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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington · 23 September 2011Head-to-head
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Australia won by 62 points.Half-time 22–5 · Tries 11–1 · USA 1 yellow card

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811233135454859646772793654Attacks720Ball won10012026401008026257628271140%Own 2245%Own half56%Opp half73%Opp 22
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Tacklesmademissed
AUS949
USA7820
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS6/110/00
USA0/10/00
← USA 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
8′AustraliaTry, Rob Horne, conversion missed5–0
11′AustraliaTry, Rocky Elsom, conversion missed10–0
23′USATry, JJ Gagiano, conversion missed10–5
31′AustraliaTry, Kurtley Beale, converted15–5
35′AustraliaTry, Anthony Faingaa, conversion missed22–5
45′AustraliaTry, Drew Mitchell, converted27–5
48′AustraliaTry, Pat McCabe, conversion missed34–5
59′AustraliaTry, Adam Ashley-Cooper, converted39–5
64′AustraliaTry, Adam Ashley-Cooper, converted46–5
67′AustraliaTry, Adam Ashley-Cooper, converted53–5
72′AustraliaTry, Anthony Faingaa, conversion missed60–5
79′AustraliaTry, Radike Samo, converted65–5
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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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′1 USA card
8′Rob Horne11′Rocky Elsom23′JJ Gagiano31′Kurtley Beale35′Anthony Faingaa45′Drew Mitchell48′Pat McCabe59′Adam Ashley-Cooper64′Adam Ashley-Cooper67′Adam Ashley-Cooper72′Anthony Faingaa79′Radike Samo
AUS

Team stats

USA
47%Possession53%
48%Territory52%
87Carries79
708Metres gained193
15Defenders beaten10
131Passes81
94Tackles made78
9Tackles missed20
51/51Rucks won73/75
11/12Lineouts won8/10
1/3Mauls won5/5
4Penalties conceded10
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 6/11, penalties 0/0 · USA conversions 0/1, penalties 0/0. 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. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Rob SimmonsSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7Ben McCalmanFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Rob HorneCentre
  13. 13Anthony FaingaaCentre
  14. 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  15. 15Kurtley BealeFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Sekope KepuBench
  18. 18Dan VickermanBench
  19. 19Radike SamoBench
  20. 20Luke BurgessBench
  21. 21Berrick BarnesBench
  22. 22Pat McCabeBench

USA

  1. 1Shawn PittmanProp
  2. 2Phil ThielHooker
  3. 3Eric FryProp
  4. 4Scott LaVallaSecond row
  5. 5Hayden SmithSecond row
  6. 6Inaki BasauriFlanker
  7. 7Pat DanahyFlanker
  8. 8JJ GagianoNumber 8
  9. 9Tim UsaszScrum-half
  10. 10Valenese MalifaFly-half
  11. 11Kevin SwirynWing
  12. 12Junior SifaCentre
  13. 13Tai EnosaCentre
  14. 14Colin HawleyWing
  15. 15Blaine ScullyFull-back
  16. 16Brian McClenahanBench
  17. 17Matekitonga MoeakiolaBench
  18. 18Louis StanfillBench
  19. 19Nic JohnsonBench
  20. 20Mike PetriBench
  21. 21Roland SuniulaBench
  22. 22Chris WylesBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 9–0 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
USA 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.