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England
v Australia⁠

14–20

Full time

England v Australia finished 14–20.

Australia
Nick Cummins 35'
Date
Saturday 17 November 2012 · England in 2012
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, Benn Robinson Prop Off in the 61'
  • No. 2, Tatafu Polota-Nau Hooker Off in the 40'
  • No. 3, Ben Alexander Prop Off in the 72'
  • No. 4, Sitaleki Timani Lock
  • No. 5, Nathan Sharpe (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Dave Dennis Flanker Off in the 77'
  • No. 7, Michael Hooper Flanker
  • No. 8, Wycliff Palu Number 8
  • No. 9, Nick Phipps Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Kurtley Beale Fly Half
  • No. 11, Digby Ioane Wing Off in the 70'
  • No. 12, Ben Tapuai Centre
  • No. 13, Adam Ashley-Cooper Centre
  • No. 14, Nick Cummins Wing
  • No. 15, Berrick Barnes Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Stephen Moore On in the 40'
  • No. 17, James Slipper On in the 61'
  • No. 18, Sekope Kepu On in the 72'
  • No. 19, Radike Samo (not used)
  • No. 20, Liam Gill On in the 56' Off in the 67'
  • No. 21, Brett Sheehan (not used)
  • No. 22, Mike Harris (not used)
  • No. 23, Drew Mitchell On in the 70'

Referee: Romain Poite. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2008 – 2010

01 13 Nov 2010
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 35–18 Australia England won

England tries: Chris Ashton 25', Chris Ashton 47'

Australia tries: Kurtley Beale 54', Kurtley Beale 65'

Match page: England v Australia, 13 November 2010

02 19 Jun 2010
Test matches · Second Test ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Australia 20–21 England England won

England tries: Ben Youngs 18', Chris Ashton 27'

Australia tries: Matt Giteau 22', Matt Giteau 43'

Match page: Australia v England, 19 June 2010

03 12 Jun 2010
Test matches · First Test Subiaco Oval, Perth

Australia 27–17 England England lost

England tries: Penalty try 53', Penalty try 70'

Australia tries: Rocky Elsom 17', Quade Cooper 31', Quade Cooper 57'

Match page: Australia v England, 12 June 2010

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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