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England
v Australia⁠: England rugby union, 18 November 2000

22–19

Full time

England v Australia finished 22–19.

England
Dan Luger
Australia
Matt Burke
Date
Saturday 18 November 2000 · England in 2000
Venue
Twickenham, London
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, Michael Foley Hooker Off in the 40'
  • No. 3, Fletcher Dyson Prop Off in the 30'
  • No. 4, David Giffin Lock Off in the 77'
  • No. 5, John Eales (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Jim Williams Flanker Off in the 45'
  • No. 7, George Smith Flanker Off in the 76'
  • No. 8, Toutai Kefu Number 8 Off in the 58'
  • No. 9, Sam Cordingley Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Rod Kafer Fly Half Off in the 39'
  • No. 11, Joe Roff Wing
  • No. 12, Stirling Mortlock Centre
  • No. 13, Daniel Herbert Centre
  • No. 14, Matt Burke Wing
  • No. 15, Chris Latham Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jeremy Paul On in the 40'
  • No. 17, Glenn Panoho On in the 30'
  • No. 18, Mark Connors On in the 45'
  • No. 19, Phil Waugh On in the 76'
  • No. 20, Matt Cockbain On in the 77'
  • No. 21, Chris Whitaker (not used)
  • No. 22, Nathan Grey On in the 39'

Referee: Andre Watson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 1999

01 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

03 6 Jun 1998
Test matches · Test Match Lang Park, Brisbane

Australia 76–0 England England lost

England tries: None

Australia tries: Matt Burke, Ben Tune, Ben Tune, Ben Tune, Tim Horan, Tim Horan, Stephen Larkham, Stephen Larkham, Stephen Larkham, George Gregan, Toutai Kefu

Match page: Australia v England, 6 June 1998

05 12 Jul 1997
Test matches · Test Match Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Australia 25–6 England England lost

England tries: None

Australia tries: Matt Burke, Ben Tune, Tim Horan, George Gregan

Match page: Australia v England, 12 July 1997

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

Jonny May

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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