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Australia
v England⁠: England rugby union, 21 June 2003

14–25

Full time

Australia v England finished 14–25.

Australia
Wendell Sailor 78'
Date
Saturday 21 June 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Colonial Stadium, Melbourne
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Bill Young Prop
  • No. 2, Jeremy Paul Hooker
  • No. 3, Patricio Noriega Prop
  • No. 4, David Giffin Lock
  • No. 5, Nathan Sharpe Lock
  • No. 6, David Lyons Flanker
  • No. 7, Phil Waugh Flanker
  • No. 8, Toutai Kefu Number 8
  • No. 9, George Gregan (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Nathan Grey Fly Half
  • No. 11, Joe Roff Wing
  • No. 12, Steve Kefu Centre
  • No. 13, Morgan Turinui Centre
  • No. 14, Wendell Sailor Wing
  • No. 15, Chris Latham Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Brendan Cannon (not used)
  • No. 17, Ben Darwin (not used)
  • No. 18, Dan Vickerman (not used)
  • No. 19, Daniel Heenan (not used)
  • No. 20, Chris Whitaker (not used)
  • No. 21, Mat Rogers (not used)
  • No. 22, Lote Tuqiri (not used)

Referee: David McHugh. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1998 – 2002

04 26 Jun 1999
Test matches · Test Match Stadium Australia, Sydney

Australia 22–15 England England lost

England tries: Matt Perry, Matt Perry

Australia tries: Ben Tune, Ben Tune, Joe Roff, David Wilson

Match page: Australia v England, 26 June 1999

Official meetings since 1909

England v Australia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings57In our results database
England wins29England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Australia wins27Australia victories

England have scored 1092 points to Australia's 1204 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Jonathan Joseph

4 tries against Australia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Australia · Fixture leader

7

Ben Tune

Australia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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