Australia national under-21 rugby union team

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The Australian national under-21 rugby union team formerly represented Australia on a national level in age graded rugby union. The team competed at the Under 21 Rugby World Championship, and featured in three championship finals, though they never won the event, losing to South Africa in 2002, New Zealand in 2003 and South Africa again in 2005. Australia finished in fourth place at the final under-21 world championship, held in France in 2006.

In 2008, the International Rugby Board scrapped its under-21 and under-19 world championships in favour of a single under-20 competition, the IRB Junior World Championship. Australia accordingly replaced its under-21 and under-19 sides with a new under-20 side.

World championship final results

Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Venue
2002	South Africa	24-21	Australia	Johannesburg, South Africa
2003	New Zealand	21-10	Australia	Oxford, England
2005	South Africa	20-15	Australia	Mendoza, Argentina

External links

Rugby.com.au

Australia national rugby union team

Rugby Australia

History

Records

Players

Home stadium

Stadium Australia

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

World Cup finals	1991 1999 2003 2015
By opponent	Argentina Barbarians British & Irish Lions England Fiji France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tours

Argentina	1979 1987 1997 2002
New Zealand	1905 1913 1921 1923 1925 1928 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1967 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991
South Africa	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992
Europe	1908–09 1927–28 1939–40 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1971 1973 1975–76 1976 1981–82 1983 1984 1988 1989 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013
Oceania	1972 1980 1984
North America	1909 1912 1928 1948 1958 1967 1976 1989 1993
Asia	2000 2008 2009 2010

See also

Wally

Rugby union in Australia

Governing bodies

Overall	Rugby Australia
States	ACT and Southern NSW New South Wales NSWSRU NSWCRU Northern Territory Queensland QSRU QCRU South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

National teams

Men's	Wallabies 7s U-20 Schoolboys Former: U-21 U-19
Women's	Wallaroos 7s

Other notable teams

Competitions

International	The Rugby Championship Oceania U20 Championship
Professional	Super Rugby
National	National Rugby Championship (Horan-Little Shield) National Sevens Championship U19s Rugby Championship National Women's Championship Super Rugby Women's Australian Club Championship
Premier	Shute Shield Queensland Premier Rugby ACTRU Premier Division Dewar Shield RugbyWA Fortescue Premier Grade
Other	Global Rapid Rugby
Hosted events	1987 Rugby World Cup 2003 Rugby World Cup Australian Sevens Australian Women's Sevens
Defunct	Australian Provincial Championship Australian Rugby Championship Australian Rugby Shield

Rugby union in

International trophies

World Rugby events

Men's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series U20 World Championship
Women's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series

Multi-sport events

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National sports teams of Australia

A1 GP
Athletics
Australian rules football
Badminton
Baseball
- M
- M U19
- M U18
- Schoolboys
- W
Baseball5
Basketball
- M
- M U19
- M U17
- M 3x3
- W
- W U19
- W U17
- W 3x3
Beach handball
- M
- M U17
- W
Beach soccer
Cricket
- M
- Aus A
- M U19
- PM's XI
- W
- W U19
- Blind
Field hockey
- M
- M U21
- W
- W U21
Floorball
- M U19
- W
Futsal
- M
- W
Goalball
- M
- W
Golf
Gridiron
Gymnastics
Handball
- M
- M U21
- M U18
- W
- W U21
- W U18
Ice hockey
- M
- M U20
- M U18
- MPara
- W
- W U18
Indoor hockey
Inline hockey
- M
- W
International rules
- M
- W
Korfball
Lacrosse
- M
- Indoor
- W
Motorcycle Speedway
- Open
- U21
Netball
- M
- W
Pitch and putt
Quadball
Roller derby
- M
- W
Roller hockey
Rugby league
- M
- W
- PM's XIII
- Indigenous
- Junior
- Schoolboys
- Wheelchair
Rugby union
- M
- Aus A
- M U21
- M U20
- M U19
- Schoolboys
- M7
- W
- W7
Soccer
- M
- MB
- M U23
- M U20
- M U17
- P7
- W
- W U23
- W U20
- W U17
Softball
- M
- W
- M U17
- W U18
Squash
- M
- W
Swimming
Tennis
- Davis Cup
- Fed Cup
- Hopman Cup
Volleyball
- M
- W
- W U18
Water polo
- M
- W
Wheelchair basketball
- M
- W
Wheelchair rugby

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National youth sports teams of Australia