TheBreakdown
Full time12 November 2005
England
26–16
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 2005Head-to-head

England won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PAustralia penalty · Mat Rogers0–3
  2. 16’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson3–3
  3. 18’PAustralia penalty · Mat Rogers3–6
  4. 30’TEngland try · Ben Cohen8–6
  5. 31’CEngland conversion · Charlie Hodgson10–6
  6. 42’DEngland drop goal · Charlie Hodgson13–6
  7. 44’PAustralia penalty · Mat Rogers13–9
  8. 51’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson16–9
  9. 57’TAustralia try · Drew Mitchell16–14
  10. 58’CAustralia conversion · Mat Rogers16–16
  11. 63’PEngland penalty · Olly Barkley19–16
  12. 85’TEngland try · Mark Cueto24–16
  13. 86’CEngland conversion · Olly Barkley26–16

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Steve BorthwickSecond row
  5. 5Danny GrewcockSecond row
  6. 6Pat SandersonFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Charlie HodgsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Mike TindallCentre
  13. 13Jamie NoonCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Josh LewseyFull-back
  16. 16Lee MearsBench
  17. 17Matt StevensBench
  18. 18Louis DeaconBench
  19. 19Chris JonesBench
  20. 20Harry EllisBench
  21. 21Olly BarkleyBench
  22. 22Mark van GisbergenBench

Australia

  1. 1Matt DunningProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Hugh McMenimanSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6John RoeFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8George SmithNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Mat RogersFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Morgan TurinuiCentre
  13. 13Lote TuqiriCentre
  14. 14Mark GerrardWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Greg HolmesBench
  18. 18Mark ChisholmBench
  19. 19Scott FavaBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Lloyd JohanssonBench

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Context

All-time, England 29–27 Australia, 1 drawn in 57 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.