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England men · Rugby World Cup

England
v Australia⁠

6–12

Full time

England v Australia finished 6–12.

England
None
Australia
Tony Daly 30'
Date
Saturday 2 November 1991 · England in 1991
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tony Daly Prop
  • No. 2, Phil Kearns Hooker
  • No. 3, Ewen McKenzie Prop
  • No. 4, Rod McCall Lock
  • No. 5, John Eales Lock
  • No. 6, Simon Poidevin Flanker
  • No. 7, Willie Ofahengaue Flanker
  • No. 8, Troy Coker Number 8
  • No. 9, Nick Farr-Jones (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Michael Lynagh Fly Half
  • No. 11, David Campese Wing
  • No. 12, Tim Horan Centre
  • No. 13, Jason Little Centre
  • No. 14, Bob Egerton Wing
  • No. 15, Marty Roebuck Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, John Flett (not used)
  • No. 17, Anthony Herbert (not used)
  • No. 18, Peter Slattery (not used)
  • No. 19, Jeff Miller (not used)
  • No. 20, Dan Crowley (not used)
  • No. 21, David Nucifora (not used)

Referee: Derek Bevan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1987 – 1991

01 27 Jul 1991
Test matches · Test Match Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Australia 40–15 England England lost

England tries: Jeremy Guscott

Australia tries: Marty Roebuck, David Campese, David Campese, Willie Ofahengaue, Willie Ofahengaue

Match page: Australia v England, 27 July 1991

02 5 Nov 1988
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 28–19 Australia England won

England tries: Simon Halliday, Rory Underwood, Rory Underwood, Dewi Morris

Australia tries: Andrew Leeds, James Grant, David Campese

Match page: England v Australia, 5 November 1988

03 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

05 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

Jonathan Joseph

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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