Australia (in gold), playing against New Zealand.
Australia (in gold), playing against New Zealand.

Australia have competed in international rugby union matches since 1889. They compete in the annual Rugby Championship series and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup, winning the tournament in 1991 and 1999 and finishing second in 2003 and 2015. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Team records

Greatest winning margins

Opponent[a] Venue Competition Date Score Margin
 Namibia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2003 Rugby World Cup 25 October 2003 142–0 142
 Japan Stade de Gerland, Lyon 2007 Rugby World Cup 8 September 2007 91–3 88
 Spain Campo Universitario, Madrid 2001 Australia tour of Europe 1 November 2001 10–92 82
 Romania Lang Park, Brisbane 2003 Rugby World Cup 18 October 2003 90–8 82
 England Lang Park, Brisbane 1998 England tour of Australasia and South Africa 6 June 1998 76–0 76
 Tonga Canberra Stadium, Canberra 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying 22 September 1998 74–0 74
 Western Samoa Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 1994 Western Samoa tour of Australia 6 August 1994 73–3 70
 Samoa Stadium Australia, Sydney 2005 June test 11 June 2005 74–7 67
 Canada Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1996 Canada tour of Australia 29 June 1996 74–9 65
 United States Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 2011 Rugby World Cup 23 September 2011 67–5 62
 Uruguay Villa Park, Birmingham 2015 Rugby World Cup 27 September 2015 65–3 62

Greatest losing margins

Opponent[a] Venue Competition Date Score Margin
 South Africa Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 2008 Tri Nations Series 30 August 2008 53–8 45
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 1997 Tri Nations Series 23 August 1997 61–22 39
 New Zealand Stadium Australia, Sydney 2020 Tri Nations Series 31 October 2020 5–43 38
Athletic Park, Wellington 1996 Tri Nations Series 6 July 1996 43–6 37
Eden Park, Auckland 2019 Bledisloe Cup III 17 August 2019 36–0 36
Eden Park, Auckland 1972 Australia tour of New Zealand and Fiji 16 September 1972 38–3 35
Eden Park, Auckland 2021 Rugby Championship 14 August 2021 57–22 35
 British Lions Lang Park, Brisbane 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand 4 June 1966 0–31 31
 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 2014 Rugby Championship 23 August 2014 51–20 31
 Argentina Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan 2022 Rugby Championship 13 August 2022 48–17 31

Individual records (career)

Individual records (single match)

Most points in a match[6]
Points Player Opposing team Venue Year
42 Mat Rogers Namibia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2003
39 Matt Burke Canada Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1996
30 Elton Flatley Romania Lang Park, Brisbane 2003
29 Stirling Mortlock South Africa Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 2000
29 James O'Connor France Stade de France, Saint-Denis 2010
28 Michael Lynagh Argentina Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1995
28 Bernard Foley England Twickenham, London 2015
Most tries in a match[7]
Tries Player Opposing team Venue Year
5 Chris Latham Namibia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2003
4 Greg Cornelsen New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 1978
4 David Campese United States Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1983
4 Jason Little Tonga Canberra Stadium, Canberra 1998
4 Chris Latham Argentina Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 2000
4 Lote Tuqiri Italy Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 2005
3 Roland Raymond New Zealand Māori Sydney Showground, Sydney 1922
3 Doug McLean, Jnr. New Zealand Māori FMG Stadium, Palmerston North 1936
3 John Ryan Japan Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1975
3 Matthew Burke Canada Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1985
3 Matthew Burke South Korea Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1987
3 David Campese Italy Stadio Flaminio, Rome 1988
3 Acura Niuqila Italy Stadio Flaminio, Rome 1988
3 David Campese Canada Kingsland, Calgary 1993
3 Matt Burke Canada Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1996
3 Stephen Larkham England Lang Park, Brisbane 1998
3 Ben Tune England Lang Park, Brisbane 1998
3 Tiaan Strauss Ireland Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 1999
3 Toutai Kefu Romania Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 1999
3 Chris Latham Spain Campo Universitaria, Madrid 2001
3 Mat Rogers Romania Lang Park, Brisbane 2003
3 Matt Giteau Namibia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2003
3 Lote Tuqiri Namibia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2003
3 Clyde Rathbone England Lang Park, Brisbane 2004
3 Rocky Elsom Japan Stade de Gerland, Lyon 2007
3 Drew Mitchell Fiji Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier 2007
3 James O'Connor Italy Canberra Stadium, Canberra 2009
3 Drew Mitchell France Stade de France, Saint-Denis 2010
3 Adam Ashley-Cooper United States Westpac Stadium, Wellington 2011
3 Israel Folau Argentina Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario 2013
3 Adam Ashley-Cooper Argentina Twickenham, London 2015
3 Tevita Kuridrani Japan Nissan Stadium, Yokohama 2017
3 Andrew Kellaway Argentina Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast 2021

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Updated to 2022. However, ESPNscrum statistics are until 2016.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Australia – Team Records". ESPNscrum. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total matches played, ESPN Scrum, 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total matches played as captain, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total tries scored, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
  5. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total points scored, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
  6. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total points scored in a match, Scrum, 30 September 2019.
  7. ^ Statsguru / Ordered by: total tries scored in a match, Scrum, 30 September 2019.