TheBreakdown
Full time3 January 1976
England
23–6
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1975Head-to-head

England won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Alastair Hignell2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Barrie Corless15–0
  6. –TEngland try · David Duckham19–0
  7. –TEngland try · Mike Lamphowski23–0
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean23–3
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean23–6

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Mike BurtonProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Rob WilkinsonSecond row
  6. 6Mark KeyworthFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Mike LamphowskiScrum-half
  10. 10Martin CooperFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12Barrie CorlessCentre
  13. 13Andy MaxwellCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back
  16. 16David CookeBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18Stephen SmithBench
  19. 19Barry NelmesBench
  20. 20John PullinBench
  21. 21Peter DixonBench

Australia

  1. 1Steve FinnaneProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Stuart MacdougallProp
  4. 4Reg SmithSecond row
  5. 5David HillhouseSecond row
  6. 6Greg CornelsenFlanker
  7. 7Tony ShawFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9Rod HauserScrum-half
  10. 10Laurie WeatherstoneFly-half
  11. 11Laurence MonaghanWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13William McKidCentre
  14. 14Patrick BatchWing
  15. 15Paul McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Chris CarberryBench
  17. 17Ronald GrahamBench
  18. 18Gary PearseBench
  19. 19James HindmarshBench
  20. 20David L'EstrangeBench
  21. 21John RyanBench

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Context

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

England going in
Australia 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.