TheBreakdown
Full time31 January 1976
USA
12–24
Australia
Glover Field, Anaheim, California, United States · Tour 1975Head-to-head

Australia won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –PUSA penalty · Kip Oxman3–0
  2. –PUSA penalty · Kip Oxman6–0
  3. –PUSA penalty · Kip Oxman9–0
  4. –PUSA penalty · Kip Oxman12–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · James Hindmarsh12–3
  6. –PAustralia penalty · James Hindmarsh12–6
  7. –PAustralia penalty · James Hindmarsh12–9
  8. –PAustralia penalty · James Hindmarsh12–12
  9. –TAustralia try · John Ryan12–16
  10. –TAustralia try · Ray Price12–20
  11. –TAustralia try · Gary Pearse12–24

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Eric SwansonProp
  2. 2Fred KhasigianHooker
  3. 3Mick OrdingProp
  4. 4Gary BrackettSecond row
  5. 5Craig SweeneySecond row
  6. 6Skip NiebauerFlanker
  7. 7Tom KleinFlanker
  8. 8Tom SelfridgeNumber 8
  9. 9Mike SwiderskiScrum-half
  10. 10Rob BordleyFly-half
  11. 11Steve AuerbachWing
  12. 12Greg SchneeweisCentre
  13. 13Dave StephensonCentre
  14. 14Del ChipmanWing
  15. 15Kip OxmanFull-back

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Chris CarberryHooker
  3. 3Ronald GrahamProp
  4. 4Reg SmithSecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Gary PearseFlanker
  7. 7Tony ShawFlanker
  8. 8Ray PriceNumber 8
  9. 9Rod HauserScrum-half
  10. 10Ken WrightFly-half
  11. 11Laurence MonaghanWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13David L'EstrangeCentre
  14. 14John RyanWing
  15. 15James HindmarshFull-back

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Context

All-time, USA 0–9 Australia in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

USA 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.