TheBreakdown
Full time11 June 1978
Australia
18–8
Wales
Ballymore, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1978Head-to-head

Australia won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean8–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean11–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean14–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Phillip Crowe18–0
  7. –TWales try · Gerald Davies18–4
  8. –TWales try · Brynmor Williams18–8

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Steve FinnaneProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Stan PileckiProp
  4. 4David HillhouseSecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Tony ShawFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9Rod HauserScrum-half
  10. 10Paul McLeanFly-half
  11. 11Phillip CroweWing
  12. 12Martin KnightCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Patrick BatchWing
  15. 15Laurence MonaghanFull-back
  16. 16Bill RossBench
  17. 17Ronald GrahamBench
  18. 18Keith BesomoBench
  19. 19Peter CarsonBench
  20. 20Ken WrightBench
  21. 21Roger GouldBench

Wales

  1. 1Charlie FaulknerProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Geoff WheelSecond row
  5. 5Allan MartinSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7Terry CobnerFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Brynmor WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Ray GravellCentre
  13. 13Steve FenwickCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Gareth EvansBench
  17. 17David RichardsBench
  18. 18Terry HolmesBench
  19. 19Mike WatkinsBench
  20. 20John RichardsonBench
  21. 21Stuart LaneBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 34–14 Wales, 1 drawn in 49 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
Wales 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.