TheBreakdown
Full time24 May 1975
Australia
16–9
England
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1975Head-to-head

Australia won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Robert Brown3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Robert Brown6–0
  3. –TAustralia try · Mark Loane10–0
  4. –DAustralia drop goal · Robert Brown13–0
  5. –DAustralia drop goal · Ken Wright16–0
  6. –CEngland conversion · Peter Butler16–2
  7. –PEngland penalty · Peter Butler16–5
  8. –TEngland try · Peter Squires16–9

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Steve FinnaneProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Stuart MacdougallProp
  4. 4Reg SmithSecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Tony ShawFlanker
  7. 7Ray PriceFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Ken WrightFly-half
  11. 11Douglas OsborneWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13Laurie WeatherstoneCentre
  14. 14Laurence MonaghanWing
  15. 15Robert BrownFull-back

England

  1. 1Mike BurtonProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Barry NelmesProp
  4. 4Neil MantellSecond row
  5. 5Roger UttleySecond row
  6. 6David RollittFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter KingstonScrum-half
  10. 10Nellie BennettFly-half
  11. 11Alan MorleyWing
  12. 12Andy MaxwellCentre
  13. 13Jeremy JanionCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Peter ButlerFull-back
  16. Alan WordsworthBench
  17. Bill BeaumontBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 27–29 England, 1 drawn in 57 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
England going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.