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Australia vs England in rugby league is a rivalry between the Australia national rugby league team and the England national rugby league team in the sport of rugby league. The first test match between the two sides was in 1975, with a 10–10 draw being the result.

Before 1975, Australia used to play England in Kangaroo tour games. These matches were not counted as official test matches and are noted as so in the list of matches below. Also, the 1975 World Cup challenge match is not counted as a test, and is only counted in the overall tally.

Head to Head[edit]

Head to Head in tests
Played 16
 Australia wins 13
 England wins 2
Draws 1
Head to Head overall
Played 25
 Australia wins 16
 England wins 7
Draws 2

Results[edit]

See also: List of results of the Australian national rugby league team
See also: List of England national rugby league team results

1900s[edit]

1910s Head to Head
Played: 3  Australia: 0  England: 2 Draws: 1
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
2 January 1909 England England England 14 – 9 Australia Fartown 7,000 [1]
3 February 1909 Draw England 17 – 17 Australia Scotland Celtic Park 3,000 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain (not tests) [2]
3 March 1909 England England England 14 – 7 Australia Goodison Park 4,500 [3]

1910s[edit]

1910s Head to Head
Played: 2  Australia: 1  England: 1 Draws: 0
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
18 October 1911 Australia Australia England 6 – 11 Australia Craven Cottage 6,000 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain (not tests) [4]
6 December 1911 England England England 5 – 3 Australia Trent Bridge 3,000 [5]

1920s[edit]

1920s Head to Head
Played: 1  Australia: 0  England: 1 Draws: 0
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
10 October 1921 England England England 5 – 4 Australia Highbury 12,000 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain (not a test) [6]

1930s[edit]

1930s Head to Head
Played: 2  Australia: 1  England: 1 Draws: 0
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
31 December 1933 Australia Australia England 13 – 63 Australia France Stade Pershing 5,000 1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain (not tests) [7]
13 January 1934 England England England 19 – 14 Australia Gateshead International Stadium 15,576 [8]

1970s[edit]

1970s Head to Head
Played: 3  Australia: 1  England: 1 Draws: 1
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
28 June 1975 Draw Australia 10 – 10 England Sydney Cricket Ground 33,858 1975 World Cup Match [9]
1 November 1975 England England England 16 – 13 Australia Central Park 9,393 1975 World Cup Match [10]
12 November 1975 Australia Australia England 0 – 25 Australia Headingley 7,680 1975 World Cup Final Challenge (not a test) [11]

1990s[edit]

1990s Head to Head
Played: 2  Australia: 1  England: 1 Draws: 0
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
7 October 1995 England England England 20 – 16 Australia Empire Stadium 41,271 1995 World Cup Match [12]
28 October 1995 Australia Australia England 8 – 16 Australia Empire Stadium 66,540 1995 World Cup final [13]

2000s[edit]

2000s Head to Head
Played: 4  Australia: 4  England: 0 Draws: 0
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
28 October 2000 Australia Australia England 2 – 22 Australia Twickenham Stadium 33,758 2000 World Cup Match [14]
2 November 2008 Australia Australia Australia 52 – 4 England Telstra Dome 36,297 2008 World Cup Match [15]
31 October 2009 Australia Australia England 16 – 26 Australia DW Stadium 23,122 2009 Four Nations Match [16]
14 November 2009 Australia Australia England 16 – 46 Australia Elland Road 31,042 2009 Four Nations Final [17]

2010s[edit]

2010s Head to Head
Played: 8  Australia: 8  England: 0 Draws: 0
Date Winner Home Score Away Venue Crowd Match status Source
31 October 2010 Australia Australia Australia 26 – 8 England AAMI Park 18,894 2010 Four Nations Match [18]
5 November 2011 Australia Australia England 20 – 36 Australia Wembley Stadium 42,344 2011 Four Nations Match [19]
19 November 2011 Australia Australia England 8 – 30 Australia Elland Road 34,147 2011 Four Nations Final [20]
26 October 2013 Australia Australia England 20 – 28 Australia Wales Millennium Stadium 45,052 2013 World Cup Match [21]
2 November 2014 Australia Australia Australia 16 – 12 England AAMI Park 20,585 2014 Four Nations Match [22]
13 November 2016 Australia Australia England 18 – 36 Australia London Stadium 35,569 2016 Four Nations Match [23]
27 October 2017 Australia Australia Australia 18 – 4 England AAMI Park 22,724 2017 World Cup Match [24]
2 December 2017 Australia Australia Australia 6 – 0 England Suncorp Stadium 40,033 2017 World Cup final [25]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1908 Series - Game 25 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1908 Series - Game 35 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1908 Series - Game 44 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1911 Series - Game 8 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  5. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1911 Series - Game 22 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  6. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1921 Series - Game 8 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  7. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1933 Series - Game 35 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  8. ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1933 Series - Game 37 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  9. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  10. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  11. ^ "England vs Australia Challenge 1975 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  12. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  13. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  14. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  15. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  16. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  17. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  18. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  19. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  20. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  21. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  22. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  23. ^ "England vs. Australia - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  24. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  25. ^ "Australia vs. England - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-02-07.

Further reading[edit]

  • Middleton, David (2019). 2019 Official Rugby League Annual. Sydney: NewsLifeMedia. p. 241.
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