2019 $2 Wallabies Coloured Uncirculated Coin

Australia played its first Rugby International in 1899, but it was some nine years later that the team we now know as the Wallabies was born. The first team to leave our shores to represent the country in Rugby converged on the British Isles in 1908. Branded “the Rabbits” by a cheeky English press, the players decided their new nickname would not stick, and defiantly declared themselves “the Wallabies” before going on to win 33 of a possible 39 tour matches. Twice they have soared to the game's greatest heights, raising the William Webb Ellis Cup on two occasions in 1991 and 1999.