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Australia
v England⁠

40–44

Full time

Australia v England finished 40–44.

Australia
Bernard Foley 12', Dane Haylett-Petty 20', Michael Hooper 50', Israel Folau 57', Taqele Naiyaravoro 82'
Date
Saturday 25 June 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
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 64'
  • No. 17, Matt Mullan On in the 79'
  • No. 18, Paul Hill On in the 69'
  • No. 19, Joe Launchbury On in the 61'
  • No. 20, Courtney Lawes On in the 48'
  • No. 21, Jack Clifford On in the 53'
  • No. 22, Danny Care On in the 53'
  • No. 23, Elliot Daly On in the 76'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, James Slipper Prop Off in the 59'
  • No. 2, Stephen Moore (c) Hooker Off in the 63'
  • No. 3, Sekope Kepu Prop Off in the 59'
  • No. 4, Will Skelton Lock Off in the 52'
  • No. 5, Rob Simmons Lock Off in the 40'
  • No. 6, Scott Fardy Flanker
  • No. 7, Michael Hooper Flanker
  • No. 8, Sean McMahon Number 8
  • No. 9, Nick Phipps Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Bernard Foley Fly Half
  • No. 11, Rob Horne Wing Off in the 69'
  • No. 12, Matt Toomua Centre Off in the 69'
  • 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 63'
  • No. 17, Scott Sio On in the 59'
  • No. 18, Greg Holmes On in the 59'
  • No. 19, Adam Coleman On in the 40'
  • No. 20, Wycliff Palu On in the 52'
  • No. 21, Nicholas Frisby (not used)
  • No. 22, Christian Leali'ifano On in the 69'
  • No. 23, Taqele Naiyaravoro On in the 69'

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

2013 – 2016

01 18 Jun 2016
Test matches · 2016 England rugby union tour of Australia AAMI Park, Melbourne

Australia 7–23 England England won

England tries: Dylan Hartley 19', Owen Farrell 74'

Australia tries: Stephen Moore 35'

Match page: Australia v England, 18 June 2016

02 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

03 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

04 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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