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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Villa Park, Birmingham · 27 September 2015Head-to-head
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Australia won by 62 points.Half-time 31–3 · Tries 11–0 · AUS 1 yellow card

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24′792631364752616971815375Attacks1329Ball won13012532381056327201002134641%Own 2251%Own half63%Opp half83%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS10113
URU10246
← Uruguay 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
7′AustraliaTry, Sean McMahon, conversion missed5–0
9′AustraliaTry, Joseph Tomane, converted10–0
26′AustraliaTry, Dean Mumm, conversion missed17–3
31′AustraliaTry, Henry Speight, converted22–3
36′AustraliaTry, Ben McCalman, converted29–3
47′AustraliaTry, Drew Mitchell, conversion missed36–3
52′AustraliaTry, Drew Mitchell, conversion missed41–3
61′AustraliaTry, Ben McCalman, converted46–3
69′AustraliaTry, Sean McMahon, conversion missed53–3
71′AustraliaTry, Matt Toomua, conversion missed58–3
81′AustraliaTry, Tevita Kuridrani, converted63–3
24′UruguayPenalty 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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7′Sean McMahon9′Joseph Tomane26′Dean Mumm31′Henry Speight36′Ben McCalman47′Drew Mitchell52′Drew Mitchell61′Ben McCalman69′Sean McMahon71′Matt Toomua81′Tevita Kuridrani
AUS

Team stats

URU
53%Possession47%
51%Territory49%
114Carries98
796Metres gained196
19Clean breaks2
46Defenders beaten13
161Passes74
8Offloads5
101Tackles made102
13Tackles missed46
67/69Rucks won75/76
14/14Lineouts won8/14
7/7Scrums won6/8
7/7Mauls won6/8
8Turnovers won6
15Penalties conceded11
22Kicks from hand26
582Kick metres264
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 5/11, penalties 0/0 · URU conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. 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. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Toby SmithProp
  4. 4Dean MummSecond row
  5. 5Will SkeltonSecond row
  6. 6Ben McCalmanFlanker
  7. 7Sean McMahonFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Nick PhippsScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Matt ToomuaCentre
  13. 13Henry SpeightCentre
  14. 14Joseph TomaneWing
  15. 15Kurtley BealeFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Sekope KepuBench
  18. 18Greg HolmesBench
  19. 19Kane DouglasBench
  20. 20Rob SimmonsBench
  21. 21Will GeniaBench
  22. 22Bernard FoleyBench
  23. 23Tevita KuridraniBench

Uruguay

  1. 1Mateo SanguinettiProp
  2. 2German KesslerHooker
  3. 3Mario SagarioProp
  4. 4Santiago VilasecaSecond row
  5. 5Franco LamannaSecond row
  6. 6Juan De FreitasFlanker
  7. 7Matias BeerFlanker
  8. 8Juan Manuel GaminaraNumber 8
  9. 9Agustin OrmaecheaScrum-half
  10. 10Felipe BerchesiFly-half
  11. 11Rodrigo SilvaWing
  12. 12Andres VilasecaCentre
  13. 13Joaquin PradaCentre
  14. 14Leandro LeivasWing
  15. 15Gaston MieresFull-back
  16. 16Nicolas KlappenbachBench
  17. 17Oscar DuranBench
  18. 18Carlos ArboleyaBench
  19. 19Alejandro NietoBench
  20. 20Diego MagnoBench
  21. 21Fernando BascouBench
  22. 22Alejo DuranBench
  23. 23Alberto RomanBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 2–0 Uruguay in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
Uruguay 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.