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England men · Rugby World Cup

Australia
v England⁠

22–25

Full time

Australia v England finished 22–25.

Australia
Damian Smith 41'
Date
Sunday 11 June 1995 · England in 1995
Venue
Newlands, Cape Town
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Dan Crowley Prop
  • No. 2, Phil Kearns Hooker
  • No. 3, Ewen McKenzie Prop
  • No. 4, Rod McCall Lock
  • No. 5, John Eales Lock
  • No. 6, Willie Ofahengaue Flanker
  • No. 7, David Wilson Flanker
  • No. 8, Tim Gavin Number 8
  • No. 9, George Gregan Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Michael Lynagh (c) Fly Half
  • No. 11, David Campese Wing
  • No. 12, Tim Horan Centre
  • No. 13, Jason Little Centre
  • No. 14, Damian Smith Wing
  • No. 15, Matt Burke Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Matt Pini (not used)
  • No. 17, Scott Bowen (not used)
  • No. 18, Peter Slattery (not used)
  • No. 19, Daniel Manu (not used)
  • No. 20, Mark Hartill (not used)
  • No. 21, Michael Foley (not used)

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

1988 – 1991

02 27 Jul 1991
Test matches · Test Match Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Australia 40–15 England England lost

England tries: Jeremy Guscott

Australia tries: Marty Roebuck, David Campese, David Campese, Willie Ofahengaue, Willie Ofahengaue

Match page: Australia v England, 27 July 1991

03 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

04 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

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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