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Australia
v England⁠

22–16

Full time

Australia v England finished 22–16.

England
John Bentley, Rory Underwood
Australia
Ian Williams
Date
Sunday 29 May 1988 · England in 1988
Venue
Ballymore, Brisbane
Competition
Test matches · First Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Robert Lawton Prop
  • No. 2, Tommy Lawton Hooker
  • No. 3, Andy McIntyre Prop
  • No. 4, Damien Frawley Lock
  • No. 5, Steve Cutler Lock
  • No. 6, Jeff Miller Flanker
  • No. 7, Julian Gardner Flanker
  • No. 8, David Carter Number 8
  • No. 9, Nick Farr-Jones (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Michael Lynagh Fly Half
  • No. 11, David Campese Wing
  • No. 12, Michael Cook Centre
  • No. 13, James Grant Centre
  • No. 14, Ian Williams Wing
  • No. 15, Andrew Leeds Full Back

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

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1975 – 1987

01 23 May 1987
Rugby World Cup Concord Oval, Sydney

Australia 19–6 England England lost

England tries: Mike Harrison 47'

Australia tries: David Campese 50', Simon Poidevin 60'

Match page: Australia v England, 23 May 1987

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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