1991 Wales rugby union tour of Australia

The Wales national rugby union team toured Australia in June and July 1991. They played six matches, culminating with a test against the Australia national team (the Wallabies). They won their opening match against Western Australia, as well as the games against the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland Country, but lost the tour matches against Queensland and New South Wales before a 63–6 loss to the Wallabies in the test. Prop Mark Davis was the only Wales player to make his test debut on the tour.

1991 Wales rugby union tour of Australia
Manager	Clive Rowlands
Coach	Ron Waldron
Tour captain	Paul Thorburn
Summary	P W D L
Total	06 03 00 03
Test match	01 00 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	1 0 0 1
Tour chronology

Matches

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away
30 June 1991	Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth	Western Australia	6–22	Welsh XV
7 July 1991	Ballymore, Brisbane	Queensland	35–24	Welsh XV
10 July 1991	Manuka Oval, Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	3–7	Welsh XV
14 July 1991	Concord Oval, Sydney	New South Wales	71–8	Welsh XV
17 July 1991	Rugby Oval, Rockhampton	Queensland Country	7–37	Welsh XV
21 July 1991	Ballymore, Brisbane	Australia	63–6	Wales

Western Australia vs Welsh XV

30 June 1991

Western Australia	6–22	Welsh XV
Pen: Johns (2)		Try: R. Jones D. Evans A. Davies Lewis Pen: D. Evans Drop: A. Davies

Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth

Queensland vs Welsh XV

7 July 1991

Queensland	35–24	Welsh XV
Try: Scott-Young Slattery Lynagh Lillicrap Little Con: Lynagh (3) Pen: Lynagh (3)		Try: Webster (2) Ford Ga. Llewellyn Con: Thorburn Drop: A. Davies (2)

Ballymore, Brisbane

Australian Capital Territory vs Welsh XV

10 July 1991

Australian Capital Territory	3–7	Welsh XV
Pen: Apps		Try: Legge Pen: Jenkins

Manuka Oval, Canberra

New South Wales vs Welsh XV

14 July 1991

New South Wales	71–8	Welsh XV
Try: Campese (5) Farr-Jones Gavin McKenzie Egerton Waugh Ekert Roebuck Penalty try Con: Roebuck (8) Pen: Roebuck		Try: R. Jones Hall

Concord Oval, Sydney

Queensland Country vs Welsh XV

17 July 1991

Queensland Country	7–35	Welsh XV
Try: Perrin Pen: Sprecher		Try: Hall (2) L. Evans (2) Clement Penalty try Con: D. Evans (4) Drop: A. Davies

Rugby Oval, Rockhampton

Australia vs Wales

21 July 1991

Australia	63–6	Wales
Try: Lynagh (2) Kearns (2) Gavin (2) Ofahengaue Horan Roebuck Campese Egerton Little Con: Lynagh (6) Pen: Lynagh		Pen: Thorburn Drop: A. Davies

Ballymore, Brisbane Referee: Fred Howard (England)

FB 15 Marty Roebuck RW 14 David Campese OC 13 Jason Little IC 12 Tim Horan LW 11 Bob Egerton FH 10 Michael Lynagh SH 9 Nick Farr-Jones (c) N8 8 Tim Gavin OF 7 Jeff Miller BF 6 Viliami Ofahengaue RL 5 John Eales LL 4 Rod McCall TP 3 Ewen McKenzie HK 2 Phil Kearns LP 1 Tony Daly Replacements: SH Peter Slattery Coach: Bob Dwyer

FB 15 Paul Thorburn (c) RW 14 Ieuan Evans OC 13 Scott Gibbs IC 12 Mike Hall LW 11 Steve Ford FH 10 Adrian Davies SH 9 Chris Bridges N8 8 Phil Davies OF 7 Richie Collins BF 6 Emyr Lewis RL 5 Paul Arnold LL 4 Glyn Llewellyn TP 3 Hugh Williams-Jones HK 2 Kevin Phillips LP 1 Mark Davis Replacements: FB Tony Clement FH David Wyn Evans LK Gareth Llewellyn Coach: Alan Davies

Squad

Name	Position	Club	Notes
Paul Thorburn	Full-back	Neath	Captain
Kevin Phillips	Hooker	Neath
Ken Waters	Hooker	Newbridge
Mark Davis	Prop	Newport
Mike Griffiths	Prop	Cardiff
Paul Knight	Prop	Pontypridd
Hugh Williams-Jones	Prop	South Wales Police
Paul Arnold	Lock	Swansea
Gareth Llewellyn	Lock	Neath
Glyn Llewellyn	Lock	Neath
Richie Collins	Back row	Cardiff
Phil Davies	Back row	Llanelli
Richard Goodey	Back row	Pontypool
Ian Hembrow	Back row	Cardiff	Withdrew due to injury
Sean Legge	Back row	Glamorgan Wanderers	Replacement for Ian Hembrow
Emyr Lewis	Back row	Llanelli
Martyn Morris	Back row	Neath
Richard Webster	Back row	Swansea
Chris Bridges	Scrum-half	Neath
Robert Jones	Scrum-half	Swansea
Adrian Davies	Fly-half	Neath
David Wyn Evans	Fly-half	Cardiff
Neil Jenkins	Fly-half	Pontypridd
Scott Gibbs	Centre	Neath
Mike Hall	Centre	Cardiff
Steele Lewis	Centre	Pontypridd
Ieuan Evans	Wing	Llanelli
Steve Ford	Wing	Cardiff
Ian Jones	Wing	Llanelli
Tony Clement	Full-back	Swansea
Luc Evans	Full-back	Llanelli

References

• Jones, Stephen, ed. (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7907-1.