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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin · 8 November 2003Head-to-head
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Australia won by 17 points.Half-time 9–9 · Tries 3–1

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47606582
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS11110
SCO12143
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS3/34/40
SCO1/12/21
← Scotland 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
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  • 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
47′AustraliaTry, Stirling Mortlock, converted14–9
60′AustraliaTry, George Gregan, converted24–9
65′AustraliaTry, David Lyons, converted31–9
82′ScotlandTry, Robbie Russell, converted33–14
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
47′Stirling Mortlock60′George Gregan65′David Lyons82′Robbie Russell
AUS

Team stats

SCO
75%Possession25%
108Carries106
555Metres gained211
8Clean breaks2
43Defenders beaten10
161Passes120
7Offloads12
111Tackles made121
10Tackles missed43
84/86Rucks won70/73
8/12Lineouts won25/27
12/12Scrums won9/10
2/2Mauls won11/12
5Turnovers won4
12Penalties conceded8
26Kicks from hand23
686Kick metres688
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 3/3, penalties 4/4 · SCO conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Ben DarwinProp
  4. 4Justin HarrisonSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Mat RogersFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Dan VickermanBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Joe RoffBench

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Bruce DouglasProp
  4. 4Nathan HinesSecond row
  5. 5Stuart GrimesSecond row
  6. 6Jason WhiteFlanker
  7. 7Cammie MatherFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Chris PatersonFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Andrew HendersonCentre
  13. 13Gregor TownsendCentre
  14. 14Simon DanielliWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Robbie RussellBench
  17. 17Gordon McIlwhamBench
  18. 18Scott MurrayBench
  19. 19Jon PetrieBench
  20. 20Mike BlairBench
  21. 21James McLarenBench
  22. 22Ben HinshelwoodBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 22–13 Scotland in 35 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
Scotland 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.