18 October Notes: •
Adam Ashley-Cooper became the sixth Australian player to earn 100 test caps, and the first to score a try in his 100th test. • Adam Ashley-Cooper equaled
David Campese's record of 8 tries scored against the All Blacks. •
Benn Robinson and
Ben Alexander both equaled
Al Baxter's 69 test caps and became the Wallabies' most-capped props. • During the post-match press conference, Wallabies head coach
Ewen McKenzie announced his resignation.
29 October Notes: •
JC Greyling,
Torsten van Jaarsveld and
Tjiuee Uanivi made their international debuts for Namibia. •
Chris Kleebauer and
Benedikt Scherrer made their international debuts for Germany.
1 November ----
Notes: • Australia won the
Killik Cup, after the Barbarians won it in 2013 against Fiji and England failed to reclaim it in June 2014. ----
Notes: • The attendance for this match more than tripled the previous record crowd for an international rugby match in the U.S. of 20,181, set in
June 2013 when the USA hosted Ireland at
BBVA Compass Stadium in
Houston. Soldier Field, with a 61,500 capacity, was sold out a week before the match. • The score was a record for the All Blacks against the US, surpassing their 51–3 victory in 1913. •
Augustine Pulu made his international debut for New Zealand. •
Tim Stanfill made his international debut for the United States. ----
7/8 November Notes: •
Jordan Wilson-Ross made his international debut for Canada. •
Franklin Bertolini made his international debut for Namibia. ---- ----
Notes: •
John Aikmen,
Reece Hamon,
Jack Parfitt,
Duncan Pollock and
James Richards made their international debut for Hong Kong. •
Sergey Chernysev,
Vasily Dorofeyev,
Ilya Dyomushkin,
Nikolay Serkov and
Vitaly Zhivatov made their international debuts for Russia. •
Vasily Artemyev earned his 50th test cap for Russia. ----
Notes: •
Paea Faʻanunu and
Siua Halanukonuka made their international debuts for Tonga. ----
Notes: • Italy ends a 9 consecutive losing streak with their first win since their 37–31 against Fiji in
November 2013. •
Kelly Haimona made his international debut for Italy. •
Michael and
Winston Stanley,
Pete Cowley and
Patrick-Albert Toetu made their international debuts for Samoa. •
Quintin Geldenhuys earned his 50th test cap for Italy. ----
Notes: • New Zealand retain the
Hillary Shield. •
George Kruis, Anthony Watson and
Semesa Rokoduguni made their international debuts for England. ----
Notes: • Australia retain the
James Bevan Trophy. •
Sean McMahon and
Tetera Faulkner made their international debuts for Australia. • Australia win their 10th consecutive match over Wales, surpassing their record of 9 consecutive wins over Wales. ----
Notes: •
Robert Neagu made his international debut for Romania. •
John Cullen,
Greg Peterson,
Benjamin Tarr and
Matt Trouville made their international debuts for the United States. • ----
Notes: •
Uini Atonio,
Xavier Chiocci,
Alexandre Dumoulin,
Rory Kockott,
Charles Ollivon,
Scott Spedding and
Teddy Thomas made their international debuts for France. •
Alipate Ratini and
Nemia Soqeta made their international debuts for Fiji. ----
Notes: •
Jared Payne made his international debut for Ireland. • This was Ireland's first win over South Africa since 2009. • Ireland became the first Six Nations team to beat South Africa since Scotland's 21–17 win in
November 2010. ----
Notes: •
Mark Bennett made his international debut for Scotland. • Brothers
Jonny and
Richie Gray became the 21st set of brothers to play for Scotland together. •
Juan Cruz Guillemaín and
Facundo Isa made their international debuts for Argentina. •
Juan Martín Hernández earned his 50th test cap for Argentina. • This was Scotland's first win over Argentina at Murrayfield since their first ever meeting in 1990.
14/15/16 November Notes: •
Lucas Ponce and
Guido Petti (both Argentina) made their international debuts. • This fixture was originally scheduled for 15 November 15:00
CET kick off. But the match was brought forward by the
FIR because of the bad weather expected to hit the region. ---- ----
Notes: •
Alofa Alofa,
TJ Ioane,
Rey Lee-Lo and
Ahsee Tuala made their international debuts for Samoa. •
Richard Thorpe made his international debut for Canada. ----
Notes: • Russia wins the Ustinov Cup series 2–0. ----
Notes: •
Daniel Carpo earned his 50th test cap for Romania. •
Karne Hesketh,
Keita Inagaki and
Amanaki Mafi made their international debuts for Japan. ----
Notes: •
Danny Care earned his 50th test cap for England. • With this loss, England lose their fifth consecutive match, their worst run of defeats since their 7 consecutive losses in 2006 - although four of the five were against world champions New Zealand. ----
Notes: •
Nicky Smith (Wales) made his international debut. ----
Notes: •
Sione Lea made his international debut for Tonga. ----
Notes: •
James Parsons made his international debut for New Zealand. ----
Notes: •
Sekope Kepu earned his 50th test cap for Australia. • France reclaim the
Trophée des Bicentenaires after losing it in June 2014. ----
Notes: •
Robin Copeland,
Dominic Ryan and
Dave Foley made their international debuts for Ireland. •
Lasha Malaghuradze earned his 50th test cap for Georgia.
21/22/23 November Notes: •
Taniela Koroi made his international debut for Fiji. •
Ronnie McLean made his international debut for the United States. ----
Notes: •
Samuela Vunisa made his international debut for Italy. •
Nizaam Carr and
Julian Redelinghuys made their international debuts for South Africa. ---- ---- ----
Notes: • Ireland reclaim the
Lansdowne Cup for the first time since 2006. •
Henry Speight made his international debut for Australia. • With this win, Ireland earn their first Autumn series clean-sweep, since their
2006 Autumn series campaign. ---- ---- ----
Notes: •
Luke Charteris earned his 50th test cap for Wales. • New Zealand Captain
Richie McCaw, captained his side for the 100th time. Coincidentally his first match as captain, was against Wales at the Millennium Stadium during the
2004 end-of-year tests. • Following this match,
Brodie Retallick was named
World Rugby Player of the Year, the sixth and third consecutive All Black to achieve the award, the All Blacks were named
World Rugby Team of the Year for the eighth and fifth consecutive time, and
Steve Hansen was named
World Rugby Coach of the Year for the third consecutive year. ---- ----
Notes: •
Tomás Lezana made his international debut for Argentina. • Argentina beat France for the first time on French Soil, since their 34–10 win during the
2007 Rugby World Cup third-place match. ----
Notes: •
Giorgi Aptsiauri made his international debut for Georgia. • This was Georgia's first win over Japan, bar in their second game.
29 November ----
Notes: •
Rob Simmons earned his 50th test cap for Australia. • England retained the
Cook Cup. ----
Notes: • Wales win the
Prince William Cup for the first ever time since its creation in 2007. • Wales beat South Africa for the first time since 1999, and for just the second time. • Wales beat a Southern hemisphere great (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) for the first time since 2008, ending a 22 match losing streak. ==See also==