following this, jonsson captained the swedish team on a short tour of australia in january 1991, the first time since 1971/72 that a swedish speedway team had toured down under. sweden, whose lineup was jonsson, henrik gustafsson, jimmy nilsen, tony rickardsson, conny ivarsson, erik stenlund and peter nahlin defeated the phil crump captained aussies (who fielded 14 riders over the series) 3–2 in the five match series with jonsson topping the averages for both teams with 16.4 per test. the swede's proved a popular draw card in australia.