2005 Australia rugby union tour of Europe

The 2005 Wallabies spring tour was a series of five matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in November 2005.

George Gregan played his 115th test match, beating the world record of Jason Robinson[2][3] France: 15.

Pieter de Villiers, 2.

Olivier Milloud, – Replacements: 16.

Thomas Castaignède Australia: 15.

George Gregan (c), 8.

Matt Dunning, – Replacements: 16.

Drew Mitchell Wallabies lost this match, the same scoreline against France a week earlier.

The man of the match was Andrew Sheridan.

For the Wallabies the situation was dire, with Eddie Jones facing removal as head coach.

Andrew Sheridan, – Replacements: 21.

Mark van Gisbergen – Unused: 16.

Harry Ellis Australia: 15.

Drew Mitchell, 10.

George Gregan (c) , 8.

Matt Dunning, – Replacements: 16.

Lloyd Johansson This was the only test match won by the Wallabies.

[6] The match was played in Lansdowne Road, with reduced capacity to 42,000 after a fire.

Marcus Horan, – Replacements: 16.

Girvan Dempsey Australia: 15.

George Gregan (c), 8.

Greg Holmes, – Replacements: 16.

Wendell Sailor After the victory against Ireland, the Wallabies crashed to a low with a close loss to Wales.

[8][9] The day after the game, Eddie Jones was axed due to poor results.

Duncan Jones, – Replacements: 16.

Ceri Sweeney – Unused: 18.

Lee Byrne Australia: 15.

George Gregan (c), 8.

Matt Dunning, – Replacements: 17.

Wendell Sailor – Unused: 16.