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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth · 31 May 1995Head-to-head
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Australia won by 16 points.Half-time 20–6 · Tries 3–1

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Tacklesmademissed
AUS9819
CAN6140
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS3/32/30
CAN0/12/30
← Canada attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′AustraliaTry, Ilie Tabua, converted8–0
12′AustraliaTry, Joe Roff, converted15–0
57′AustraliaTry, Michael Lynagh, converted25–6
79′CanadaTry, Al Charron, conversion missed27–11
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
9′Ilie Tabua12′Joe Roff57′Michael Lynagh79′Al Charron
AUS

Team stats

CAN
75%Possession25%
89Carries137
511Metres gained641
10Clean breaks12
40Defenders beaten19
112Passes167
9Offloads19
98Tackles made61
19Tackles missed40
41/49Rucks won46/52
13/14Lineouts won7/11
16/17Scrums won16/18
13/15Mauls won8/11
19Penalties conceded19
41Kicks from hand35
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 3/3, penalties 2/3 · CAN conversions 0/1, penalties 2/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Tony DalyProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Mark HartillProp
  4. 4Warwick WaughSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Willie OfahengaueFlanker
  7. 7Ilie TabuaFlanker
  8. 8Tim GavinNumber 8
  9. 9Peter SlatteryScrum-half
  10. 10Michael LynaghFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Joe RoffWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Matt PiniBench
  17. 17Scott BowenBench
  18. 18George GreganBench
  19. 19David WilsonBench
  20. 20Ewen McKenzieBench
  21. 21Michael FoleyBench

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Karl SvobodaHooker
  3. 3Rod SnowProp
  4. 4Mike JamesSecond row
  5. 5Gareth RowlandsSecond row
  6. 6John HutchinsonFlanker
  7. 7Gordon MacKinnonFlanker
  8. 8Al CharronNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Dave LougheedWing
  12. 12Steve GrayCentre
  13. 13Christian StewartCentre
  14. 14Winston StanleyWing
  15. 15Scott StewartFull-back
  16. 16Ron ToewsBench
  17. 17Al TynanBench
  18. 18Ian GordonBench
  19. 19Glen EnnisBench
  20. 20Paul le BlancBench
  21. 21Mark CardinalBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 6–0 Canada in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
Canada 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.