TheBreakdown
Full time2 January 1982
England
15–11
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1981Head-to-head

England won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Paul Dodge2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Nick Jeavons15–0
  6. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean15–3
  7. –TAustralia try · Brendan Moon15–7
  8. –TAustralia try · Brendan Moon15–11

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Nick JeavonsFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Bob HesfordNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Huw DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Marcus RoseFull-back
  16. 16Nicholas StringerBench
  17. 17Les CusworthBench
  18. 18Nigel MelvilleBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21V CannonBench

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Chris CarberryHooker
  3. 3Tony D'ArcyProp
  4. 4Steve WilliamsSecond row
  5. 5Peter McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Simon PoidevinFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Mark EllaFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Mike HawkerCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Michael O'ConnorWing
  15. 15Paul McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Roger GouldBench
  17. 17Michael MartinBench
  18. 18Phil CoxBench
  19. 19Stan PileckiBench
  20. 20Tony ShawBench
  21. 21Chris RocheBench

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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.