The 2010 mid-year rugby union tests (also known as the Summer Internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) refers to the rugby union Internationals that were played from late May to late June, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.

For Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, the tests constituted preparation for the 2010 Tri Nations.

The first nation to announce its fixtures for this series was Australia, which unveiled its schedule on 21 September 2009.^[1]

South Africa announced its fixtures on 8 October 2009, but delayed announcing the venues since it simultaneously hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup. FIFA regulations call for World Cup venues to be handed over to FIFA 15 days before the World Cup starts. FIFA also prohibits any other major sporting events from being held in host cities from 7 days before the opening of the World Cup and until 7 days after its end.^[2] An agreement was reached between the South African Rugby Union and the local World Cup organising committee to allow the match against France to be held at SARU's intended venue of Newlands in Cape Town, a non-World Cup venue in a World Cup city.^[3]

Overview

Series

Tour	Result	Winners
Australia v England test series	1–1	Australia
New Zealand v Wales test series	2–0	New Zealand
Argentina v Scotland test series	0–2	Scotland
South Africa v Italy test series	2–0	South Africa

Other tours

Team/Tour	Opponents
Barbarians end of season tour	England (lost) –  Ireland (won)
France tour	South Africa (lost) –  Argentina (lost)

Matches

Week 1

30 May 2010 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

England	35–26	Barbarians
Try: Haskell 13' c Hape 23' c Foden 36' m Tindall 45' c Con: Hodgson (2/2) Barkley (1/2) Pen: Hodgson (2) Barkley	Report[4]	Try: Sackey (2) 34' c, 75' c D. Smith 55' c Johnston 64' m Con: Élissalde (3/4)

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 41,035 Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)

FB 15 Ben Foden RW 14 Mark Cueto OC 13 Mike Tindall IC 12 Shontayne Hape LW 11 David Strettle FH 10 Charlie Hodgson SH 9 Danny Care N8 8 Nick Easter (c) OF 7 Steffon Armitage BF 6 James Haskell RL 5 Tom Palmer LL 4 Dave Attwood TP 3 Paul Doran-Jones HK 2 Steve Thompson LP 1 Jon Golding Substitutes: HK 16 Lee Mears PR 17 Tim Payne N8 18 Dan Ward-Smith FL 19 Joe Worsley SH 20 Joe Simpson FH 21 Olly Barkley CE 22 Mathew Tait Team manager: Martin Johnson

FB 15 Paul Warwick RW 14 Paul Sackey OC 13 Casey Laulala IC 12 Florian Fritz LW 11 Cédric Heymans FH 10 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde SH 9 Byron Kelleher N8 8 Xavier Rush (c) OF 7 Martyn Williams BF 6 Rodney So'oialo RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 Ross Skeate TP 3 Julian White HK 2 Benoît August LP 1 Rodrigo Roncero Substitutes: HK 16 Ken Owens PR 17 Census Johnston LK 18 Jérôme Thion FL 19 George Smith SH 20 Pierre Mignoni CE 21 Fabrice Estebanez WG 22 David Smith Coach: Philippe Saint-André

• As is typical for Barbarians matches, this was an uncapped match for England.

Week 2

4 June 2010 19:45 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Ireland	23–29	Barbarians
Try: Ronan 40+2' c Buckley 60' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) Pen: O'Gara (3/4) 20', 47', 64'	Report[5]	Try: Rush 34' m G. Smith 38' c Heymans 48' m Con: James (1/3) Pen: James (3/3) 12', 18', 30' Élissalde (1/1) 57'

Thomond Park, Limerick Attendance: 26,500[6] Referee: Romain Poite (France)

FB 15 Robert Kearney RW 14 Shane Horgan OC 13 Gavin Duffy IC 12 Fergus McFadden LW 11 Andrew Trimble FH 10 Ronan O'Gara (c) SH 9 Peter Stringer N8 8 Chris Henry OF 7 Niall Ronan BF 6 John Muldoon RL 5 Dan Tuohy LL 4 Ed O'Donoghue TP 3 Tony Buckley HK 2 Seán Cronin LP 1 Marcus Horan Substitutes: HK 16 Jerry Flannery PR 17 Tom Court LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll FL 19 David Wallace SH 20 Tomás O'Leary FH 21 Johnny Sexton CE 22 Paddy Wallace Coach: Declan Kidney

FB 15 Paul Warwick RW 14 Cédric Heymans OC 13 Casey Laulala IC 12 Seru Rabeni LW 11 David Smith FH 10 Brock James SH 9 Pierre Mignoni N8 8 George Smith OF 7 Xavier Rush (c) BF 6 Alan Quinlan RL 5 Malcolm O'Kelly LL 4 Jérôme Thion TP 3 Census Johnston HK 2 Schalk Brits LP 1 David Barnes Substitutes: HK 16 Benoît August PR 17 Julian White N8 18 Rodney So'oialo FL 19 Martyn Williams SH 20 Byron Kelleher SH 21 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde CE 22 Fabrice Estebanez Coach: Philippe Saint-André

• As is typical for Barbarians matches, this was an uncapped match for Ireland.

5 June 2010 19:30 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	49–3	Fiji
Try: Beale (2) 10' c, 77' c Brown 39' c Cooper 43' c Ioane (2) 50' c, 66' c Mitchell 63' c Con: Giteau (6/6) Cooper (1/1)	Report[7]	Pen: Rawaqa (1/1) 27'

Canberra Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 15,438[8] Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)

FB 15 Kurtley Beale RW 14 Digby Ioane OC 13 Rob Horne 20' to 31' IC 12 Matt Giteau LW 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper  56' FH 10 Quade Cooper SH 9 Luke Burgess N8 8 Richard Brown OF 7 David Pocock  61' BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c) RL 5 Nathan Sharpe LL 4 Dean Mumm TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu  52'  61' HK 2 Huia Edmonds  55' LP 1 Ben Alexander  61' Substitutes: HK 16 Saia Fainga'a  55' PR 17 Pekahou Cowan  52' LK 18 Mark Chisholm FL 19 Matt Hodgson  61' SH 20 Josh Valentine WG 21 Drew Mitchell  20'  31'  56' FH 22 James O'Connor Coach: Robbie Deans

FB 15 Taniela Rawaqa RW 14 Sireli Bobo OC 13 Rupeni Caucaunibuca  65' IC 12 Saula Radidi  54' LW 11 Timoci Nagusa FH 10 Waisea Luveniyali  67' SH 9 Emosi Vucago 53' to 63' N8 8 Jone Qovu OF 7 Jimilai Nakaidawa 7' to 15'  74' BF 6 Anthony Wise  54' RL 5 Dominiko Waqaniburotu LL 4 Seko Kalou TP 3 Deacon Manu (c) HK 2 Talemaitoga Tuapati  74' LP 1 Campese Ma'afu  73'  77'  79' Substitutes: PR 16 Graham Dewes  73' 75' to 80' HK 17 Viliame Veikoso  74' LK 18 Rupeni Nasiga  54' FL 19 Samu Bola  7'  15'  74' 77' to 79' SH 20 Vitori Buatava  67' WG 21 Nemani Nadolo  65' WG 22 Ropate Ratu  54' Coach: Sam Domoni

5 June 2010 14:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)[9]

Wales	31–34	South Africa
Try: Hook 20' c Prydie 72' m A. W. Jones 77' c Con: S. Jones (2/3) Pen: S. Jones (3/3) 8', 18', 45' Drop: Hook (1/1) 11'	Report[10]	Try: Ndungane 30' m Potgieter 42' c de Jongh 59' c Con: Pienaar (2/3) Pen: Pienaar (4/4) 16', 23', 35', 74' Steyn (1/1) 55'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 60,527 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

FB 15 Lee Byrne RW 14 Leigh Halfpenny OC 13 James Hook IC 12 Jamie Roberts LW 11 Tom Prydie FH 10 Stephen Jones SH 9 Mike Phillips N8 8 Ryan Jones (c) OF 7 Sam Warburton  77' BF 6 Jonathan Thomas RL 5 Deiniol Jones  57' LL 4 Bradley Davies TP 3 Adam Jones  57' HK 2 Matthew Rees LP 1 Paul James Substitutes: HK 16 Huw Bennett PR 17 John Yapp  57' LK 18 Alun Wyn Jones  57' FL 19 Rob McCusker  77' SH 20 Richie Rees FH 21 Dan Biggar CE 22 Andrew Bishop Coach: Warren Gatland

FB 15 François Steyn  75' RW 14 Gio Aplon OC 13 Jaque Fourie IC 12 Juan de Jongh LW 11 Odwa Ndungane  33' FH 10 Ruan Pienaar SH 9 Ricky Januarie N8 8 Joe van Niekerk OF 7 Dewald Potgieter  55' BF 6 Francois Louw RL 5 Victor Matfield LL 4 Danie Rossouw  76' TP 3 BJ Botha  57' HK 2 John Smit (c) LP 1 CJ van der Linde  76' Substitutes: HK 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle  76' PR 17 Jannie du Plessis  57' LK 18 Alistair Hargreaves  76' N8 19 Ryan Kankowski  55' FH 20 Meyer Bosman FB 21 Zane Kirchner  75' WG 22 Bjorn Basson  33' Coach: Peter de Villiers

Week 3

8 June 2010 18:00 AWST (UTC+08)

Australian Barbarians	28–28	England[11]
	Report[12]

Perth Oval, Perth Attendance: 10,208 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

12 June 2010 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	66–28	Ireland
Try: C. Smith (2) 10' c, 47' c Read 21' c B. Franks 27' c Cowan (2) 30' c, 33' c S. Whitelock (2) 50' c, 78' c Tialata 65' c Con: Carter (7/7) Weepu (2/2) Pen: Carter (1/1) 4'	Report[13]	Try: Tuohy 36' c O'Driscoll 54' c Bowe 60' c D'Arcy 75' c Con: O'Gara (3/3) Sexton (1/1)

Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth Attendance: 25,000[14] Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

FB 15 Israel Dagg RW 14 Cory Jane  63' OC 13 Conrad Smith IC 12 Benson Stanley LW 11 Joe Rokocoko FH 10 Dan Carter  54' SH 9 Jimmy Cowan  40' N8 8 Kieran Read OF 7 Richie McCaw (c) BF 6 Jerome Kaino  38' RL 5 Anthony Boric LL 4 Brad Thorn  50' TP 3 Owen Franks  70' HK 2 Keven Mealamu  63' LP 1 Ben Franks  52'  70' Substitutes: HK 16 Aled de Malmanche  63' PR 17 Neemia Tialata  52' LK 18 Sam Whitelock  50' FL 19 Victor Vito  38' SH 20 Piri Weepu  40' FH 21 Aaron Cruden  54' WG 22 Zac Guildford  63' Coach: Graham Henry

FB 15 Rob Kearney  70' RW 14 Tommy Bowe OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c) IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy LW 11 Andrew Trimble FH 10 Ronan O'Gara  70' 24' to 34' SH 9 Tomás O'Leary  70' N8 8 Jamie Heaslip  15' OF 7 David Wallace BF 6 John Muldoon  32' RL 5 Mick O'Driscoll  36' LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan TP 3 Tony Buckley HK 2 Seán Cronin  79' LP 1 Cian Healy  77' Substitutes: HK 16 John Fogarty  79' PR 17 Tom Court  77' LK 18 Dan Tuohy  36' FL 19 Shane Jennings  32' SH 20 Eoin Reddan  70' FH 21 Johnny Sexton  70' FB 22 Geordan Murphy  70' Coach: Declan Kidney

• Dan Carter became the fourth player in history to score 1,000 test points, after Jonny Wilkinson, Neil Jenkins and Diego Domínguez. He ended the day in third on the all-time list, surpassing Domínguez.
• Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) made his international debut.

12 June 2010 18:00 AWST (UTC+08)

Australia	27–17	England
Try: Elsom 17' c Cooper (2) 30' c, 56' c Con: O'Connor (3/3) Pen: O'Connor 72' Cooper 78'	Report[15]	Try: Penalty try (2) 53' c, 70' c Con: Flood (2/2) Pen: Flood 43'

Subiaco Oval, Perth Attendance: 32,228 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

FB 15 James O'Connor RW 14 Digby Ioane OC 13 Rob Horne IC 12 Berrick Barnes LW 11 Drew Mitchell FH 10 Quade Cooper SH 9 Luke Burgess N8 8 Richard Brown OF 7 David Pocock BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c) RL 5 Nathan Sharpe LL 4 Dean Mumm TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu HK 2 Saia Fainga'a LP 1 Ben Daley Substitutes: HK 16 Huia Edmonds PR 17 James Slipper LK 18 Mark Chisholm FL 19 Matt Hodgson SH 20 Will Genia WG 21 Peter Hynes FB 22 Kurtley Beale Coach: Robbie Deans

FB 15 Ben Foden RW 14 Mark Cueto OC 13 Mike Tindall IC 12 Shontayne Hape LW 11 Chris Ashton FH 10 Toby Flood SH 9 Danny Care N8 8 Nick Easter OF 7 Lewis Moody (c) BF 6 Tom Croft RL 5 Tom Palmer LL 4 Simon Shaw TP 3 Dan Cole HK 2 Steve Thompson LP 1 Tim Payne Substitutes: HK 16 George Chuter PR 17 David Wilson LK 18 Courtney Lawes FL 19 James Haskell SH 20 Ben Youngs FH 21 Jonny Wilkinson CE 22 Mathew Tait Team manager: Martin Johnson

12 June 2010 14:00 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	42–17	France
Try: Spies 2' c Aplon (2) 7' c, 49' c Steenkamp 31' m Louw 75' c Con: Steyn (3/4) Pienaar (1/1) Pen: Steyn (3/3) 10', 23', 46'	Report[16]	Try: Rougerie 28' c Andreu 79' c Con: Parra (1/1) Skrela (1/1) Pen: Parra (1/1) 40+3'

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 46,885 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

FB 15 Zane Kirchner  61' RW 14 Gio Aplon OC 13 Jaque Fourie 30' to 35' IC 12 Wynand Olivier  61' LW 11 Bryan Habana FH 10 Morné Steyn  65' SH 9 Ricky Januarie N8 8 Pierre Spies OF 7 Francois Louw BF 6 Schalk Burger  50'  57'  60' RL 5 Victor Matfield LL 4 Danie Rossouw  60' TP 3 BJ Botha  56' HK 2 John Smit (c)  40' LP 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp Substitutes: HK 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle  40' PR 17 Jannie du Plessis  56' LK 18 Flip van der Merwe 69' to 79'  60' FL 19 Dewald Potgieter  50' 57' to 60' SH 20 Ruan Pienaar  65' CE 21 Juan de Jongh  61' CE 22 Jean de Villiers  30'  35'  61' Coach: Peter de Villiers

FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud  71' RW 14 Vincent Clerc OC 13 David Marty  78' IC 12 Maxime Mermoz LW 11 Aurélien Rougerie FH 10 François Trinh-Duc SH 9 Morgan Parra  66' N8 8 Julien Bonnaire OF 7 Wenceslas Lauret  52' BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c) RL 5 Romain Millo-Chluski  52' LL 4 Lionel Nallet TP 3 Nicolas Mas HK 2 Dimitri Szarzewski  64' LP 1 Thomas Domingo  40' Substitutes: HK 16 Guilhem Guirado  64' PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux  40' LK 18 Julien Pierre  52' N8 19 Louis Picamoles  52' SH 20 Dimitri Yachvili 74' to 80'  66' FH 21 David Skrela  71' WG 22 Marc Andreu  78' Coach: Marc Lièvremont

12 June 2010 15:45 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	16–24	Scotland
Try: Tiesi 3' m Leguizamón 30' m Pen: Contepomi (2) 12', 80'	Report[17]	Pen: Parks (6) 6', 23', 39', 52', 68', 80+3' Drop: Parks (2) 40+5', 75'

Estadio Monumental Jose Fierro, Tucumán Attendance: 31,898 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

FB 15 Martín Rodríguez RW 14 Lucas Borges OC 13 Gonzalo Tiesi IC 12 Santiago Fernández LW 11 Horacio Agulla FH 10 Felipe Contepomi (c) SH 9 Alfredo Lalanne N8 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe OF 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón BF 6 Genaro Fessia RL 5 Patricio Albacete LL 4 Manuel Carizza TP 3 Martín Scelzo HK 2 Mario Ledesma LP 1 Rodrigo Roncero Substitutes: HK 16 Agustín Creevy PR 17 Marcos Ayerza LK 18 Mariano Galarza FL 19 Alejandro Campos SH 20 Agustín Figuerola FH 21 Ignacio Mieres FB 22 Lucas González Amorosino Coach: Santiago Phelan

FB 15 Hugo Southwell RW 14 Max Evans OC 13 Nick De Luca IC 12 Graeme Morrison LW 11 Sean Lamont FH 10 Dan Parks SH 9 Rory Lawson N8 8 Johnnie Beattie OF 7 John Barclay BF 6 Kelly Brown RL 5 Alastair Kellock (c) LL 4 Jim Hamilton TP 3 Moray Low HK 2 Ross Ford LP 1 Allan Jacobsen Substitutes: HK 16 Scott Lawson PR 17 Geoff Cross LK 18 Scott MacLeod FL 19 Alasdair Strokosch SH 20 Mike Blair FH 21 Phil Godman FB 22 Jim Thompson Coach: Andy Robinson

• Scotland become the first side to defeat Argentina in Tucumán.

Week 4

15 June 2010 19:30 AEST (UTC+10)

Australian Barbarians	9–15	England
	Report[18]

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford Attendance: 9,053 Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)

18 June 2010 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand Maori	31–28	Ireland XV[19]
Try: Gear Sweeny Lowe Con: McAlister (1/3) Ripia (1/1) Pen: McAlister (3/3) Ripia (1/1)	Report[20]	Try: Wallace Con: Sexton (1/1) Pen: Sexton (7/8)

Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

19 June 2010 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	42–9	Wales
Try: Mealamu 18' c Jane 31' m Carter (2) 52' c, 68' c Kahui 71' c Con: Carter (4/5) Pen: Carter (3/4) 24', 50', 63'	Report[21]	Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 15' S. Jones (1/2) 34' Drop: S. Jones 3'

Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 29,000 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

FB 15 Israel Dagg RW 14 Cory Jane OC 13 Conrad Smith IC 12 Benson Stanley LW 11 Joe Rokocoko FH 10 Dan Carter SH 9 Jimmy Cowan N8 8 Kieran Read OF 7 Richie McCaw (c) BF 6 Victor Vito RL 5 Anthony Boric LL 4 Brad Thorn TP 3 Owen Franks HK 2 Keven Mealamu LP 1 Ben Franks Substitutes: HK 16 Aled de Malmanche PR 17 Tony Woodcock LK 18 Sam Whitelock FL 19 Adam Thomson SH 20 Piri Weepu FH 21 Aaron Cruden CE 22 Richard Kahui Coach: Graham Henry

FB 15 Lee Byrne RW 14 Leigh Halfpenny OC 13 Andrew Bishop IC 12 Jamie Roberts LW 11 Tom Prydie FH 10 Stephen Jones SH 9 Mike Phillips N8 8 Ryan Jones (c) OF 7 Gavin Thomas BF 6 Jonathan Thomas RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones LL 4 Bradley Davies TP 3 Adam Jones HK 2 Matthew Rees LP 1 Paul James Substitutes: HK 16 Huw Bennett PR 17 John Yapp LK 18 Deiniol Jones FL 19 Rob McCusker SH 20 Tavis Knoyle FH 21 Dan Biggar CE 22 Jonathan Davies Coach: Warren Gatland

• This was intended to be the last rugby test played at Carisbrook; however, the stadium would host the All Blacks' 2011 World Cup warm-up match against Fiji. Carisbrook's replacement, Forsyth Barr Stadium, ultimately opened in August 2011.

19 June 2010 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	20–21	England
Try: Giteau (2) 21', 41' Con: Giteau (2/2) Pen: Giteau (2/6) 7', 14'	Report[22]	Try: Youngs 17' c Ashton 26' m Con: Flood (1/2) Pen: Flood (2/3) 2', 44' Wilkinson (1/2) 51'

Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 48,392 Referee: Romain Poite (France)

FB 15 James O'Connor RW 14 Drew Mitchell OC 13 Rob Horne IC 12 Matt Giteau LW 11 Digby Ioane FH 10 Quade Cooper SH 9 Will Genia N8 8 Richard Brown OF 7 David Pocock BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c) RL 5 Nathan Sharpe LL 4 Dean Mumm TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu HK 2 Saia Fainga'a LP 1 Ben Daley Substitutes: HK 16 Huia Edmonds PR 17 James Slipper LK 18 Mark Chisholm FL 19 Matt Hodgson SH 20 Luke Burgess FH 21 Berrick Barnes CE 22 Adam Ashley-Cooper Coach: Robbie Deans

FB 15 Ben Foden RW 14 Mark Cueto OC 13 Mike Tindall IC 12 Shontayne Hape LW 11 Chris Ashton FH 10 Toby Flood SH 9 Ben Youngs N8 8 Nick Easter OF 7 Lewis Moody (c) BF 6 Tom Croft RL 5 Tom Palmer LL 4 Courtney Lawes TP 3 Dan Cole HK 2 Steve Thompson LP 1 Tim Payne Substitutes: HK 16 George Chuter PR 17 David Wilson LK 18 Simon Shaw FL 19 James Haskell SH 20 Danny Care FH 21 Jonny Wilkinson WG 22 Delon Armitage Team manager: Martin Johnson

• This was England's first victory in the Southern Hemisphere since the 2003 Rugby World Cup.^[23]

19 June 2010 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	29–13	Italy
Try: Habana 17' c Louw 30' m Steyn 39' c Kirchner 48' c Con: Steyn (3/4) Pen: Steyn (1/1) 14'	Report[24]	Try: Parisse 63' c Con: Bergamasco (1/1) Pen: Bergamasco (2/3) 12', 68'

Witbank Stadium, Witbank Attendance: 12,560[25] Referee: Andrew Small (England)

FB 15 Zane Kirchner RW 14 Gio Aplon OC 13 Jean de Villiers IC 12 Butch James LW 11 Bryan Habana FH 10 Morné Steyn SH 9 Ricky Januarie N8 8 Pierre Spies OF 7 Dewald Potgieter BF 6 Francois Louw RL 5 Victor Matfield (c) LL 4 Bakkies Botha TP 3 Jannie du Plessis HK 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle LP 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp Substitutes: HK 16 Bandise Maku PR 17 CJ van der Linde LK 18 Alistair Hargreaves N8 19 Ryan Kankowski SH 20 Ruan Pienaar CE 21 Juan de Jongh WG 22 Bjorn Basson Coach: Peter de Villiers

FB 15 Luke McLean RW 14 Kaine Robertson OC 13 Andrea Masi IC 12 Matteo Pratichetti LW 11 Mirco Bergamasco FH 10 Craig Gower SH 9 Tito Tebaldi N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c) OF 7 Alessandro Zanni BF 6 Simone Favaro RL 5 Quintin Geldenhuys LL 4 Valerio Bernabò TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini LP 1 Salvatore Perugini Substitutes: HK 16 Fabio Ongaro PR 17 Lorenzo Cittadini LK 18 Marco Bortolami FL 19 Paul Derbyshire SH 20 Simon Picone FH 21 Riccardo Bocchino CE 22 Gonzalo Canale Coach: Nick Mallett

19 June 2010 15:45 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	9–13	Scotland
	Report[26]

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 16,821 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

FB 15 Martín Rodríguez RW 14 Lucas González Amorosino OC 13 Gonzalo Tiesi IC 12 Santiago Fernández LW 11 Horacio Agulla FH 10 Felipe Contepomi (c) SH 9 Agustín Figuerola N8 8 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe OF 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón BF 6 Genaro Fessia RL 5 Patricio Albacete LL 4 Manuel Carizza TP 3 Martín Scelzo HK 2 Mario Ledesma LP 1 Rodrigo Roncero Substitutes: HK 16 Agustín Creevy PR 17 Marcos Ayerza LK 18 Santiago Guzmán FL 19 Alejandro Campos SH 20 Nicolás Vergallo CE 21 Rafael Carballo WG 22 Lucas Borges Coach: Santiago Phelan

FB 15 Hugo Southwell RW 14 Sean Lamont OC 13 Max Evans IC 12 Graeme Morrison LW 11 Simon Danielli FH 10 Dan Parks SH 9 Rory Lawson N8 8 John Barclay OF 7 Johnnie Beattie BF 6 Kelly Brown RL 5 Alastair Kellock (c) LL 4 Jim Hamilton TP 3 Moray Low HK 2 Ross Ford LP 1 Allan Jacobsen Substitutes: HK 16 Scott Lawson PR 17 Alasdair Dickinson LK 18 Scott MacLeod FL 19 Alasdair Strokosch SH 20 Mike Blair FH 21 Phil Godman CE 22 Nick De Luca Coach: Andy Robinson

• Scotland earn their first series win ever against Argentina.

Week 5

23 June 2010 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand Māori	35–28	England[11]
Try: Hosea Gear (3) 13', 42', 45' Liam Messam 18' Con: Luke McAlister (3) 15', 19', 44' Pen: Luke McAlister 11' Willie Ripia (2) 73', 75'	Report[27]	Try: Steffon Armitage 4' Danny Care 48' Chris Ashton 40' Con: Charlie Hodgson (2) 5', 39' Pen: Charlie Hodgson (3) 2', 9', 34'

McLean Park, Napier Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

26 June 2010 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	29–10	Wales
Try: Jane 24' Cruden 80' Con: Carter 25' Weepu 80' Pen: Carter (5) 13', 40', 44', 51', 55'	Report[29]	Try: Roberts 77' Con: James 78' Pen: Halfpenny 3'

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 20,000[30] Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

FB 15 Mils Muliaina RW 14 Cory Jane OC 13 Richard Kahui IC 12 Benson Stanley LW 11 Zac Guildford FH 10 Dan Carter SH 9 Jimmy Cowan N8 8 Kieran Read OF 7 Richie McCaw (c) BF 6 Jerome Kaino RL 5 Tom Donnelly LL 4 Brad Thorn TP 3 Neemia Tialata HK 2 Keven Mealamu LP 1 Tony Woodcock Substitutes: HK 16 Aled de Malmanche PR 17 Owen Franks LK 18 Sam Whitelock FL 19 Adam Thomson SH 20 Piri Weepu FH 21 Aaron Cruden WG 22 Rene Ranger Coach: Graham Henry

FB 15 Lee Byrne RW 14 Leigh Halfpenny OC 13 Jonathan Davies IC 12 Jamie Roberts LW 11 Tom Prydie FH 10 Dan Biggar SH 9 Mike Phillips N8 8 Ryan Jones (c) OF 7 Gavin Thomas BF 6 Jonathan Thomas RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones LL 4 Bradley Davies TP 3 Adam Jones HK 2 Matthew Rees LP 1 Paul James Substitutes: HK 16 Huw Bennett PR 17 Craig Mitchell LK 18 Deiniol Jones FL 19 Rob McCusker SH 20 Richie Rees FH 21 Stephen Jones WG 22 Will Harries Coach: Warren Gatland

• This was referee Jonathan Kaplan's 17th game involving New Zealand, a new refereeing record for games involving any one country.

26 June 2010 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	22–15	Ireland
Try: Burgess 17' Cooper 39' Pen: Cooper (2) 12', 33' Giteau (2) 52', 61'	Report[31]	Pen: Sexton (5) 2', 9', 22', 29', 35'

Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 45,498 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

FB 15 James O'Connor RW 14 Drew Mitchell OC 13 Rob Horne IC 12 Matt Giteau LW 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper FH 10 Quade Cooper SH 9 Luke Burgess N8 8 Richard Brown OF 7 David Pocock BF 6 Rocky Elsom (c) RL 5 Mark Chisholm LL 4 Dean Mumm TP 3 Salesi Ma'afu HK 2 Saia Fainga'a LP 1 Ben Daley Substitutes: HK 16 Huia Edmonds PR 17 James Slipper LK 18 Mitch Chapman FL 19 Matt Hodgson SH 20 Josh Valentine FH 21 Berrick Barnes FB 22 Kurtley Beale Coach: Robbie Deans

FB 15 Rob Kearney RW 14 Tommy Bowe OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c) IC 12 Paddy Wallace LW 11 Andrew Trimble FH 10 Johnny Sexton SH 9 Tomás O'Leary N8 8 Chris Henry OF 7 Shane Jennings BF 6 Niall Ronan RL 5 Mick O'Driscoll LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan TP 3 Tony Buckley HK 2 Seán Cronin LP 1 Cian Healy Substitutes: HK 16 Damien Varley PR 17 Tom Court LK 18 Dan Tuohy FL 19 Rhys Ruddock SH 20 Eoin Reddan FH 21 Ronan O'Gara FB 22 Geordan Murphy Coach: Declan Kidney

26 June 2010 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	55–11	Italy
Try: Steyn (2) 11' c, 30' c Spies 37' c du Plessis 51' c Habana 56' c Van der Merwe 60' c BJ Botha 70' c Con: Steyn (6/6) Pienaar (1/1) Pen: Steyn (2) 4', 20'	Report[32]	Try: Sepe 65' m Pen: Bergamasco (2) 8', 14'

Buffalo City Stadium, East London Attendance: 12,984 Referee: Andrew Small (England)

FB 15 Gio Aplon RW 14 Jean de Villiers OC 13 Jaque Fourie IC 12 Juan de Jongh LW 11 Bryan Habana FH 10 Morné Steyn SH 9 Ricky Januarie N8 8 Pierre Spies OF 7 Francois Louw BF 6 Schalk Burger RL 5 Andries Bekker LL 4 Bakkies Botha TP 3 Jannie du Plessis HK 2 John Smit (c) LP 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp Substitutes: HK 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle PR 17 BJ Botha LK 18 Flip van der Merwe FL 19 Dewald Potgieter SH 20 Ruan Pienaar FH 21 Butch James CE 22 Wynand Olivier Coach: Peter de Villiers

FB 15 Luke McLean RW 14 Michele Sepe OC 13 Gonzalo Canale IC 12 Andrea Masi LW 11 Mirco Bergamasco FH 10 Craig Gower SH 9 Simon Picone N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c) OF 7 Paul Derbyshire BF 6 Manoa Vosawai RL 5 Marco Bortolami LL 4 Carlo Del Fava TP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini HK 2 Fabio Ongaro LP 1 Salvatore Perugini Substitutes: HK 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini PR 17 Franco Sbaraglini LK 18 Quintin Geldenhuys FL 19 Alessandro Zanni SH 20 Tito Tebaldi FH 21 Riccardo Bocchino WG 22 Matteo Pratichetti Coach: Nick Mallett

• Springbok captain John Smit became the first rugby player to win 50 tests as captain.
• Bryan Habana scored his 38th test try, equalling the South African record of Joost van der Westhuizen.

26 June 2010 15:30 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	41–13	France
Try: Fernández Lobbe 40' c Contepomi (2) 48' c, 68' c González Amorosino 58' m Con: Contepomi (3/4) Pen: Contepomi (5) 4', 8', 26', 37', 65'	Report[33]	Try: Malzieu 53' c Con: Parra (1/1) Pen: Porical 2' Parra 18'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,460 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

• This game was referee Stuart Dickinson's 50th test match.
• Argentina score their biggest win ever over France. The Pumas' previous record win over Les Bleus was their 34–10 win in the third-place game of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
• Argentina captain Felipe Contepomi became the 18th player in history to amass 500 career test points.