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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Tarntanya · 25 October 2003Head-to-head
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Australia won by 142 points.Half-time 69–0 · Tries 22–0

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471013172126313438404345485155606673757882
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS706
NAM14585
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS16/160/00
NAM0/00/00
← Namibia attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′AustraliaTry, Chris Latham, converted5–0
7′AustraliaTry, David Lyons, converted12–0
10′AustraliaTry, Chris Latham19–0
13′AustraliaTry, Stirling Mortlock, converted24–0
17′AustraliaTry, Lote Tuqiri, converted31–0
21′AustraliaTry, converted38–0
26′AustraliaTry, Chris Latham, converted45–0
31′AustraliaTry, Mat Rogers52–0
34′AustraliaTry, Jeremy Paul57–0
38′AustraliaTry, Lote Tuqiri, converted62–0
40′AustraliaTry, Chris Latham69–0
43′AustraliaTry, Matt Giteau, converted74–0
45′AustraliaTry, Lote Tuqiri, converted81–0
48′AustraliaTry, Nathan Grey88–0
51′AustraliaTry, Matt Giteau, converted93–0
55′AustraliaTry, Matt Giteau, converted100–0
60′AustraliaTry, Morgan Turinui, converted107–0
66′AustraliaTry, Matt Burke, converted114–0
73′AustraliaTry, Morgan Turinui, converted121–0
75′AustraliaTry, Chris Latham128–0
78′AustraliaTry, Mat Rogers, converted133–0
82′AustraliaTry, John Roe, converted140–0
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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03875113150HT0′20′40′60′80′
4′Chris Latham7′David Lyons10′Chris Latham13′Stirling Mortlock17′Lote Tuqiri21′AUS26′Chris Latham31′Mat Rogers34′Jeremy Paul38′Lote Tuqiri40′Chris Latham43′Matt Giteau45′Lote Tuqiri48′Nathan Grey51′Matt Giteau55′Matt Giteau60′Morgan Turinui66′Matt Burke73′Morgan Turinui75′Chris Latham78′Mat Rogers82′John Roe
AUS

Team stats

NAM
100%Possession0%
178Carries64
1,580Metres gained106
50Clean breaks0
85Defenders beaten6
263Passes66
18Offloads6
70Tackles made145
6Tackles missed85
96/98Rucks won41/47
7/7Lineouts won10/12
11/12Scrums won9/10
7/8Mauls won4/4
11Turnovers won5
9Penalties conceded9
3Kicks from hand8
119Kick metres200
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 16/16, penalties 0/0 · NAM conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Matt DunningProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Ben DarwinProp
  4. 4Justin HarrisonSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7David CroftFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9Chris WhitakerScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Mat RogersWing
  12. 12Nathan GreyCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Lote TuqiriWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Bill YoungBench
  18. 18David GiffinBench
  19. 19John RoeBench
  20. 20Matt CockbainBench
  21. 21Morgan TurinuiBench
  22. 22Matt BurkeBench

Namibia

  1. 1Kees LensingProp
  2. 2Cor van TonderHooker
  3. 3Neil du ToitProp
  4. 4Heino SenekalSecond row
  5. 5Eben IzaacsSecond row
  6. 6Shaun Van RooiFlanker
  7. 7Herman LindveltFlanker
  8. 8Jurgens van LillNumber 8
  9. 9Hakkies HusselmanScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SchreuderFly-half
  11. 11Jurie BooysenWing
  12. 12Emile WesselsCentre
  13. 13Du Preez GroblerCentre
  14. 14Deon MoutonWing
  15. 15Ronaldo PedroFull-back
  16. 16Philipus IsaacsBench
  17. 17Andries BlaauwBench
  18. 18Schalk van der MerweBench
  19. 19Sean FurterBench
  20. 20Neil SwanepoelBench
  21. 21Deon GrunschlossBench
  22. 22Melrick AfricaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 1–0 Namibia in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
Namibia going in

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