TheBreakdown
Full time15 November 2008
England
14–28
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Australia won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau0–3
  2. 8’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau0–6
  3. 23’DEngland drop goal · Delon Armitage3–6
  4. 29’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–9
  5. 33’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–12
  6. 36’TEngland try · Nick Easter8–12
  7. 41’PEngland penalty · Danny Cipriani11–12
  8. 53’PEngland penalty · Danny Cipriani14–12
  9. 55’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau14–15
  10. 59’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau14–18
  11. 66’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock14–21
  12. 70’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper14–26
  13. 71’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau14–28

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Lee MearsHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Steve BorthwickSecond row
  5. 5Tom PalmerSecond row
  6. 6Tom CroftFlanker
  7. 7Tom ReesFlanker
  8. 8Nick EasterNumber 8
  9. 9Danny CareScrum-half
  10. 10Danny CiprianiFly-half
  11. 11Ugo MonyeWing
  12. 12Riki FluteyCentre
  13. 13Jamie NoonCentre
  14. 14Paul SackeyWing
  15. 15Delon ArmitageFull-back
  16. 16Dylan HartleyBench
  17. 17Matt StevensBench
  18. 18Simon ShawBench
  19. 19James HaskellBench
  20. 20Michael LipmanBench
  21. 21Harry EllisBench
  22. 22Toby FloodBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Mark ChisholmSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Hugh McMenimanFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Richard BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Stirling MortlockCentre
  13. 13Ryan CrossCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Matt DunningBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19Wycliff PaluBench
  20. 20Sam CordingleyBench
  21. 21Quade CooperBench
  22. 22Digby IoaneBench

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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.