TheBreakdown
Full time17 November 2012
England
14–20
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2012Head-to-head

Australia won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PEngland penalty · Toby Flood3–0
  2. 14’DAustralia drop goal · Berrick Barnes3–3
  3. 25’PEngland penalty · Toby Flood6–3
  4. 31’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes6–6
  5. 35’PEngland penalty · Toby Flood9–6
  6. 36’TAustralia try · Nick Cummins9–11
  7. 39’TEngland try · Manu Tuilagi14–11
  8. 45’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes14–14
  9. 51’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes14–17
  10. 54’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes14–20

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Joe MarlerProp
  2. 2Tom YoungsHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Tom PalmerSecond row
  5. 5Geoff ParlingSecond row
  6. 6Tom JohnsonFlanker
  7. 7Chris RobshawFlanker
  8. 8Thomas WaldromNumber 8
  9. 9Danny CareScrum-half
  10. 10Toby FloodFly-half
  11. 11Charlie SharplesWing
  12. 12Brad BarrittCentre
  13. 13Manu TuilagiCentre
  14. 14Chris AshtonWing
  15. 15Alex GoodeFull-back
  16. 16David PaiceBench
  17. 17David WilsonBench
  18. 18Mako VunipolaBench
  19. 19Joe LaunchburyBench
  20. 20Tom WoodBench
  21. 21Ben YoungsBench
  22. 22Owen FarrellBench
  23. 23Mike BrownBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Sitaleki TimaniSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Dave DennisFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Nick PhippsScrum-half
  10. 10Kurtley BealeFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Ben TapuaiCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Nick CumminsWing
  15. 15Berrick BarnesFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Sekope KepuBench
  19. 19Radike SamoBench
  20. 20Liam GillBench
  21. 21Brett SheehanBench
  22. 22Mike HarrisBench
  23. 23Drew MitchellBench

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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.