TheBreakdown
Full time5 November 1988
England
28–19
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1988Head-to-head

England won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Jonathan Webb2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Jonathan Webb4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Jonathan Webb6–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Jonathan Webb9–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Jonathan Webb12–0
  6. –TEngland try · Simon Halliday16–0
  7. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood20–0
  8. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood24–0
  9. –TEngland try · Dewi Morris28–0
  10. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh28–2
  11. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh28–4
  12. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh28–7
  13. –TAustralia try · Andrew Leeds28–11
  14. –TAustralia try · James Grant28–15
  15. –TAustralia try · David Campese28–19

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5Paul AckfordSecond row
  6. 6Andy RobinsonFlanker
  7. 7Dave EgertonFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Dewi MorrisScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Simon HallidayCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Andy HarrimanWing
  15. 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
  16. 16John BucktonBench
  17. 17AL ThompsonBench
  18. 18Steve BatesBench
  19. 19Gareth ChilcottBench
  20. 20Kevin DunnBench
  21. 21Gary ReesBench

Australia

  1. 1Mark HartillProp
  2. 2Tommy LawtonHooker
  3. 3Andy McIntyreProp
  4. 4Steve CutlerSecond row
  5. 5Bill CampbellSecond row
  6. 6Jeff MillerFlanker
  7. 7Julian GardnerFlanker
  8. 8Steve TuynmanNumber 8
  9. 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Michael LynaghFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Michael CookCentre
  13. 13Brad GirvanCentre
  14. 14James GrantWing
  15. 15Andrew LeedsFull-back
  16. 16Bradford BurkeBench
  17. 17Lloyd WalkerBench
  18. 18Acura NiuqilaBench
  19. 19Mark McBainBench
  20. 20Robert LawtonBench
  21. 21Tim GavinBench

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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.