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Full time29 November 2008
Wales
21–18
Australia
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Wales won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TWales try · Shane Williams5–0
  2. 17’TAustralia try · Mark Chisholm5–5
  3. 18’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau5–7
  4. 29’DAustralia drop goal · Matt Giteau5–10
  5. 33’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones8–10
  6. 36’TWales try · Lee Byrne13–10
  7. 37’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones15–10
  8. 48’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau15–13
  9. 71’DWales drop goal · Stephen Jones18–13
  10. 83’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones21–13
  11. 84’TAustralia try · Digby Ioane21–18

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Ryan JonesFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Andy PowellNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Tom ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Richard HibbardBench
  17. 17John YappBench
  18. 18Luke CharterisBench
  19. 19Dafydd JonesBench
  20. 20Martin RobertsBench
  21. 21James HookBench
  22. 22Andrew BishopBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Mark ChisholmSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Hugh McMenimanFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Richard BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Stirling MortlockCentre
  13. 13Ryan CrossCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Drew MitchellFull-back
  16. 16Adam FreierBench
  17. 17Matt DunningBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19George SmithBench
  20. 20Sam CordingleyBench
  21. 21Quade CooperBench
  22. 22Lote TuqiriBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 14–34 Australia, 1 drawn in 49 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales 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.