TheBreakdown
Full time14 July 2001
Australia
29–23
British & Irish Lions
Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tour 2001Head-to-head

Australia won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke3–0
  2. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke6–0
  3. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke9–0
  4. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–0
  5. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke15–0
  6. 1’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson15–3
  7. 1’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson15–6
  8. 21’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Jonny Wilkinson15–8
  9. 21’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Jason Robinson15–13
  10. 41’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke17–13
  11. 41’TAustralia try · Daniel Herbert22–13
  12. 44’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Jonny Wilkinson22–15
  13. 44’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Jonny Wilkinson22–20
  14. 51’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke24–20
  15. 51’TAustralia try · Daniel Herbert29–20
  16. 53’PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Jonny Wilkinson29–23

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Nick StilesProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Rod MooreProp
  4. 4John EalesSecond row
  5. 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Elton FlatleyFly-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. 21James HolbeckBench
  22. 22Chris LathamBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Martin JohnsonSecond row
  6. 6Martin CorryFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Jason RobinsonWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Dafydd JamesWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Darren MorrisBench
  17. 17Dorian WestBench
  18. 18Colin CharvisBench
  19. 19Martyn WilliamsBench
  20. 20Ronan O'GaraBench
  21. 21Andy NicolBench
  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.