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Australia
v England⁠

40–15

Full time

Australia v England finished 40–15.

Australia
Marty Roebuck, David Campese, David Campese, Willie Ofahengaue, Willie Ofahengaue
Date
Saturday 27 July 1991 · England in 1991
Venue
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tony Daly Prop
  • No. 2, Phil Kearns Hooker
  • No. 3, Ewen McKenzie Prop
  • No. 4, Rod McCall Lock
  • No. 5, John Eales Lock
  • No. 6, Simon Poidevin Flanker
  • No. 7, Willie Ofahengaue Flanker
  • No. 8, Tim Gavin Number 8
  • No. 9, Nick Farr-Jones (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Michael Lynagh Fly Half
  • No. 11, Bob Egerton Wing
  • No. 12, Tim Horan Centre
  • No. 13, Jason Little Centre
  • No. 14, David Campese Wing
  • No. 15, Marty Roebuck Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Anthony Herbert (not used)
  • No. 17, Paul Carozza (not used)
  • No. 18, Peter Slattery (not used)
  • No. 19, Troy Coker (not used)
  • No. 20, Dan Crowley (not used)
  • No. 21, David Nucifora (not used)

Referee: Keith Lawrence. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1984 – 1988

01 5 Nov 1988
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 28–19 Australia England won

England tries: Simon Halliday, Rory Underwood, Rory Underwood, Dewi Morris

Australia tries: Andrew Leeds, James Grant, David Campese

Match page: England v Australia, 5 November 1988

02 12 Jun 1988
Test matches · Second Test Concord Oval, Sydney

Australia 28–8 England England lost

England tries: Rory Underwood, Dean Richards

Australia tries: Garry Ella, David Campese, Michael Lynagh, David Carter

Match page: Australia v England, 12 June 1988

04 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

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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