The 2009 end of year rugby internationals, also known as the Autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere, saw Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina, tour the northern hemisphere.
The headline event of the series was an attempted Grand Slam tour of the Home Nations by Australia.
This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Wallabies' only previous Grand Slam tour, which saw the Wallabies sweep all four matches and saw David Campese, Mark Ella, Nick Farr-Jones, and Michael Lynagh achieve international prominence.
Also, for the second consecutive year, a Bledisloe Cup match was contested by New Zealand and Australia outside of either country, this time in Tokyo.
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan) Television match official: Akihisa Aso (Japan) Touch judges: Mark Lawrence (South Africa) Stuart Terheege (Wales) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Assistant referees: Christophe Berdos (France) David Changleng (Scotland) Television match official: Jim Yuille (Scotland) Touch judges: Romain Poite (France) David Changleng (Scotland) Television match official: Andrew Turner (England) / Graham Hughes (England)