Australia vs England in rugby league

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

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 14 – 9 Australia Fartown 7,000 [1]
3 February 1909 Draw England 17 – 17 Australia   Celtic Park 3,000 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain (not tests) [2]
3 March 1909   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 England 6 – 11 Australia Craven Cottage 6,000 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain (not tests) [4]
6 December 1911   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 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 England 13 – 63 Australia   Stade Pershing 5,000 1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain (not tests) [7]
13 January 1934   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 16 – 13 Australia Central Park 9,393 1975 World Cup Match [10]
12 November 1975   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 20 – 16 Australia Empire Stadium 41,271 1995 World Cup Match [12]
28 October 1995   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 England 2 – 22 Australia Twickenham Stadium 33,758 2000 World Cup Match [14]
2 November 2008   Australia Australia 52 – 4 England Telstra Dome 36,297 2008 World Cup Match [15]
31 October 2009   Australia England 16 – 26 Australia DW Stadium 23,122 2009 Four Nations Match [16]
14 November 2009   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 26 – 8 England AAMI Park 18,894 2010 Four Nations Match [18]
5 November 2011   Australia England 20 – 36 Australia Wembley Stadium 42,344 2011 Four Nations Match [19]
19 November 2011   Australia England 8 – 30 Australia Elland Road 34,147 2011 Four Nations Final [20]
26 October 2013   Australia England 20 – 28 Australia   Millennium Stadium 45,052 2013 World Cup Match [21]
2 November 2014   Australia Australia 16 – 12 England AAMI Park 20,585 2014 Four Nations Match [22]
13 November 2016   Australia England 18 – 36 Australia London Stadium 35,569 2016 Four Nations Match [23]
27 October 2017   Australia Australia 18 – 4 England AAMI Park 22,724 2017 World Cup Match [24]
2 December 2017   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.