15	24 October	Bournemouth
South and South-West Counties	14	15	27 October	Recreation Ground, Bath
East Wales	11	19	31 October	Rodney Parade, Newport
Swansea	9	9	3 November	St. Helen's, Swansea
West Wales	18	13	6 November	Talbot Athletic Ground, Port Talbot
WALES	0	24	10 November	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Northern Counties	13	16	13 November	Gosforth
ENGLAND	3	20	17 November	Twickenham London
Italy	59	21	21 November	Stadio Fattori L'Aquila

Touring party

• Manager: John Freedman
• Assistant manager: Bob Templeton
• Captain: Peter Sullivan

Backs

• Dave Burnet
• David L'Estrange
• Russell Fairfax
• Rod Hauser
• John Hipwell
• Arthur McGill
• Laurie Monaghan
• Geoff Richardson
• Owen Stephens
• Jeff McLean
• Peter Rowles
• Geoff Shaw

Forwards

• Bruce Battishall
• Chris Carberry
• Dick Cocks
• Garrick Fay
• Mick Freney
• Ron Graham
• Stuart Gregory
• Jake Howard
• Stuart Macdougall
• Ken McCurrach
• Tony Shaw
• Reg Smith
• Peter Sullivan

References

• Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1974). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1974–75. Queen Anne Press. pp. 33–39. ISBN 0-362-00173-1.