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Australia
v England⁠

34–3

Full time

Australia v England finished 34–3.

England
None
Australia
Chris Latham 54', Mark Gerrard 73', Rodney Blake 76'
Date
Sunday 11 June 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Competition
Test matches · First Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, George Chuter On in the 57'
  • No. 17, Tim Payne On in the 65'
  • No. 18, Chris Jones On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Joe Worsley On in the 57'
  • No. 20, Nick Walshe On in the 78'
  • No. 21, Andy Goode On in the 64'
  • No. 22, Jamie Noon On in the 71'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Greg Holmes Prop Off in the 70'
  • No. 2, Tai McIsaac Hooker Off in the 50'
  • No. 3, Rodney Blake Prop
  • No. 4, Nathan Sharpe Lock
  • No. 5, Dan Vickerman Lock
  • No. 6, Daniel Heenan Flanker Off in the 48'
  • No. 7, George Smith Flanker
  • No. 8, Rocky Elsom Number 8 Off in the 67'
  • No. 9, George Gregan (c) Scrum Half Off in the 75'
  • No. 10, Stephen Larkham Fly Half
  • No. 11, Lote Tuqiri Wing
  • No. 12, Mat Rogers Centre Off in the 66'
  • No. 13, Stirling Mortlock Centre
  • No. 14, Mark Gerrard Wing
  • No. 15, Chris Latham Full Back Off in the 66'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jeremy Paul On in the 50'
  • No. 17, Al Baxter On in the 70'
  • No. 18, Mark Chisholm On in the 48'
  • No. 19, Phil Waugh On in the 67'
  • No. 20, Josh Valentine On in the 75'
  • No. 21, Clyde Rathbone On in the 66'
  • No. 22, Cameron Shepherd On in the 66'

Referee: Alan Lewis. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2003 – 2005

02 27 Nov 2004
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 19–21 Australia England lost

England tries: Lewis Moody 49', Josh Lewsey 61', Mark Cueto 64'

Australia tries: Jeremy Paul 16', Chris Latham 28'

Match page: England v Australia, 27 November 2004

03 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

05 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

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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