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England
v Australia⁠

14–28

Full time

England v Australia finished 14–28.

Australia
Adam Ashley-Cooper 69'
Date
Saturday 15 November 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dylan Hartley On in the 70'
  • No. 17, Matt Stevens On in the 34' Off in the 41'
  • No. 18, Simon Shaw On in the 65'
  • No. 19, James Haskell On in the 58'
  • No. 20, Michael Lipman On in the 65'
  • No. 21, Harry Ellis On in the 67'
  • No. 22, Toby Flood On in the 72'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Benn Robinson Prop
  • No. 2, Stephen Moore Hooker
  • No. 3, Al Baxter Prop
  • No. 4, Mark Chisholm Lock Off in the 65'
  • No. 5, Nathan Sharpe Lock
  • No. 6, Hugh McMeniman Flanker Off in the 80'
  • No. 7, George Smith Flanker
  • No. 8, Richard Brown Number 8 Off in the 45'
  • No. 9, Luke Burgess Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Matt Giteau Fly Half
  • No. 11, Drew Mitchell Wing
  • No. 12, Stirling Mortlock (c) Centre
  • No. 13, Ryan Cross Centre
  • No. 14, Peter Hynes Wing
  • No. 15, Adam Ashley-Cooper Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tatafu Polota-Nau On in the 80'
  • No. 17, Matt Dunning (not used)
  • No. 18, Dean Mumm On in the 65'
  • No. 19, Wycliff Palu On in the 45'
  • No. 20, Sam Cordingley (not used)
  • No. 21, Quade Cooper (not used)
  • No. 22, Digby Ioane (not used)

Referee: Marius Jonker. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2004 – 2007

02 17 Jun 2006
Test matches · Second Test Colonial Stadium, Melbourne

Australia 43–18 England England lost

England tries: George Chuter 48', Tom Varndell 80'

Australia tries: George Smith 5', Mark Gerrard 13', Lote Tuqiri 37', Mark Chisholm 45', Mark Gerrard 65', Stephen Larkham 77'

Match page: Australia v England, 17 June 2006

03 11 Jun 2006
Test matches · First Test Telstra Stadium, Sydney

Australia 34–3 England England lost

England tries: None

Australia tries: Chris Latham 54', Mark Gerrard 73', Rodney Blake 76'

Match page: Australia v England, 11 June 2006

05 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

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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