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England
v Australia⁠

9–18

Full time

England v Australia finished 9–18.

England
None
Australia
Will Genia 21', Adam Ashley-Cooper 71'
Date
Saturday 7 November 2009 · England in 2009
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 56'
  • No. 17, Duncan Bell On in the 58'
  • No. 18, Courtney Lawes On in the 69'
  • No. 19, James Haskell On in the 53'
  • No. 20, Paul Hodgson On in the 63'
  • No. 21, Andy Goode (not used)
  • No. 22, Ayoola Erinle On in the 67'

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Benn Robinson Prop
  • No. 2, Stephen Moore Hooker Off in the 60'
  • No. 3, Ben Alexander Prop Off in the 77'
  • No. 4, James Horwill Lock
  • No. 5, Mark Chisholm Lock Off in the 73'
  • No. 6, Rocky Elsom (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, George Smith Flanker
  • No. 8, Wycliff Palu Number 8 Off in the 69'
  • No. 9, Will Genia Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Matt Giteau Fly Half
  • No. 11, Drew Mitchell Wing
  • No. 12, Quade Cooper Centre
  • No. 13, Digby Ioane Centre Off in the 67'
  • No. 14, Peter Hynes Wing
  • No. 15, Adam Ashley-Cooper Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tatafu Polota-Nau On in the 60'
  • No. 17, Matt Dunning On in the 77'
  • No. 18, Dean Mumm On in the 73'
  • No. 19, David Pocock On in the 69'
  • No. 20, Luke Burgess (not used)
  • No. 21, Ryan Cross On in the 67'
  • No. 22, James O'Connor (not used)

Referee: Bryce Lawrence. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2005 – 2008

03 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

04 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

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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