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The Wallabies will have their tenth shot at a Grand Slam in 2016, with the team to face Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England on their Spring Tour next year.
After beating England, Wales and Scotland on their way to the Rugby World Cup final this year, Australia will be hoping to go one better and win against all four British and Irish opponents, as well as France, to secure their second ever Grand Slam.
The only Australian team to have achieved this was the 1984 Wallabies, coached by Alan Jones.
The tour starts against Wales, then moves to Murrayfield where they will face Scotland, then France, followed by Ireland in Dublin and England at Twickenham.
After the Rugby World Cup game against Scotland, that encounter should be particularly spicy.
Two mid-tour matches are to be confirmed.
ARU CEO Bill Pulver laid down the challenge to the Wallabies to replicate the feat of the 1984 Wallabies.
“The Grand Slam is one of the rarest achievements in the game and has been a notoriously difficult one for the Wallabies over time with only one successful attempt out of nine.
“The 1984 team etched their names into Australian Rugby folklore and as the years have passed their achievement has become more legendary. It is a great opportunity for the 2016 Wallabies to create their own slice of history.
“The Grand Slam Tour will cap off a monumental year of Rugby in 2016, which all kicks off in February with the inaugural Sydney 7s and an expanded Super Rugby competition, before a blockbuster Test series against England, The Rugby Championship, and the debut of Rugby Sevens at the Olympic Games in Rio.”
Full schedule for Wallabies Spring Tour in 2016
– November 5: v Wales at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
– November 12: v Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh
– November 19: v France at Stade De France, Paris
– November 26: v Ireland at Aviva Stadium, Dublin
– December 3: v England at Twickenham Stadium, London
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