TheBreakdown
Full time22 November 1997
Scotland
8–37
Australia
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1997Head-to-head

Australia won by 29 points.

Scoring

  1. 17’PAustralia penalty · John Eales0–3
  2. 26’PScotland penalty · Duncan Hodge3–3
  3. 30’TScotland try · Scott Murray8–3
  4. 38’TAustralia try · Joe Roff8–8
  5. 45’CAustralia conversion · John Eales8–10
  6. 45’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham8–15
  7. 53’PAustralia penalty · John Eales8–18
  8. 61’CAustralia conversion · John Eales8–20
  9. 61’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham8–25
  10. 66’TAustralia try · George Gregan8–30
  11. 93’CAustralia conversion · John Eales8–32
  12. 93’TAustralia try · Willie Ofahengaue8–37

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David HiltonProp
  2. 2Grant McKelveyHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Stewart CampbellSecond row
  5. 5Scott MurraySecond row
  6. 6Adam RoxburghFlanker
  7. 7Ian SmithFlanker
  8. 8Eric PetersNumber 8
  9. 9Andy NicolScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Alan TaitCentre
  13. 13Tony StangerCentre
  14. 14James CraigWing
  15. 15Duncan HodgeFull-back
  16. 16Craig JoinerBench
  17. 17Craig ChalmersBench
  18. 18Gary ArmstrongBench
  19. 19Stuart GrimesBench
  20. 20George GrahamBench
  21. 21Gordon BullochBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4John LangfordSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7Brett RobinsonFlanker
  8. 8Willie OfahengaueNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Elton FlatleyFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Pat HowardCentre
  13. 13Tim HoranCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Stephen LarkhamFull-back
  16. 16Mitch HardyBench
  17. 17Sam PayneBench
  18. 18David WilsonBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Andrew HeathBench
  21. 21Marco CaputoBench

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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.