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Full time19 September 1972
Fiji
19–21
Australia
Buckhurst Park, Suva, Fiji · Tour 1972Head-to-head

Australia won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFiji conversion · Isimeli Batibasaga2–0
  2. –PFiji penalty · Isimeli Batibasaga5–0
  3. –PFiji penalty · Isimeli Batibasaga8–0
  4. –PFiji penalty · Isimeli Batibasaga11–0
  5. –TFiji try · Vuniani Varo15–0
  6. –TFiji try · Vuniani Varo19–0
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Robert Thompson19–2
  8. –TAustralia try · David Burnet19–6
  9. –TAustralia try · Peter Sullivan19–10
  10. –TAustralia try · Barry Stumbles19–14
  11. –TAustralia try · Robert Thompson19–18
  12. –DAustralia drop goal · Russell Fairfax19–21

Line-ups

Fiji

  1. 1Josateki SovauProp
  2. 2Atonio RacikaHooker
  3. 3Jona NarisiaProp
  4. 4Apenisa TokairavuaSecond row
  5. 5Jope NaucabalavuSecond row
  6. 6Nasivi RavouvouFlanker
  7. 7Rupeni QaraniqioFlanker
  8. 8Epi BolawaqatabuNumber 8
  9. 9Isimeli BatibasagaScrum-half
  10. 10Wame GavidiFly-half
  11. 11Vuniani VaroWing
  12. 12Aminiasi NaituyagaCentre
  13. 13Lario RaitilavaCentre
  14. 14Pio BoscoWing
  15. 15Samu NaqelevukiFull-back
  16. Nimilote RatudinaBench
  17. Enele MaleleBench
  18. Tevita RabuliBench
  19. Ravuama LatilevuBench
  20. Meli KurisaruBench

Australia

  1. 1Reg SmithProp
  2. 2Robert ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Barry StumblesSecond row
  5. 5Robert WoodSecond row
  6. 6Peter SullivanFlanker
  7. 7Tony GellingFlanker
  8. 8Richard CocksNumber 8
  9. 9John CornesScrum-half
  10. 10Geoffrey RichardsonFly-half
  11. 11Jeffrey McLeanWing
  12. 12Peter RowlesCentre
  13. 13David BurnetCentre
  14. 14John TaylorWing
  15. 15Russell FairfaxFull-back
  16. Gareth GreyBench

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Context

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

Fiji 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.