TheBreakdown
Full time17 November 1973
England
20–3
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1973Head-to-head

England won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Peter Rossborough2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough8–0
  4. –TEngland try · Alan Old12–0
  5. –TEngland try · Andy Ripley16–0
  6. –TEngland try · Tony Neary20–0
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Russell Fairfax20–3

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Roger UttleySecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6John WatkinsFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Alan OldFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12David RoughleyCentre
  13. 13Jeremy JanionCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Peter RossboroughFull-back
  16. 16Tony JordenBench
  17. 17Martin CooperBench
  18. 18Jan WebsterBench
  19. 19Peter WheelerBench
  20. 20Mike BurtonBench
  21. 21Peter DixonBench

Australia

  1. 1Ronald GrahamProp
  2. 2Chris CarberryHooker
  3. 3Stuart MacdougallProp
  4. 4Stuart GregorySecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Richard CocksFlanker
  7. 7Bruce BattishallFlanker
  8. 8Tony ShawNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Peter RowlesFly-half
  11. 11Jeffrey McLeanWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13David L'EstrangeCentre
  14. 14Laurence MonaghanWing
  15. 15Russell FairfaxFull-back
  16. 16Michael FreneyBench
  17. 17Reg SmithBench
  18. 18Ken McCurrachBench
  19. 19Rod HauserBench
  20. 20Arthur McGillBench
  21. 21Geoffrey RichardsonBench

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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.