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Full time28 November 2009
Wales
12–33
Australia
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2009Head-to-head

Australia won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau0–3
  2. 9’TAustralia try · Digby Ioane0–8
  3. 19’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny3–8
  4. 20’TAustralia try · James Horwill3–13
  5. 23’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones6–13
  6. 25’TAustralia try · David Pocock6–18
  7. 26’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau6–20
  8. 32’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones9–20
  9. 33’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau9–23
  10. 43’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones12–23
  11. 59’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau12–26
  12. 63’TAustralia try · Tatafu Polota-Nau12–31
  13. 64’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau12–33

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Paul JamesProp
  4. 4Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  5. 5Luke CharterisSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Andy PowellNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PeelScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jonathan DaviesCentre
  13. 13Jamie RobertsCentre
  14. 14Leigh HalfpennyWing
  15. 15James HookFull-back
  16. 16Huw BennettBench
  17. 17Duncan JonesBench
  18. 18Jonathan ThomasBench
  19. 19Sam WarburtonBench
  20. 20Martin RobertsBench
  21. 21Andrew BishopBench
  22. 22Tom JamesBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Dean MummSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Quade CooperCentre
  13. 13Digby IoaneCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Matt DunningBench
  18. 18Mark ChisholmBench
  19. 19George SmithBench
  20. 20Luke BurgessBench
  21. 21James O'ConnorBench
  22. 22Kurtley BealeBench

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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.