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Australia
v England⁠

28–39

Full time

Australia v England finished 28–39.

England
Jonathan Joseph 31', Marland Yarde 46', Jack Nowell 79'
Australia
Michael Hooper 8', Israel Folau 15', Michael Hooper 59', Tevita Kuridrani 71'
Date
Saturday 11 June 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Competition
Test matches · 2016 England rugby union tour of Australia

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Scott Sio Prop Yellow card 54' Off in the 66'
  • No. 2, Stephen Moore (c) Hooker Off in the 57'
  • No. 3, Greg Holmes Prop Off in the 57'
  • No. 4, Rory Arnold Lock Off in the 48'
  • No. 5, Rob Simmons Lock Off in the 24'
  • No. 6, Scott Fardy Flanker Off in the 68'
  • No. 7, Michael Hooper Flanker
  • No. 8, David Pocock Number 8 Off in the 70'
  • No. 9, Nick Phipps Scrum Half Off in the 78'
  • No. 10, Bernard Foley Fly Half
  • No. 11, Rob Horne Wing Off in the 28'
  • No. 12, Samu Kerevi Centre
  • No. 13, Tevita Kuridrani Centre
  • No. 14, Dane Haylett-Petty Wing
  • No. 15, Israel Folau Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tatafu Polota-Nau On in the 57'
  • No. 17, James Slipper On in the 66'
  • No. 18, Sekope Kepu On in the 57'
  • No. 19, James Horwill On in the 24'
  • No. 20, Dean Mumm On in the 48'
  • No. 21, Sean McMahon On in the 68'
  • No. 22, Nicholas Frisby On in the 78'
  • No. 23, Christian Leali'ifano On in the 28'

Referee: Romain Poite. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2010 – 2015

01 3 Oct 2015
Rugby World Cup Twickenham, London

England 13–33 Australia England lost

England tries: Anthony Watson 55'

Australia tries: Bernard Foley 19', Bernard Foley 34', Matt Giteau 79'

Match page: England v Australia, 3 October 2015

02 29 Nov 2014
Test matches · Test match Twickenham, London

England 26–17 Australia England won

England tries: Ben Morgan 29', Ben Morgan 57'

Australia tries: Bernard Foley 45', Will Skelton 60'

Match page: England v Australia, 29 November 2014

05 13 Nov 2010
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 35–18 Australia England won

England tries: Chris Ashton 25', Chris Ashton 47'

Australia tries: Kurtley Beale 54', Kurtley Beale 65'

Match page: England v Australia, 13 November 2010

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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