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England
v Australia⁠

13–33

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England v Australia finished 13–33.

Australia
Bernard Foley 19', Bernard Foley 34', Matt Giteau 79'
Date
Saturday 3 October 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Scott Sio Prop Off in the 56'
  • No. 2, Stephen Moore (c) Hooker Off in the 64'
  • No. 3, Sekope Kepu Prop Off in the 56'
  • No. 4, Kane Douglas Lock
  • No. 5, Rob Simmons Lock Off in the 64'
  • No. 6, Scott Fardy Flanker Off in the 75'
  • No. 7, Michael Hooper Flanker
  • No. 8, David Pocock Number 8
  • No. 9, Will Genia Scrum Half Off in the 60'
  • No. 10, Bernard Foley Fly Half
  • No. 11, Rob Horne Wing Off in the 10'
  • No. 12, Matt Giteau Centre
  • No. 13, Tevita Kuridrani Centre
  • No. 14, Adam Ashley-Cooper Wing
  • No. 15, Israel Folau Full Back Off in the 64'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tatafu Polota-Nau On in the 64'
  • No. 17, James Slipper On in the 56'
  • No. 18, Greg Holmes On in the 56'
  • No. 19, Dean Mumm On in the 64'
  • No. 20, Ben McCalman On in the 75'
  • No. 21, Nick Phipps On in the 60'
  • No. 22, Matt Toomua On in the 64'
  • No. 23, Kurtley Beale On in the 10'

Referee: Romain Poite · Player of the match: Joe Launchbury. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2010 – 2014

01 29 Nov 2014
Test matches · Test match Twickenham, London

England 26–17 Australia England won

England tries: Ben Morgan 29', Ben Morgan 57'

Australia tries: Bernard Foley 45', Will Skelton 60'

Match page: England v Australia, 29 November 2014

04 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

05 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

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

Rory Underwood

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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