TheBreakdown
Full time19 December 1981
Scotland
24–15
Australia
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1981Head-to-head

Scotland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine2–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine5–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine8–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine11–0
  5. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine14–0
  6. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine17–0
  7. –TScotland try · Jim Renwick21–0
  8. –DScotland drop goal · John Rutherford24–0
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean24–3
  10. –TAustralia try · Andy Slack24–7
  11. –TAustralia try · Brendan Moon24–11
  12. –TAustralia try · Simon Poidevin24–15

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Iain MilneProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Jim AitkenProp
  4. 4Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
  5. 5Alan TomesSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12David JohnstonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Gerry McGuinnessBench
  17. 17Gary CallanderBench
  18. 18Derek WhiteBench
  19. 19D BrysonBench
  20. 20KDM WilsonBench
  21. 21Bruce HayBench

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Chris CarberryHooker
  3. 3Tony D'ArcyProp
  4. 4Tony ShawSecond row
  5. 5Peter McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Simon PoidevinFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9Phil CoxScrum-half
  10. 10Mark EllaFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Paul McLeanCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Mitchell CoxWing
  15. 15Roger GouldFull-back
  16. 16Chris RocheBench
  17. 17Declan CurranBench
  18. 18Steve WilliamsBench
  19. 19Tony ParkerBench
  20. 20Michael MartinBench
  21. 21Garry EllaBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 13–22 Australia in 35 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.