Australia national under-21 rugby union team

The Australia national under-21 rugby union team formerly represented Australia at national level in age-graded rugby union. The team competed at the Under 21 Rugby World Championship and reached three finals without ever winning the event, losing to South Africa in 2002, to New Zealand in 2003 and to South Africa again in 2005. Australia finished fourth at the last 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, and Australia accordingly replaced its under-21 and under-19 sides with a new under-20 side.