TheBreakdown
Full time1 December 1996
Wales
19–28
Australia
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1996Head-to-head

Australia won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Jonathan Davies2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Jonathan Davies5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Jonathan Davies8–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Jonathan Davies11–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Jonathan Davies14–0
  6. –TWales try · Gareth Thomas19–0
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke19–2
  8. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke19–4
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke19–7
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke19–10
  11. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke19–13
  12. –TAustralia try19–18
  13. –TAustralia try · Matt Burke19–23
  14. –TAustralia try · Michael Brial19–28

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Derwyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Hemi TaylorFlanker
  7. 7Kingsley JonesFlanker
  8. 8Steve WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Gareth ThomasCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Wayne ProctorFull-back
  16. 16Neil JenkinsBench
  17. 17Paul JohnBench
  18. 18Colin CharvisBench
  19. 19Craig QuinnellBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

Australia

  1. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4Tim GavinSecond row
  5. 5David GiffinSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Michael BrialNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Pat HowardFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Joe RoffWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Daniel HerbertBench
  17. 17David KnoxBench
  18. 18Sam PayneBench
  19. 19Brett RobinsonBench
  20. 20Andrew HeathBench
  21. 21Marco CaputoBench

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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.