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Australia
v England⁠

27–17

Full time

Australia v England finished 27–17.

England
Penalty try 53', Penalty try 70'
Australia
Rocky Elsom 17', Quade Cooper 31', Quade Cooper 57'
Date
Saturday 12 June 2010 · England in 2010
Venue
Subiaco Oval, Perth
Competition
Test matches · First Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Ben Daley Prop Off in the 79'
  • No. 2, Saia Faingaa Hooker Off in the 79'
  • No. 3, Salesi Ma'afu Prop Yellow card 68'
  • No. 4, Dean Mumm Lock Off in the 69'
  • No. 5, Nathan Sharpe Lock
  • No. 6, Rocky Elsom (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, David Pocock Flanker Off in the 79'
  • No. 8, Richard Brown Number 8 Off in the 68'
  • No. 9, Luke Burgess Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Quade Cooper Fly Half
  • No. 11, Drew Mitchell Wing
  • No. 12, Berrick Barnes Centre
  • No. 13, Rob Horne Centre
  • No. 14, Digby Ioane Wing
  • No. 15, James O'Connor Full Back Off in the 74'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Huia Edmonds On in the 79'
  • No. 17, James Slipper On in the 66'
  • No. 18, Mark Chisholm On in the 69'
  • No. 19, Matt Hodgson On in the 79'
  • No. 20, Will Genia (not used)
  • No. 21, Peter Hynes (not used)
  • No. 22, Kurtley Beale On in the 74'

Referee: Nigel Owens. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2006 – 2009

04 17 Jun 2006
Test matches · Second Test Colonial Stadium, Melbourne

Australia 43–18 England England lost

England tries: George Chuter 48', Tom Varndell 80'

Australia tries: George Smith 5', Mark Gerrard 13', Lote Tuqiri 37', Mark Chisholm 45', Mark Gerrard 65', Stephen Larkham 77'

Match page: Australia v England, 17 June 2006

05 11 Jun 2006
Test matches · First Test Telstra Stadium, Sydney

Australia 34–3 England England lost

England tries: None

Australia tries: Chris Latham 54', Mark Gerrard 73', Rodney Blake 76'

Match page: Australia v England, 11 June 2006

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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