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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Vélodrome, Marseille · 6 October 2007Head-to-head
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England won by 2 points.Half-time 10–6 · Tries 1–0

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342432Attacks914Ball won4549222086604426371819443%Own 2248%Own half59%Opp half67%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS646
ENG10413
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS1/11/10
ENG0/04/40
← England 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
MinTeamWhatScore
34′AustraliaTry, Lote Tuqiri, converted8–6
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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34′Lote Tuqiri
AUS

Team stats

ENG
59%Possession41%
60%Territory40%
73Carries62
313Metres gained224
13Defenders beaten6
112Passes98
1Offloads6
64Tackles made104
6Tackles missed13
63/71Rucks won50/54
13/15Lineouts won11/11
0/0Mauls won4/5
1Turnovers won16
7Penalties conceded4
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Matt DunningProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Guy ShepherdsonProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Dan VickermanSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Berrick BarnesFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Adam FreierBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Hugh McMenimanBench
  19. 19Stephen HoilesBench
  20. 20Phil WaughBench
  21. 21Julian HuxleyBench
  22. 22Drew MitchellBench

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Simon ShawSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Martin CorryFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Nick EasterNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Josh LewseyWing
  12. 12Mike CattCentre
  13. 13Mathew TaitCentre
  14. 14Paul SackeyWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16George ChuterBench
  17. 17Matt StevensBench
  18. 18Lawrence DallaglioBench
  19. 19Joe WorsleyBench
  20. 20Peter RichardsBench
  21. 21Toby FloodBench
  22. 22Dan HipkissBench

Match officials

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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.