2006 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
The 2006 Australian national rugby union team tour to Europe, known in Australia as the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour, was part of a 2006 end-of-year rugby test series and took place in November 2006. The tour consisted of test matches against Wales, Italy, Ireland and Scotland as well as midweek games against Ireland A, Scotland A and Welsh team, the Ospreys.
The tour was the first time this decade that captain George Gregan would miss out on a Wallabies tour, opting to miss in preparation ahead of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. With this, Stirling Mortlock was named captain but missed out on the opening match due to injury. Phil Waugh was subsequently named as captain.
On 11 October, Wallabies half-back Sam Cordingley pulled out of the tour to rest a nagging foot injury, leaving Australia without their top two half-backs. Another injury concern for the Wallabies was the injury to prop Greg Holmes, who announced that he was unable to tour due to a neck injury sustained during training; Brumbies prop Nic Henderson was called into the squad.
Squad
PropsHookers
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Back row
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
Wings
Fullbacks
- Dan Vickerman – Injured in test against Wales. Replaced by Mitchell Chapman.
- Hugh McMeniman – Injured in match against Ospreys. Replaced by Scott Fava.
- Greg Holmes – Injured in pre-tour Training. Replaced by Nic Henderson.
- Sam Cordingley – Injured in pre-tour training. Replaced by Josh Valentine.
- George Gregan – Opted not to tour in favour of preparation for 2007 Rugby World Cup. Not included in original squad.
Matches
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Staus |
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