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England
v Australia⁠

11–12

Full time

England v Australia finished 11–12.

Australia
None
Date
Saturday 28 November 1998 · England in 1998
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, Patricio Noriega Prop
  • No. 2, Phil Kearns Hooker
  • No. 3, Andrew Blades Prop
  • No. 4, Tom Bowman Lock
  • No. 5, John Eales (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Matt Cockbain Flanker
  • No. 7, David Wilson Flanker
  • No. 8, Toutai Kefu Number 8
  • No. 9, George Gregan Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Stephen Larkham Fly Half
  • No. 11, Joe Roff Wing
  • No. 12, Nathan Grey Centre
  • No. 13, Daniel Herbert Centre
  • No. 14, Jason Little Wing
  • No. 15, Chris Latham Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Chris Whitaker (not used)
  • No. 17, Manny Edmonds (not used)
  • No. 18, Mitch Hardy (not used)
  • No. 19, Willie Ofahengaue (not used)
  • No. 20, Owen Finegan (not used)
  • No. 21, Cam Blades (not used)
  • No. 22, Michael Foley (not used)

Referee: Paul Honiss. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1991 – 1998

01 6 Jun 1998
Test matches · Test Match Lang Park, Brisbane

Australia 76–0 England England lost

England tries: None

Australia tries: Matt Burke, Ben Tune, Ben Tune, Ben Tune, Tim Horan, Tim Horan, Stephen Larkham, Stephen Larkham, Stephen Larkham, George Gregan, Toutai Kefu

Match page: Australia v England, 6 June 1998

03 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

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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