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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 23 September 2015Head-to-head
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Australia won by 15 points.Half-time 18–3 · Tries 3–1 · AUS 1 yellow card · FIJ 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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10′21′38′47′70′2631436035110Attacks835Ball won82115233312310137217146221324%Own 2242%Own half55%Opp half61%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS12421
FIJ8615
← Fiji attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
26′AustraliaTry, David Pocock, converted8–3
31′AustraliaTry, David Pocock, conversion missed15–3
43′AustraliaTry, Sekope Kepu, converted23–3
60′FijiTry, Ben Volavola, converted25–11
10′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
21′FijiPenalty goal scored
38′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
47′FijiPenalty goal scored
70′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 AUS card · 1 FIJ card
26′David Pocock31′David Pocock43′Sekope Kepu60′Ben Volavola
AUS

Team stats

FIJ
47%Possession53%
47%Territory53%
88Carries117
376Metres gained320
3Clean breaks5
15Defenders beaten21
117Passes160
2Offloads11
124Tackles made86
21Tackles missed15
63/67Rucks won75/81
15/19Lineouts won17/19
4/5Scrums won2/2
7/7Mauls won5/5
7Turnovers won6
11Penalties conceded14
32Kicks from hand36
394Kick metres503
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 2/3, penalties 3/3 · FIJ conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Scott SioProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Sekope KepuProp
  4. 4Kane DouglasSecond row
  5. 5Rob SimmonsSecond row
  6. 6Scott FardyFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8David PocockNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Bernard FoleyFly-half
  11. 11Rob HorneWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Tevita KuridraniCentre
  14. 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  15. 15Israel FolauFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Greg HolmesBench
  19. 19Will SkeltonBench
  20. 20Dean MummBench
  21. 21Nick PhippsBench
  22. 22Matt ToomuaBench
  23. 23Kurtley BealeBench

Fiji

  1. 1Campese Ma'afuProp
  2. 2Talemaitoga TuapatiHooker
  3. 3Manasa SauloProp
  4. 4Tevita CavubatiSecond row
  5. 5Leone NakarawaSecond row
  6. 6Peceli YatoFlanker
  7. 7Akapusi QeraFlanker
  8. 8Netani TaleiNumber 8
  9. 9Nikola MatawaluScrum-half
  10. 10Ben VolavolaFly-half
  11. 11Nemani NadoloWing
  12. 12Gabiriele LovobalavuCentre
  13. 13Vereniki GonevaCentre
  14. 14Waisea NayacalevuWing
  15. 15Metuisela TalebulaFull-back
  16. 16Viliame VeikosoBench
  17. 17Peni RavaiBench
  18. 18Isei ColatiBench
  19. 19Nemia SoqetaBench
  20. 20Malakai RavuloBench
  21. 21Nemia KenataleBench
  22. 22Josh MatavesiBench
  23. 23Asaeli TikoirotumaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 20–3 Fiji, 1 drawn in 24 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
Fiji 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.