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England
v Australia⁠

26–16

Full time

England v Australia finished 26–16.

Australia
Drew Mitchell 56'
Date
Saturday 12 November 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lee Mears (not used)
  • No. 17, Matt Stevens (not used)
  • No. 18, Louis Deacon (not used)
  • No. 19, Chris Jones (not used)
  • No. 20, Harry Ellis (not used)
  • No. 21, Olly Barkley On in the 58'
  • No. 22, Mark van Gisbergen On in the 1' Off in the 12'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Matt Dunning Prop Off in the 72'
  • No. 2, Brendan Cannon Hooker Off in the 40'
  • No. 3, Al Baxter Prop Yellow card 70'
  • No. 4, Hugh McMeniman Lock Off in the 72'
  • No. 5, Nathan Sharpe Lock Off in the 48'
  • No. 6, John Roe Flanker Off in the 70'
  • No. 7, Phil Waugh Flanker
  • No. 8, George Smith Number 8
  • No. 9, George Gregan (c) Scrum Half Yellow card 28' Off in the 67'
  • No. 10, Mat Rogers Fly Half
  • No. 11, Drew Mitchell Wing
  • No. 12, Morgan Turinui Centre Off in the 81'
  • No. 13, Lote Tuqiri Centre
  • No. 14, Mark Gerrard Wing Off in the 72'
  • No. 15, Chris Latham Full Back Off in the 41'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tatafu Polota-Nau On in the 72'
  • No. 17, Greg Holmes On in the 70' Off in the 80'
  • No. 18, Mark Chisholm On in the 48' Off in the 55'
  • No. 19, Scott Fava On in the 40'
  • No. 20, Chris Whitaker On in the 67'
  • No. 21, Matt Giteau On in the 41' Off in the 44'
  • No. 22, Lloyd Johansson On in the 81'

Referee: Joel Jutge. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2002 – 2004

01 27 Nov 2004
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 19–21 Australia England lost

England tries: Lewis Moody 49', Josh Lewsey 61', Mark Cueto 64'

Australia tries: Jeremy Paul 16', Chris Latham 28'

Match page: England v Australia, 27 November 2004

02 26 Jun 2004
Test matches · Test Match Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Australia 51–15 England England lost

England tries: Richard Hill 29', Lawrence Dallaglio 49'

Australia tries: Clyde Rathbone 19', Clyde Rathbone 40', Clyde Rathbone 53', Jeremy Paul 56', Jeremy Paul 64', Lote Tuqiri 68'

Match page: Australia v England, 26 June 2004

04 21 Jun 2003
Test matches · Test Match Colonial Stadium, Melbourne

Australia 14–25 England England won

England tries: Will Greenwood 5', Mike Tindall 30', Ben Cohen 63'

Australia tries: Wendell Sailor 78'

Match page: Australia v England, 21 June 2003

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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