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The '''2006 June rugby union tests''' (also known as the summer tests in the [[Northern Hemisphere]]) were [[rugby union]] [[Test match (rugby union)|Test matches]] played during between June in 2006. It saw several tests between touring Northern Hemisphere sides and home Southern Hemisphere sides, including a test series between [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] and [[England national rugby union team|England]], [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]], [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]]. [[France national rugby union team|France]] played [[Romania national rugby union team|Romania]] and the Springboks, while [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] played [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fiji]] and [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]]. 

Most of the fixtures acted as end-of-season tours of the [[Northern Hemisphere]] nations, and pre season matches for the [[Tri Nations Series]] and [[Pacific 5 Nations]] for the [[Southern Hemisphere]] nations.

==Overview==
===Series===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="320"| Tour
!width="70"| Result
!width="100"| Winners
|-
| [[2006 England rugby union tour of Australia|Australia v England test series]]
| 2–0
| align=center|{{ru|AUS}}
|-
| [[2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina|Argentina v Wales test series]]
| 2–0
| align=center|{{ru|ARG}}
|-
| [[2006 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia|New Zealand v Ireland test series]]
| 2–0
| align=center|{{ru|NZL}}
|-
| [[2006 Scotland rugby union tour of South Africa|South Africa v Scotland test series]]
| 2–0
| align=center|{{ru|RSA}}
|}

===Other tours===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="100"| Team/Tour
!width="390"| Opponents
|-
| [[2006 France rugby union tour|French tour]]
| align=center|{{ru|ROM}} (W) – {{ru|RSA}} (W) 
|-
| [[2006 Italy rugby union tour|Italian tour]]
| align=center|{{ru|JPN}} (W) – {{ru|FJI}} (L) 
|}

==Fixtures==
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|date = 10 June 2006
|time = 19:35 [[New Zealand Standard Time|NZST]] ([[UTC+12]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|NZL}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=2126|title=Stats - allblacks.com|website=stats.allblacks.com|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
|score = 34–23
|away = {{ru|IRE}}
|try1 = [[Doug Howlett|Howlett]]<br />[[Mils Muliaina|Muliaina]]<br />[[Troy Flavell|Flavell]]
|con1 = [[Luke McAlister|McAlister]] (2)
|pen1 = [[Luke McAlister|McAlister]] (5)
|try2 = [[Brian O'Driscoll|O'Driscoll]]<br />[[Andrew Trimble|Trimble]]
|con2 = [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]] (2)
|pen2 = [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]] (3)
|stadium = [[Waikato Stadium]], [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]]
|attendance = 29,850
|referee = [[Stuart Dickinson]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
*The scoreline belied the closeness of the contest, as Ireland were 20 minutes away from a first-ever win over the All Blacks, holding a 23–15 lead halfway through the second half.
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 10 June 2006
|time = 15:00 [[South Africa Standard Time|SAST]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|RSA}}
|score = 36–16
|report = Report<ref name="South Africa 36-16 Scotland">{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=12855 | homeid=5638 | awayid=5639 | leagueid=413 | hometeam=South Africa | homescore=36 | awayscore=16 | awayteam=Scotland | matchdate=10 June 2006 | date=20 May 2016}}</ref>
|away = {{Ru|SCO}}
|try1 = [[André Snyman|Snyman]]<br />[[Breyton Paulse|Paulse]]<br />[[Percy Montgomery|Montgomery]]<br />[[Schalk Burger|Burger]]
|con1 = [[Percy Montgomery|Montgomery]] (2)
|pen1 = [[Percy Montgomery|Montgomery]] (4)
|try2 = [[Simon Webster (rugby union)|Webster]]
|con2 = [[Chris Paterson|Paterson]]
|pen2 = [[Chris Paterson|Paterson]] (3)
|stadium = [[Kings Park Stadium|ABSA Stadium]], [[Durban]]
|attendance = 32,500
|referee = [[Donal Courtney (rugby union)|Donal Courtney]] ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]])
}}
*This was Scotland's largest-ever defeat in South Africa.
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 11 June 2006
|time = 14:45 [[Time in Argentina|ART]] ([[UTC-03]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|ARG}}
|score = 27–25
|away = {{Ru|WAL}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/5063934.stm|title=Argentina 27-25 Wales|date=11 June 2006|access-date=14 September 2017|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|try1 = [[Juan Manuel Leguizamón|Leguizamón]]<br />[[José María Núñez Piossek|Núñez Piossek]]<br />[[Francisco Leonelli|Leonelli]]
|con1 = [[Federico Todeschini|Todeschini]] (3)
|pen1 = [[Federico Todeschini|Todeschini]] (2)
|try2 = [[Mark Jones (rugby union, born 1979)|M. Jones]]<br />[[Ian Evans (rugby union)|Evans]]<br />[[James Hook (rugby union)|Hook]]
|con2 = [[Nicky Robinson (rugby union)|Robinson]] (2)
|pen2 = [[Nicky Robinson (rugby union)|Robinson]] (2)
|stadium = [[Estadio Raúl Conti]], [[Puerto Madryn]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Alain Rolland]] ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]])
}}
* This was Argentina's first-ever Test in [[Patagonia]]. Puerto Madryn was the site where the first Welsh colonists arrived in Argentina, leading to the establishment of [[Y Wladfa]] in the 1860s.
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 11 June 2006
|time = 20:00 [[Time in Australia|AEST]] ([[UTC+10]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|AUS}}
|score = 34–3
|away = {{Ru|ENG}}
|try1 = [[Chris Latham (rugby union)|Latham]]<br />[[Mark Gerrard|Gerrard]]<br />[[Rodney Blake|Blake]]
|con1 = [[Stirling Mortlock|Mortlock]] (2)
|pen1 = [[Stirling Mortlock|Mortlock]] (5)
|pen2 = [[Olly Barkley|Barkley]]
|stadium = [[Telstra Stadium]], [[Sydney]]
|attendance = 62,124
|referee = [[Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket)|Alan Lewis]] ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]])
}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 11 June 2006
|time = 14:05 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|JPN}}
|score = 6–52
|away = {{Ru|ITA}}
|pen1 = [[Wataru Ikeda|Ikeda]] (2)
|try2 = [[Josh Sole|Sole]]<br />[[David Bortolussi|Bortolussi]]<br />[[Denis Dallan|Dallan]]<br />[[Mirco Bergamasco|Mi. Bergamasco]] (2)<br />[[Santiago Dellapè|Dellapè]]<br />[[Benjamin de Jager|de Jager]]
|con2 = [[Ramiro Pez|Pez]] (4)<br />[[David Bortolussi|Bortolussi]] (3)
|pen2 = [[Ramiro Pez|Pez]]
|stadium = [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|Chichibunomiya]], [[Tokyo]]
|attendance = 8,826
|referee = [[Scott Young (rugby)|Scott Young]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}

{{Rugbybox
|date = 17 June 2006
|time = 19:35 [[New Zealand Standard Time|NZST]] ([[UTC+12]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|NZL}}
|score = 27–17
|away = {{ru|IRE}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=2127|title=Stats - allblacks.com|website=stats.allblacks.com|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
|try1 = [[Clarke Dermody|Dermody]]<br />[[Byron Kelleher|Kelleher]]<br />[[Luke McAlister|McAlister]]
|con1 = [[Luke McAlister|McAlister]] (3)
|pen1 = [[Luke McAlister|McAlister]] (2)
|try2 = [[Jerry Flannery|Flannery]]<br />[[Paul O'Connell|O'Connell]]
|con2 = [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]] (2)
|pen2 = [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]]
|stadium = [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = [[Jonathan Kaplan (rugby union)|Jonathan Kaplan]] ([[South African Rugby Union|South Africa]])
}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 17 June 2006
|time = 14:45 [[Time in Argentina|ART]] ([[UTC-03]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|ARG}}
|score = 45–27
|away = {{Ru|WAL}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/5084264.stm|title=Argentina 45-27 Wales|date=17 June 2006|access-date=14 September 2017|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|try1 = [[Gonzalo Tiesi|Tiesi]] (2)<br />[[Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe|J. M. Fernández Lobbe]]
|con1 = [[Federico Todeschini|Todeschini]] (3)
|pen1 = [[Federico Todeschini|Todeschini]] (8)
|try2 = [[Gareth Delve|Delve]]<br />[[Shane Williams|S. Williams]]<br />[[Lee Byrne|Byrne]]
|con2 = [[Nicky Robinson (rugby union)|Robinson]]<br />[[James Hook (rugby union)|Hook]] (2)
|pen2 = [[James Hook (rugby union)|Hook]] (2)
|stadium = [[José Amalfitani Stadium]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 18,102
|referee = [[Dave Pearson (rugby)|Dave Pearson]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
* Argentina win a Test series against Wales for the first time.
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 17 June 2006
|time = 20:00 [[Time in Australia|AEST]] ([[UTC+10]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|AUS}}
|score = 43–18
|away = {{Ru|ENG}}
|try1 = [[George Smith (rugby union)|Smith]]<br />[[Mark Gerrard|Gerrard]] (2)<br />[[Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)|Tuqiri]]<br />[[Mark Chisholm|Chisholm]]<br />[[Chris Latham (rugby union)|Latham]]
|con1 = [[Stirling Mortlock|Mortlock]] (5)
|pen1 = [[Stirling Mortlock|Mortlock]]
|try2 = [[George Chuter|Chuter]]<br />[[Tom Varndell|Varndell]]
|con2 = [[Andy Goode|Goode]]
|pen2 = [[Andy Goode|Goode]]
|drop2 = [[Andy Goode|Goode]]
|stadium = [[Telstra Dome]], [[Melbourne]]
|attendance = 41,278
|referee = [[Steve Walsh (rugby)|Steve Walsh]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}
* This was England's fifth consecutive Test defeat, their worst streak since 1984. Australia's [[George Gregan]] made his 120th international appearance, setting an all-time record for the sport.<ref>{{cite web |title=Squad Profiles: George Gregan |url=http://www.rugby.com.au/players/wallabies/2007_squad/2007_rwc_squad/gregan_george,62575.html |publisher=[[Australian Rugby Union]] |access-date=5 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606231720/http://www.rugby.com.au/players/wallabies/2007_squad/2007_rwc_squad/gregan_george%2C62575.html |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}</ref>
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 17 June 2006
|time = 20:00 ([[UTC+12]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|FIJ}}
|score = 29–18
|away = {{Ru|ITA}}
|report = Report<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetrugby.com/Teams/Fiji/story_51919.shtml |title = Fiji rugby news, commentary, fun, fixtures, results, downloads and features from Planet-Rugby.com |access-date=2006-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108195819/http://www.planetrugby.com/Teams/Fiji/story_51919.shtml |archive-date=2006-11-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|try1 = [[Norman Ligairi|Ligairi]]<br />[[Rupeni Caucaunibuca|Caucaunibuca]]<br />[[Jacob Rauluni|Rauluni]]<br />[[Kiniviliame Salabog|Salabog]]
|con1 = [[Seremaia Bai|Bai]] (3)
|pen1 = [[Seremaia Bai|Bai]]
|try2 = [[Josh Sole|Sole]]<br />[[Andrea Lo Cicero|Lo Cicero]]
|con2 = [[Ramiro Pez|Pez]]
|pen2 = [[Ramiro Pez|Pez]] (2)
|stadium = [[Churchill Park (Lautoka)|Churchill Park]], [[Lautoka]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Marius Jonker]] ([[South African Rugby Union|South Africa]])
}}
* Fiji claim a [[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] scalp for the first time since 2000, when they defeated Italy (then newly admitted to the Six Nations), the last time the ''Azzurri'' visited Churchill Park.
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 17 June 2006
|time = 15:00 [[South Africa Standard Time|SAST]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|RSA}}
|score = 29–15
|away = {{Ru|SCO}}
|try1 = [[Fourie du Preez|Du Preez]]
|pen1 = [[Percy Montgomery|Montgomery]] (7)<br />[[Jaco van der Westhuyzen|Van der Westhuyzen]]
|try2 = [[Donnie Macfadyen|Macfadyen]]<br />[[Simon Webster (rugby union)|Webster]]
|con2 = [[Chris Paterson|Paterson]]
|pen2 = [[Chris Paterson|Paterson]]
|stadium = [[EPRFU Stadium]], [[Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape|Port Elizabeth]]
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = [[Tony Spreadbury]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
* Fullback [[Percy Montgomery]] became the first Springbok to score 600 Test points.
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 17 June 2006
|time = 18:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST/GMT+03]] ([[UTC+03]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|ROU}}
|score = 14–62
|away = {{Ru|FRA}}
|try1 = [[Cătălin Fercu|Fercu]]
|pen1 = [[Florin Vlaicu|Vlaicu]] (3)
|try2 = [[Yannick Jauzion|Jauzion]]<br />[[Rémy Martin (rugby union)|Martin]]<br />[[Thierry Dusautoir|Dusautoir]]<br />[[Damien Traille|Traille]]<br />[[Sylvain Marconnet|Marconnet]]<br />[[Thomas Castaignède|Castaignède]]<br />[[Dimitri Szarzewski|Szarzewski]]<br />[[Julien Laharrague|Laharrague]]<br />[[David Marty|Marty]]
|con2 = [[Damien Traille|Traille]] (6)<br />[[Thomas Castaignède|Castaignède]]
|pen2 = [[Damien Traille|Traille]]
|stadium = [[Cotroceni Stadium]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Bryce Lawrence]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}

{{Rugbybox
|date = 24 June 2006
|time = 18:00 [[Time in Australia|AWST]] ([[UTC+08]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|AUS}}
|score = 37–15
|away = {{ru|IRE}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/5109644.stm|title=Australia 37-15 Ireland|date=24 June 2006|access-date=14 September 2017|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|try1 = [[Chris Latham (rugby union)|Latham]]<br />[[Mark Gerrard|Gerrard]]<br />[[Greg Holmes (rugby union)|Holmes]]<br />[[George Gregan|Gregan]]<br />[[Cameron Shepherd|Shepherd]]
|con1 = [[Stirling Mortlock|Mortlock]] (3)
|pen1 = [[Stirling Mortlock|Mortlock]] (2)
|try2 = [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]]<br />[[Neil Best|Best]]
|con2 = [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]]
|pen2 = [[Ronan O'Gara|O'Gara]]
|stadium = [[Subiaco Oval]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]
|attendance = 38,200
|referee = [[Kelvin Deaker]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 24 June 2006
|time = 15:00 [[South Africa Standard Time|SAST]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|RSA}}
|score = 26–36
|away = {{Ru|FRA}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/5101274.stm|title=South Africa 26-36 France|date=24 June 2006|access-date=14 September 2017|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|try1 = [[Brent Russell|Russell]]
|pen1 = [[Percy Montgomery|Montgomery]] (7)
|try2 = [[Cédric Heymans|Heymans]]<br />[[Vincent Clerc|Clerc]] (2)<br />[[Damien Traille|Traille]]
|con2 = [[Dimitri Yachvili|Yachvili]] (2)
|pen2 = [[Dimitri Yachvili|Yachvili]] (2)
|drop2 = [[Florian Fritz|Fritz]]<br />[[Damien Traille|Traille]]
|stadium = [[Newlands Stadium]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 52,000
|referee = [[Stuart Dickinson]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
* South Africa suffered their first defeat at home since 2003. The result meant that the teams switched places in the world rankings, with France overtaking South Africa for second.
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{{Rugbybox
|date = 24 June 2006
|time = 20:40 [[Time in Argentina|ART]] ([[UTC-03]])
|home = {{Ru-rt|ARG}}
|score = 19–25
|away = {{Ru|NZL}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=2128|title=Stats - allblacks.com|website=stats.allblacks.com|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
|try1 = [[Martín Durand|Durand]]
|con1 = [[Federico Todeschini|Todeschini]]
|pen1 = [[Federico Todeschini|Todeschini]] (4)
|try2 = [[Dan Carter|Carter]]<br />[[Leon MacDonald|MacDonald]]<br />[[Scott Hamilton (rugby union)|Hamilton]]
|con2 = [[Dan Carter|Carter]] (2)
|pen2 = [[Dan Carter|Carter]] (2)
|stadium = [[José Amalfitani Stadium]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 37,000
|referee = [[Nigel Whitehouse]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]])
}}

==See also==
*[[2006 Churchill Cup|2006 IRB Churchill Cup]]
*[[2006 end-of-year rugby union tests]]
*[[2006 France rugby union tour]]
*[[2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations]]
*[[2006 IRB Nations Cup]]
*[[Mid-year rugby union test series]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060509080256/http://rugby.com.au/fixtures_results/bundaberg_rum_rugby_series/bundaberg_rum_series_calendar,1292.html 2006 Bundaberg Rum Rugby Series] at Rugby.com.au
*[http://www.allblacks.com/fixtures/ 2006 All Blacks fixtures] at AllBlacks.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060924232709/http://www.sarugby.co.za/fixtures.asp?id=1000 2006 Springboks fixtures] at SARugby.co.za

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