Australia 55–12 Fiji, 23 September 2007

Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier · 23 September 2007Head-to-head

Full-time report

AUSAustralia55

FIJFiji12

Australia won by 43 points.Half-time 22–5 · Tries 7–2

Pitch map

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Tacklesmademissed

AUS5710

FIJ7222

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

AUS4/43/31

FIJ1/10/00

← Fiji attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band

Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.

Tries and goal kicks as a table

Min	Team	What	Score
18′	Australia	Try, Matt Giteau, converted	5–0
32′	Australia	Try, Drew Mitchell, converted	15–0
37′	Australia	Try, Matt Giteau	22–0
41′	Fiji	Try, Isoa Neivua	22–5
48′	Fiji	Try, Aca Ratuva, converted	28–10
58′	Australia	Try, Adam Ashley-Cooper, converted	36–12
71′	Australia	Try, Drew Mitchell, converted	43–12
75′	Australia	Try, Stephen Hoiles	50–12
80′	Australia	Try, Drew Mitchell	55–12

Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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18′Matt Giteau32′Drew Mitchell37′Matt Giteau41′Isoa Neivua48′Aca Ratuva58′Adam Ashley-Cooper71′Drew Mitchell75′Stephen Hoiles80′Drew Mitchell

AUS

Team stats

FIJ

59%Possession41%

64%Territory36%

85Carries60

626Metres gained300

21Defenders beaten11

130Passes63

8Offloads6

57Tackles made72

10Tackles missed22

60/67Rucks won53/53

13/13Lineouts won9/21

7/7Mauls won1/1

2Turnovers won9

8Penalties conceded5

Goal kicking
AUS conversions 4/4, penalties 3/3 · FIJ conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

Australia

1Matt DunningProp
2Stephen MooreHooker
3Guy ShepherdsonProp
4Mark ChisholmSecond row
5Dan VickermanSecond row
6Rocky ElsomFlanker
7Phil WaughFlanker
8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
9George GreganScrum-half
10Berrick BarnesFly-half
11Lote TuqiriWing
12Matt GiteauCentre
13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
14Drew MitchellWing
15Chris LathamFull-back
16Adam FreierBench
17Greg HolmesBench
18Hugh McMenimanBench
19Stephen HoilesBench
20Sam CordingleyBench
21Scott StaniforthBench
22Julian HuxleyBench

Fiji

Match officials

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Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 1
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Context

All-time, Australia 20–3 Fiji, 1 drawn in 24 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in

Fiji going in

Previous meeting: 9 June 2007, Australia 49–0 Fiji
Next meeting on record: 5 June 2010

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.