TheBreakdown
Full time15 November 1997
England
15–15
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1997Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt12–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt15–0
  6. –CAustralia conversion · Joe Roff15–2
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Joe Roff15–5
  8. –TAustralia try · Ben Tune15–10
  9. –TAustralia try · George Gregan15–15

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Andy LongHooker
  3. 3Will GreenProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Garath ArcherSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Richard HillFlanker
  8. 8Tony DiproseNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Adedayo AdebayoWing
  12. 12Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14David ReesWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Austin HealeyBench
  17. 17Paul GraysonBench
  18. 18Neil BackBench
  19. 19Danny GrewcockBench
  20. 20Graham RowntreeBench
  21. 21Richard CockerillBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4John LangfordSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7Brett RobinsonFlanker
  8. 8Willie OfahengaueNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Elton FlatleyFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Pat HowardCentre
  13. 13Tim HoranCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Stephen LarkhamFull-back
  16. 16Mitch HardyBench
  17. 17Sam PayneBench
  18. 18David WilsonBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Andrew HeathBench
  21. 21Marco CaputoBench

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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.