Teams

Australia	England
Tries Campese, Poidevin	Tries Harrison
Cons Lynagh	Cons Webb
Pens Lynagh 3	Pens none
Team 15 FB Roger Gould 14 W Peter Grigg 13 C Andrew Slack (c) 12 C Brett Papworth 11 W David Campese 10 FH Michael Lynagh 9 SH Nick Farr-Jones 1 P Topo Rodriguez 2 H Tom Lawton 3 P Andy McIntyre 4 L Steve Cutler 5 L Bill Campbell 6 F Simon Poidevin 7 F Steve Tuynman 8 N8 Troy Coker     Replacements 16 Matthew Burke 17 FH Steve James 18 Brian Smith 19 David Codey 20 Cameron Lillicrap 21 Mark McBain	Team 15 FB Marcus Rose 14 W Mike Harrison (c) 13 C Kevin Simms 12 C Jamie Salmon 11 W Rory Underwood 10 FH Peter Williams 9 SH Richard Harding 1 P Paul Rendall 2 H Brian Moore 3 P Gary Pearce 4 L Wade Dooley 5 L Nigel Redman 6 F Peter Winterbottom 7 F Gary Rees 8 N8 Dean Richards     Replacements 16 FB Jon Webb 17 Rob Andrew 18 Richard Hill 19 Dave Egerton 20 Graham Dawe 21 Gareth Chilcott

Notes

Result Australia won by a margin of 13 points

Rugby World Cup points Australia 3, England 1

Ground name Concord Oval, Sydney

Attendance 17896

Referee KH Lawrence (New Zealand)

Australia Test debuts T Coker

England Test debuts JM Webb

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3

Other scores

Rugby World Cup
France	20 - 20	Scotland	Christchurch
Romania	21 - 20	Zimbabwe	Auckland