History of rugby union matches between Australia and England
No Date Venue Score Winner Competition
1 9 January 1909 Rectory Field , Blackheath 3-9 Australia 1908-09 Australia rugby union tour of Britain
2 7 January 1928 Twickenham , London 18-11 England 1927-28 Waratahs tour of the British Isles , France and Canada
3 3 January 1948 Twickenham , London 0-11 Australia 1947-48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain , Ireland , France and North America
4 1 February 1958 Twickenham , London 9-6 England 1957-58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain , Ireland and France
5 4 June 1963 Sydney Sports Ground , Sydney 18-9 Australia 1963 England rugby union tour of Australasia
6 7 January 1967 Twickenham , London 11-23 Australia 1966-67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain , Ireland and France
7 17 November 1973 Twickenham , London 20-3 England 1973 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
8 24 May 1975 Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney 16-9 Australia 1975 England rugby union tour of Australia
9 31 May 1975 Ballymore , Brisbane 30-21 Australia 1975 England rugby union tour of Australia
10 3 January 1976 Twickenham , London 23-6 England 1975-76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
11 2 January 1982 Twickenham , London 15-11 England 1981-82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
12 3 November 1984 Twickenham , London 3-19 Australia 1984 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
13 23 May 1987 Concord Oval , Sydney 19-6 Australia 1987 Rugby World Cup Pool Stage
14 29 May 1988 Ballymore , Brisbane 22-16 Australia 1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji
15 12 June 1988 Concord Oval , Sydney 28-8 Australia 1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji
16 5 November 1988 Twickenham , London 28-19 England 1988 Australia rugby union tour of England , Scotland and Italy
17 27 July 1991 Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney 40-15 Australia 1991 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji
18 2 November 1991 Twickenham , London 6-12 Australia 1991 Rugby World Cup Final
19 11 June 1995 Newlands , Cape Town , South Africa 25-22 England 1995 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final
20 12 July 1997 Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney 25-6 Australia 1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia
Results
The rivalry between England and Australia started on 9 January 1909 at Blackheath's Rectory Field in England. The Wallabies won the match 9-3. The two nations next met in 1928, at Twickenham, and England won 18-11. Twenty years passed before England and Australia next met, again at Twickenham, with Australia winning the 1948 test 11-0. It would then be another decade until the two nations played another test against one another. In 1958, they met again at Twickenham, and England won 9-6. England and Australia played each other twice during the 1960s, first in 1963, when the Wallabies defeated England 18-9 at Sydney's Sports Ground. They met again in 1967 and Australia triumphed 23-11 at Twickenham. The nations played each other another four times during the 1970s; with England winning 20-3 at Twickenham in 1973, Australia winning 16-9 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1975 and again that year 30-21 at Ballymore, and England winning in 1976, 23-6 at Twickenham. The two nations would meet six times during the 1980s, the first encounter was in 1982, with England defeating Australia 15-11 at Twickenham. Two years later the Wallabies were victorious at Twickenham, winning 19-3. The next match was a pool match in the 1987 Rugby World Cup at Sydney's Concord Oval in 1987, which Australia won 19-6.