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England men · Test matches · 2016 England rugby union tour of Australia

Australia
v England⁠

7–23

Full time

Australia v England finished 7–23.

Australia
Stephen Moore 35'
Date
Saturday 18 June 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Competition
Test matches · 2016 England rugby union tour of Australia

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jamie George On in the 71'
  • No. 17, Matt Mullan On in the 65'
  • No. 18, Paul Hill On in the 65'
  • No. 19, Joe Launchbury On in the 71'
  • No. 20, Courtney Lawes On in the 55'
  • No. 21, Jack Clifford On in the 71'
  • No. 22, Danny Care On in the 65'
  • No. 23, Elliot Daly On in the 76'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, James Slipper Prop Off in the 47'
  • No. 2, Stephen Moore (c) Hooker Off in the 55'
  • No. 3, Sekope Kepu Prop Off in the 47'
  • No. 4, Rory Arnold Lock Off in the 51'
  • No. 5, Sam Carter Lock
  • No. 6, Scott Fardy Flanker
  • No. 7, Michael Hooper Flanker
  • No. 8, Sean McMahon Number 8 Off in the 51'
  • No. 9, Nick Phipps Scrum Half Off in the 69'
  • No. 10, Bernard Foley Fly Half
  • No. 11, Rob Horne Wing
  • No. 12, Samu Kerevi Centre Off in the 60'
  • No. 13, Tevita Kuridrani Centre
  • No. 14, Dane Haylett-Petty Wing Off in the 69'
  • No. 15, Israel Folau Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tatafu Polota-Nau On in the 55'
  • No. 17, Toby Smith On in the 47'
  • No. 18, Greg Holmes On in the 47'
  • No. 19, Dean Mumm On in the 34' Off in the 40'
  • No. 20, Ben McCalman On in the 51'
  • No. 21, Nicholas Frisby On in the 69'
  • No. 22, Christian Leali'ifano On in the 60'
  • No. 23, Luke Morahan On in the 69'

Referee: Craig Joubert. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2012 – 2016

01 11 Jun 2016
Test matches · 2016 England rugby union tour of Australia Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Australia 28–39 England England won

England tries: Jonathan Joseph 31', Marland Yarde 46', Jack Nowell 79'

Australia tries: Michael Hooper 8', Israel Folau 15', Michael Hooper 59', Tevita Kuridrani 71'

Match page: Australia v England, 11 June 2016

02 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

03 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

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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