Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Twickenham, London · 18 October 2015Head-to-head
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Australia won by 1 point.Half-time 15–16 · Tries 5–3 · SCO 1 yellow card
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Tacklesmademissed
AUS8610
SCO11717
← Scotland 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
| Min | Team | What | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9′ | Australia | Try, Adam Ashley-Cooper, conversion missed | 5–0 |
| 18′ | Scotland | Try, Pete Horne, converted | 5–8 |
| 30′ | Australia | Try, Drew Mitchell, conversion missed | 10–13 |
| 40′ | Australia | Try, Michael Hooper, conversion missed | 15–16 |
| 43′ | Australia | Try, Drew Mitchell, converted | 20–16 |
| 59′ | Scotland | Try, Tommy Seymour, conversion missed | 25–24 |
| 64′ | Australia | Try, Tevita Kuridrani, converted | 30–24 |
| 74′ | Scotland | Try, Mark Bennett, converted | 32–32 |
| 14′ | Scotland | Penalty goal scored | |
| 21′ | Scotland | Penalty goal scored | |
| 34′ | Scotland | Penalty goal scored | |
| 47′ | Scotland | Penalty goal scored | |
| 54′ | Australia | Penalty goal scored | |
| 70′ | Scotland | Penalty goal scored | |
| 80′ | Australia | Penalty 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
Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.9′Adam Ashley-Cooper18′Pete Horne30′Drew Mitchell40′Michael Hooper43′Drew Mitchell59′Tommy Seymour64′Tevita Kuridrani74′Mark Bennett
AUS
Team stats
SCO55%Possession45%
62%Territory38%
112Carries79
345Metres gained250
7Clean breaks6
17Defenders beaten10
134Passes101
6Offloads6
86Tackles made117
10Tackles missed17
80/83Rucks won60/62
10/11Lineouts won7/8
3/3Scrums won7/7
6/7Mauls won3/3
3Turnovers won5
6Penalties conceded7
28Kicks from hand26
342Kick metres334
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 2/5, penalties 2/2 · SCO conversions 2/3, penalties 5/5. Pale segment = set piece lost.
AUS conversions 2/5, penalties 2/2 · SCO conversions 2/3, penalties 5/5. 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
- 1Scott SioProp
- 2Stephen MooreHooker
- 3Sekope KepuProp
- 4Kane DouglasSecond row
- 5Rob SimmonsSecond row
- 6Scott FardyFlanker
- 7Michael HooperFlanker
- 8Ben McCalmanNumber 8
- 9Will GeniaScrum-half
- 10Bernard FoleyFly-half
- 11Drew MitchellWing
- 12Matt GiteauCentre
- 13Tevita KuridraniCentre
- 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
- 15Kurtley BealeFull-back
- 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
- 17James SlipperBench
- 18Greg HolmesBench
- 19Dean MummBench
- 20Sean McMahonBench
- 21Nick PhippsBench
- 22Matt ToomuaBench
- 23Quade CooperBench
Scotland
- 1Alasdair DickinsonProp
- 2Ross FordHooker
- 3WP NelProp
- 4Richie GraySecond row
- 5Jonny GraySecond row
- 6Blair CowanFlanker
- 7John HardieFlanker
- 8David DentonNumber 8
- 9Greig LaidlawScrum-half
- 10Finn RussellFly-half
- 11Tommy SeymourWing
- 12Pete HorneCentre
- 13Mark BennettCentre
- 14Sean MaitlandWing
- 15Stuart HoggFull-back
- 16Fraser BrownBench
- 17Gordon ReidBench
- 18Jon WelshBench
- 19Tim SwinsonBench
- 20Josh StraussBench
- 21Henry PyrgosBench
- 22Richie VernonBench
- 23Sean LamontBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Australia 22–13 Scotland in 35 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Australia going in
Scotland going in
- Previous meeting: 23 November 2013, Australia 21–15 Scotland
- Next meeting on record: 12 November 2016
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.