TheBreakdown
Full time5 December 1981
Wales
18–13
Australia
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1981Head-to-head

Wales won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Gwyn Evans2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans8–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans11–0
  5. –TWales try · Dick Moriarty15–0
  6. –DWales drop goal · Gareth Davies18–0
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean18–2
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean18–5
  9. –TAustralia try · Mitchell Cox18–9
  10. –TAustralia try · Andy Slack18–13

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Ian StephensProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Dick MoriartySecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Mark DaviesFlanker
  7. 7Gareth WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Jeff SquireNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Clive ReesWing
  12. 12Alun DonovanCentre
  13. 13Pat DanielsCentre
  14. 14Rob AckermanWing
  15. 15Gwyn EvansFull-back
  16. 16Mark WyattBench
  17. 17Gary PearceBench
  18. 18Gerald WilliamsBench
  19. 19Clive WilliamsBench
  20. 20M RichardsBench
  21. 21Allan MartinBench

Australia

  1. 1Tony D'ArcyProp
  2. 2Chris CarberryHooker
  3. 3Declan CurranProp
  4. 4Tony ShawSecond row
  5. 5Peter McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Greg CornelsenFlanker
  7. 7Simon PoidevinFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Paul McLeanFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Mike HawkerCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Mitchell CoxWing
  15. 15Roger GouldFull-back
  16. 16Lance WalkerBench
  17. 17Duncan HallBench
  18. 18John MeadowsBench
  19. 19Phil CoxBench
  20. 20Michael MartinBench
  21. 21Mark EllaBench

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Context

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

Wales going in
Australia 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.