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Australia
v England⁠

25–6

Full time

Australia v England finished 25–6.

England
None
Australia
Matt Burke, Ben Tune, Tim Horan, George Gregan
Date
Saturday 12 July 1997 · England in 1997
Venue
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Austin Healey On in the 40'
  • No. 17, Alex King (not used)
  • No. 18, Jon Sleightholme (not used)
  • No. 19, Kevin Yates (not used)
  • No. 20, Richard Cockerill (not used)
  • No. 21, Ben Clarke On in the 69'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Cam Blades Prop
  • No. 2, Michael Foley Hooker
  • No. 3, Ewen McKenzie Prop Off in the 66'
  • No. 4, Garrick Morgan Lock
  • No. 5, John Eales (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Daniel Manu Flanker
  • No. 7, Brett Robinson Flanker
  • No. 8, Troy Coker Number 8 Off in the 75'
  • No. 9, George Gregan Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Tim Horan Fly Half
  • No. 11, Joe Roff Wing
  • No. 12, James Holbeck Centre
  • No. 13, Jason Little Centre
  • No. 14, Ben Tune Wing
  • No. 15, Matt Burke Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Stephen Larkham (not used)
  • No. 17, Mitch Hardy (not used)
  • No. 18, Sam Payne (not used)
  • No. 19, Matt Cockbain (not used)
  • No. 20, Andrew Blades On in the 66'
  • No. 21, Marco Caputo (not used)
  • No. 22, David Wilson On in the 38'

Referee: Paddy O'Brien. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1988 – 1995

03 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

04 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

05 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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