Llanelli RFC 13–9 Australia

Llanelli 13–9 Australia

Llanelli Australia 13 9
Date	14 November 1992
Venue	Stradey Park, Llanelli
Referee	Fred Howard (England)

As part of their 1992 tour of Europe, the Australia national rugby union team played 13 matches in Ireland and Wales. The ninth match was played against Welsh club side Llanelli RFC on 14 November 1992 at Stradey Park, Llanelli. The hosts won the match 13–9 thanks to a first-half try from wing Ieuan Evans, converted by Colin Stephens, who added two drop goals in the second half. All of Australia's points came from penalties kicked by Marty Roebuck.

Background

In October and November 1992, the Australia national rugby union team played a series of 13 matches in Ireland and Great Britain. They came into the tour as world champions, having won the 1991 Rugby World Cup twelve months earlier. They played test matches against Ireland and Wales, with tour matches against smaller teams from each country leading up to each test. On the Wales leg of the tour, they lost to Swansea in their opening match before beating Wales B and Neath ahead of their clash with Llanelli. Meanwhile, the Scarlets had won eight of their first nine games in WRU Division One, losing at home to rivals Swansea on 26 September.

Match details

14 November 1992 14:30

Llanelli	13–9	Australia
Try: Evans c Con: Stephens Drop: Stephens (2)	Report	Pen: Roebuck (3)

Stradey Park, Llanelli Referee: Fred Howard (England)

FB 15 Huw Williams RW 14 Ieuan Evans OC 13 Nigel Davies IC 12 Simon Davies LW 11 Wayne Proctor FH 10 Colin Stephens SH 9 Rupert Moon (c) N8 8 Emyr Lewis OF 7 Lyn Jones BF 6 Mark Perego RL 5 Tony Copsey LL 4 Phil Davies TP 3 Laurance Delaney  42' HK 2 Andrew Lamerton LP 1 Ricky Evans Replacements: FL 16 Gary Jones LK 17 Paul Jones PR 18 Dai Joseph  42' SH 19 Steve Wake CE 20 Neil Boobyer HK 21 Barry Williams Coach: Gareth Jenkins

FB 15 Marty Roebuck RW 14 Damian Smith OC 13 Tim Kelaher IC 12 Jason Little LW 11 Darren Junee FH 10 Tim Horan SH 9 Peter Slattery N8 8 Tim Gavin OF 7 David Wilson BF 6 Viliami Ofahengaue RL 5 John Eales  10' LL 4 Rod McCall TP 3 Ewen McKenzie HK 2 Phil Kearns (c) LP 1 Dan Crowley Replacements: SH 16 Anthony Ekert FH 17 Paul Kahl HK 19 David Nucifora PR 20 Andrew Blades LK 21 Troy Coker  10' Coach: Bob Dwyer