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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Newlands Stadium, Cape Town · 11 June 1995Head-to-head
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England won by 3 points.Half-time 3–13 · Tries 1–1

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2142
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS458
ENG6915
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS1/15/60
ENG1/15/71
← 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
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  • 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
21′EnglandTry, Tony Underwood, converted3–11
42′AustraliaTry, Damian Smith, converted8–13
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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21′Tony Underwood42′Damian Smith
AUS

Team stats

ENG
50%Possession50%
80Carries62
281Metres gained284
0Clean breaks5
15Defenders beaten8
97Passes68
2Offloads9
45Tackles made69
8Tackles missed15
34/43Rucks won30/33
12/13Lineouts won13/21
17/17Scrums won9/11
6/11Mauls won11/13
11Penalties conceded14
60Kicks from hand58
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 1/1, penalties 5/6 · ENG conversions 1/1, penalties 5/7. 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. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Ewen McKenzieProp
  4. 4Rod McCallSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Willie OfahengaueFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Tim GavinNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Michael LynaghFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Damian SmithWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Matt PiniBench
  17. 17Scott BowenBench
  18. 18Peter SlatteryBench
  19. 19Daniel ManuBench
  20. 20Mark HartillBench
  21. 21Michael FoleyBench

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Victor UboguProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Martin BayfieldSecond row
  6. 6Tim RodberFlanker
  7. 7Ben ClarkeFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Dewi MorrisScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Tony UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Mike CattFull-back
  16. 16Jon CallardBench
  17. 17Phil De GlanvilleBench
  18. 18Kyran BrackenBench
  19. 19Steve OjomohBench
  20. 20Graham DaweBench
  21. 21Graham RowntreeBench

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.