1973 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
Introduction 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
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
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