TheBreakdown
Full time7 July 2001
Australia
35–14
British & Irish Lions
Telstra Dome, Melbourne | Narrm, Australia · Tour 2001Head-to-head

Australia won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke3–0
  2. 9’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–3
  3. 12’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–6
  4. 20’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke6–6
  5. 27’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Neil Back6–11
  6. 48’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke9–11
  7. 49’TAustralia try · Joe Roff14–11
  8. 50’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke16–11
  9. 60’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson16–14
  10. 66’TAustralia try · Matt Burke21–14
  11. 75’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke24–14
  12. 82’TAustralia try · Joe Roff29–14
  13. 94’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke32–14
  14. 100’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke35–14

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Nick StilesProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Rod MooreProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Nathan GreyCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Andrew WalkerWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Matt CockbainBench
  19. 19David LyonsBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Elton FlatleyBench
  22. 22Chris LathamBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Martin JohnsonSecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Jason RobinsonWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Dafydd JamesWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Jason LeonardBench
  17. 17Gordon BullochBench
  18. 18Martin CorryBench
  19. 19Martyn WilliamsBench
  20. 20Matt DawsonBench
  21. 21Neil JenkinsBench
  22. 22Iain BalshawBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 7–19 British & Irish Lions in 26 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
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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.