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England
v Australia⁠: England rugby union, 27 November 2004

19–21

Full time

England v Australia finished 19–21.

Australia
Jeremy Paul 16', Chris Latham 28'
Date
Saturday 27 November 2004 · England in 2004
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andy Titterrell (not used)
  • No. 17, Andrew Sheridan (not used)
  • No. 18, Ben Kay (not used)
  • No. 19, Andy Hazell (not used)
  • No. 20, Harry Ellis On in the 70'
  • No. 21, Will Greenwood On in the 25'
  • No. 22, Ben Cohen On in the 74'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Bill Young Prop Off in the 62'
  • No. 2, Jeremy Paul Hooker
  • No. 3, Al Baxter Prop
  • No. 4, Justin Harrison Lock
  • No. 5, Dan Vickerman Lock
  • No. 6, George Smith Flanker
  • No. 7, Phil Waugh Flanker
  • No. 8, David Lyons Number 8 Off in the 74'
  • No. 9, George Gregan (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Elton Flatley Fly Half Off in the 25'
  • No. 11, Lote Tuqiri Wing
  • No. 12, Matt Giteau 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, Matt Dunning On in the 62'
  • No. 18, Radike Samo (not used)
  • No. 19, Stephen Hoiles On in the 74'
  • No. 20, Matt Henjak (not used)
  • No. 21, Drew Mitchell (not used)
  • No. 22, Mat Rogers On in the 25'

Referee: Paul Honiss. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2001 – 2004

01 26 Jun 2004
Test matches · Test Match Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Australia 51–15 England England lost

England tries: Richard Hill 29', Lawrence Dallaglio 49'

Australia tries: Clyde Rathbone 19', Clyde Rathbone 40', Clyde Rathbone 53', Jeremy Paul 56', Jeremy Paul 64', Lote Tuqiri 68'

Match page: Australia v England, 26 June 2004

03 21 Jun 2003
Test matches · Test Match Colonial Stadium, Melbourne

Australia 14–25 England England won

England tries: Will Greenwood 5', Mike Tindall 30', Ben Cohen 63'

Australia tries: Wendell Sailor 78'

Match page: Australia v England, 21 June 2003

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

Rory Underwood

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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