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England
v Australia⁠

28–19

Full time

England v Australia finished 28–19.

Australia
Andrew Leeds, James Grant, David Campese
Date
Saturday 5 November 1988 · England in 1988
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, John Buckton (not used)
  • No. 17, AL Thompson (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Bates (not used)
  • No. 19, Gareth Chilcott (not used)
  • No. 20, Kevin Dunn (not used)
  • No. 21, Gary Rees (not used)

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Mark Hartill Prop
  • No. 2, Tommy Lawton Hooker
  • No. 3, Andy McIntyre Prop
  • No. 4, Steve Cutler Lock
  • No. 5, Bill Campbell Lock
  • No. 6, Jeff Miller Flanker
  • No. 7, Julian Gardner Flanker
  • No. 8, Steve Tuynman Number 8
  • No. 9, Nick Farr-Jones (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Michael Lynagh Fly Half
  • No. 11, David Campese Wing
  • No. 12, Michael Cook Centre
  • No. 13, Brad Girvan Centre
  • No. 14, James Grant Wing
  • No. 15, Andrew Leeds Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Bradford Burke (not used)
  • No. 17, Lloyd Walker (not used)
  • No. 18, Acura Niuqila (not used)
  • No. 19, Mark McBain (not used)
  • No. 20, Robert Lawton (not used)
  • No. 21, Tim Gavin (not used)

Referee: David Bishop. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1982 – 1988

01 12 Jun 1988
Test matches · Second Test Concord Oval, Sydney

Australia 28–8 England England lost

England tries: Rory Underwood, Dean Richards

Australia tries: Garry Ella, David Campese, Michael Lynagh, David Carter

Match page: Australia v England, 12 June 1988

03 23 May 1987
Rugby World Cup Concord Oval, Sydney

Australia 19–6 England England lost

England tries: Mike Harrison 47'

Australia tries: David Campese 50', Simon Poidevin 60'

Match page: Australia v England, 23 May 1987

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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