TheBreakdown
Full time17 June 1978
Australia
19–17
Wales
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1978Head-to-head

Australia won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean6–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean9–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Mark Loane13–0
  5. –DAustralia drop goal · Laurence Monaghan16–0
  6. –DAustralia drop goal · Paul McLean19–0
  7. –PWales penalty · Gareth Davies19–3
  8. –PWales penalty · Gareth Davies19–6
  9. –TWales try · Gerald Davies19–10
  10. –TWales try · Terry Holmes19–14
  11. –DWales drop goal · Gareth Davies19–17

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. 17John MeadowsBench
  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. 6JPR WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Stuart LaneFlanker
  8. 8Clive DavisNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15Alun DonovanFull-back
  16. Gareth EvansBench
  17. John RichardsonBench

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

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.