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Full time8 December 1984
Scotland
12–37
Australia
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1984Head-to-head

Australia won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods6–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods9–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods12–0
  5. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh12–2
  6. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh12–4
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh12–6
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh12–9
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh12–12
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh12–15
  11. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh12–18
  12. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh12–21
  13. –TAustralia try · David Campese12–25
  14. –TAustralia try · David Campese12–29
  15. –TAustralia try · Mark Ella12–33
  16. –TAustralia try · Nick Farr-Jones12–37

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Alexander MackenzieProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7John JeffreyFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Doug WyllieFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Alex KennedyCentre
  14. 14Peter StevenWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. 16Gerry McGuinnessBench
  17. 17Gary CallanderBench
  18. 18Tom SmithBench
  19. 19Gordon HunterBench
  20. 20Andy KerBench
  21. 21Jim RenwickBench

Australia

  1. 1Enrique RodriguezProp
  2. 2Tommy LawtonHooker
  3. 3Andy McIntyreProp
  4. 4Steve WilliamsSecond row
  5. 5Steve CutlerSecond row
  6. 6Simon PoidevinFlanker
  7. 7David CodeyFlanker
  8. 8Steve TuynmanNumber 8
  9. 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Mark EllaFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Michael LynaghCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Peter GriggWing
  15. 15Roger GouldFull-back
  16. 16Mark McBainBench
  17. 17Stan PileckiBench
  18. 18Ross ReynoldsBench
  19. 19Phil CoxBench
  20. 20Tim LaneBench
  21. 21James BlackBench

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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.