TheBreakdown
Full time1 December 2012
Wales
12–14
Australia
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2012Head-to-head

Australia won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 17’PAustralia penalty · Kurtley Beale0–3
  2. 20’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny3–3
  3. 25’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny6–3
  4. 28’PAustralia penalty · Kurtley Beale6–6
  5. 38’PAustralia penalty · Kurtley Beale6–9
  6. 57’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny9–9
  7. 62’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny12–9
  8. 81’TAustralia try · Kurtley Beale12–14

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Scott AndrewsProp
  4. 4Lou ReedSecond row
  5. 5Luke CharterisSecond row
  6. 6Aaron ShinglerFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Rhys PriestlandFly-half
  11. 11Liam WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14Alex CuthbertWing
  15. 15Leigh HalfpennyFull-back
  16. 16Ken OwensBench
  17. 17Ryan BevingtonBench
  18. 18Samson LeeBench
  19. 19Ryan JonesBench
  20. 20Justin TipuricBench
  21. 21Tavis KnoyleBench
  22. 22Dan BiggarBench
  23. 23Scott WilliamsBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Kane DouglasSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Scott HigginbothamFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Nick PhippsScrum-half
  10. 10Kurtley BealeFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Ben TapuaiCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Nick CumminsWing
  15. 15Berrick BarnesFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Sekope KepuBench
  19. 19Dave DennisBench
  20. 20Michael HooperBench
  21. 21Brendan McKibbinBench
  22. 22Mike HarrisBench
  23. 23Digby IoaneBench

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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.