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England
v Australia⁠

15–15

Full time

England v Australia finished 15–15.

England
None
Australia
Ben Tune, George Gregan
Date
Saturday 15 November 1997 · England in 1997
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Richard Harry Prop
  • No. 2, Michael Foley Hooker
  • No. 3, Andrew Blades Prop
  • No. 4, John Langford Lock
  • No. 5, John Eales (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Owen Finegan Flanker
  • No. 7, Brett Robinson Flanker
  • No. 8, Willie Ofahengaue Number 8
  • No. 9, George Gregan Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Elton Flatley Fly Half
  • No. 11, Joe Roff Wing
  • No. 12, Pat Howard Centre
  • No. 13, Tim Horan Centre
  • No. 14, Ben Tune Wing
  • No. 15, Stephen Larkham Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mitch Hardy (not used)
  • No. 17, Sam Payne (not used)
  • No. 18, David Wilson (not used)
  • No. 19, Matt Cockbain (not used)
  • No. 20, Andrew Heath (not used)
  • No. 21, Marco Caputo (not used)

Referee: Andre Watson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1988 – 1997

01 12 Jul 1997
Test matches · Test Match Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Australia 25–6 England England lost

England tries: None

Australia tries: Matt Burke, Ben Tune, Tim Horan, George Gregan

Match page: Australia v England, 12 July 1997

04 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

05 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

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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