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

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

1900s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• The Ashes (rugby league)
• Australia–England sports rivalries
• History of rugby union matches between Australia and England

References

Further reading

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