TheBreakdown
Full time28 November 1998
England
11–12
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1998Head-to-head

Australia won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt6–0
  3. –TEngland try · Jeremy Guscott11–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales11–3
  5. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales11–6
  6. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales11–9
  7. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales11–12

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Tim RodberSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Richard HillNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Austin HealeyWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  14. 14Tony UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Nick BealBench
  17. 17Mike CattBench
  18. 18Dan LugerBench
  19. 19Martin CorryBench
  20. 20Danny GrewcockBench
  21. 21Graham RowntreeBench
  22. 22Phil GreeningBench

Australia

  1. 1Patricio NoriegaProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4Tom BowmanSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Nathan GreyCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Jason LittleWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Chris WhitakerBench
  17. 17Manny EdmondsBench
  18. 18Mitch HardyBench
  19. 19Willie OfahengaueBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Cam BladesBench
  22. 22Michael FoleyBench

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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.