Australia at the Rugby World Cup

The Australian national rugby union team, known as the Wallabies, has played all eight Rugby World Cup tournaments. They are one of the three best performing teams, having won two tournaments, as has South Africa; only New Zealand has done better, winning three tournaments. Australia has hosted or co-hosted the tournament on two occasions – in 1987 and 2003.

Map of nations best results, excluding nations which unsuccessfully participated in qualifying tournaments.

By position

1987 Fourth place
1991 Champions (1st title)
1995 Quarter-finals
1999 Champions (2nd title)
2003 Runners-up
2007 Quarter-finals
2011 Third place
2015 Runners-up

By tournament

1987 New Zealand & Australia

Group matches

23 May 1987

Australia	19 – 6	England
Tries: David Campese Simon Poidevin Con: Michael Lynagh Pen: Michael Lynagh (3)		Try: Mike Harrison Con: Jon Webb

Concord Oval, Sydney
Referee: Keith Lawrence (New Zealand)

31 May 1987

Australia	47 – 12	United States
Tries: Andrew Leeds (2) Penalty try David Campese Brian Smith Andrew Slack Brett Papworth David Codey Con: Michael Lynagh (6) Pen: Michael Lynagh		Try: Ray Nelson Con: Ray Nelson Pen: Ray Nelson Drop: Dave Horton

Ballymore, Brisbane
Referee: Brian Anderson (Scotland)

3 June 1987

Australia	42 – 23	Japan
Tries: Andrew Slack (2) Matthew Burke (2) Steve Tuynman Peter Grigg Mark Hartill David Campese Con: Michael Lynagh (5)		Tries: Eiji Kutsuki (2) Tsuyoshi Fujita Con: Minoru Okidoi Pen: Minoru Okidoi (2) Drop: Minoru Okidoi

Concord Oval, Sydney
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

Team	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	108	41	6
England	3	2	1	100	32	4
United States	3	1	2	39	99	2
Japan	3	0	3	48	123	0

Quarter final

7 June 1987

Australia	30 – 24	Ireland
Tries: Burke McIntyre Smith Con: Lynagh (4) Pen: Lynagh (3)		Tries: Kiernan MacNeil Con: Kiernan (2) Pen: Kiernan

Concord Oval, Sydney
Referee: Brian Anderson (New Zealand)

Semi-final

13 June 1987

Australia	24 – 30	France
Tries: Campese Codey Con: Lynagh (2) Pen: Lynagh (3) Drop: Lynagh		Tries: Lorieux Sella Lagisquet Blanco Con: Camberabero (4) Pen: Camberabero (2)

Concord Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 17,768
Referee: Brian Anderson (Scotland)

Third place play-off

18 June 1987

Australia	21 – 22	Wales
Tries: Burke Grigg Con: Lynagh (2) Pen: Lynagh (2) Drop: Lynagh		Tries: Roberts Moriarty Hadley Con: Thorburn (2) Pen: Thorburn (2)

Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Referee: Fred Howard (England)

1991 UK, Ireland and France

Group matches

4 October 1991

Argentina	19 – 32	Australia
Tries: Teran (2) Con: Del Castillo Pen: Del Castillo Drop: Arbizu (2)		Tries: Campese (2), Horan (2), Kearns Con: Lynagh (3) Pen: Lynagh (2)

Stradey Park, Llanelli
Referee: David Bishop (New Zealand)

9 October 1991

Australia	9 – 3	Western Samoa
Pen: Lynagh (3)		Pen: Vaea

Pontypool Park, Pontypool
Referee: Ed Morrison (England)

12 October 1991

Wales	3 – 38	Australia
Pen: Ring		Tries: Roebuck (2), Slattery, Campese, Horan, Lynagh Con: Lynagh (4) Pen: Lynagh (2)

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Keith Lawrence (New Zealand)

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Australia	3	0	79	25	9
Western Samoa	2	1	54	34	7
Wales	1	2	32	61	5
Argentina	0	3	38	83	3

Quarter final

20 October 1991

Ireland	18 – 19	Australia
Tries Hamilton Con: Keyes Pen: Keyes (3) Drop goals Keyes		Tries: Campese (2), Lynagh Con: Lynagh (2) Pen: Lynagh

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

Semi final

27 October 1991

Australia	16 – 6	New Zealand
Tries: Campese, Horan Con: Lynagh Pen: Lynagh (2)		Pen: Fox (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

Final

27 October 1991

Australia	12 – 6	England
Tries: Daly Con: Lynagh Pen: Lynagh (2)		Pen: Webb (2)

Twickenham, London
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

1991 Rugby World Cup Champions
Australia First title

1995 South Africa

Group matches

1995-05-25

South Africa	27 – 18	Australia
Tries: Pieter Hendriks, Joel Stransky Con: Joel Stransky Pen: Joel Stransky (4) Drop Goal: Joel Stransky		Tries: Phil Kearns, Michael Lynagh Con: Michael Lynagh Pen: Michael Lynagh Drop Goals:

Newlands, Cape Town
Attendance: 51 000 (capacity)
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

1995-05-31

Australia	27 – 11	Canada
Tries: Michael Lynagh, Ilivasi Tabua, Joe Roff Con: Michael Lynagh (3) Pen: Michael Lynagh (2) Drop Goals:		Tries: Al Charron Con: Pen: Gareth Rees (2) Drop Goals:

Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 15 000
Referee: Patrick Robin (France)

1995-06-03

Australia	42 – 3	Romania
Tries: Damian Smith, David Wilson, Joe Roff, Michael Foley, Matt Burke Con: Matt Burke (2), John Eales (4) Pen: Drop Goals:		Tries: Con: Pen: Ilie Ivancuic Drop Goals:

Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Attendance: 15 000
Referee: Naoki Saito (Japan)

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
South Africa	3	0	68	26	9
Australia	2	1	87	41	7
Canada	1	2	45	50	5
Romania	0	3	14	97	3

Quarter final

15 September 2007

Australia	22 – 25	England
Tries: Damian Smith Con: Michael Lynagh Pen: Michael Lynagh (5) Drop Goals:		Tries: Tony Underwood Con: Rob Andrew Pen: Rob Andrew (5) Drop Goals: Rob Andrew

Newlands, Cape Town
Referee: David Bishop (New Zealand)

1999 Wales

Group matches

1999-10-03

Australia	57 – 9	Romania
Tries: Toutai Kefu (3), Joe Roff (2), Rod Kafer, Matthew Burke, Jason Little, Tim Horan Con: Matthew Burke (5), John Eales		Pen: Petre Mitu (3)

Ravenhill, Belfast
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

1999-10-10

Ireland	3 – 23	Australia
Pen: David Humphreys		Tries: Ben Tune, Tim Horan Con: Matthew Burke (2) Pen: Matthew Burke (2), John Eales

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

1999-10-14

Australia	55–19	United States
Tries: Scott Staniforth (2), Chris Latham, Chris Whitaker, Michael Foley, Matthew Burke, Stephen Larkham, Tiaan Straaus Con: Matthew Burke (5), Joe Roff Pen: Matthew Burke		Tries: Juan Grobler Con: Kevin Dalzell Pen: Kevin Dalzell (4)

Thomond Park, Limerick
Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
Australia	3	0	135	31	6
Ireland	2	1	100	45	4
Romania	1	2	50	126	2
United States	0	3	52	135	0

Quarter final

1999-10-23

Wales	9 – 24	Australia
Pens: Neil Jenkins (3)		Tries: George Gregan (2), Ben Tune Con: Matthew Burke (3) Pen: Matthew Burke

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,499
Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)

Semi-final

1999-10-30

South Africa	21 – 27 (a.e.t)	Australia
Pen: Jannie de Beer (6) Drop: Jannie de Beer		Pen: Matthew Burke (8) Drop: Stephen Larkham

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

Final

1999-11-06

Australia	35 – 12	France
Tries: Ben Tune, Owen Finegan Con: Matthew Burke (2) Pen: Matthew Burke (7)		Pen: Christophe Lamaison (4)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,500
Referee: André Watson (South Africa)

1999 Rugby World Cup Champions
Australia Second title

2003 Australia

Group matches

2003-10-10

Australia	24 – 8	Argentina
Try: Sailor 20', Roff 74' Con: Flatley Pen: Flatley (4)		Try: Corleto 72' Pen: M. Contepomi

Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 81,350
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

2003-10-18

Australia	90 – 8	Romania
Tries: Flatley, Rogers (3), Burke (2), Larkham (2), Mortlock, Roff, Giteau, Tuqiri, Smith Con: Flatley (11) Pen: Flatley		Tries: Toderasc Pen: Tofan

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 48,778
Referee: Pablo De Luca (Argentina)

2003-10-25

Australia	142 – 0	Namibia
Tries: Latham (5), Lyons, Mortlock, Tuqiri (3), Penalty try, Rogers (2), Paul, Giteau (3), Grey, Turinui (2), Burke, Roe Con: Rogers (16)

Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

2003-11-01

Australia	17–16	Ireland
Tries: Smith Pen: Flatley (3) Drop: Gregan		Tries: O'Driscoll Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (2) Drop: O'Driscoll

Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 54,206
Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

Main article: 2003 Rugby World Cup

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	BP	Points
Australia	4	0	273	32	2	18
Ireland	3	1	141	56	3	15
Argentina	2	2	140	57	3	11
Romania	1	3	65	192	1	5
Namibia	0	4	28	310	0	0

Quarter final

8 November 2003

Australia	33 – 16	Scotland
Tries Gregan, Lyons, Mortlock Con: Flatley (3) Pen: Flatley (4)		Tries: Russell Con: Paterson Pen: Paterson (2) Drop Goals Paterson

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

semi final

2003-11-15

Australia	22 – 10	New Zealand
Try: Mortlock 9' c Con: Flatley Pen: Flatley (5)		Try: Thorne 35' c Con: MacDonald Pen: MacDonald

Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 82,444
Referee: Chris White (England)

Final

22 November 2003

Australia	17 – 20 (a.e.t)	England
Tries Tuqiri Pen: Elton Flatley (4)		Tries: Robinson Pen: Wilkinson (4) Drop Goal Wilkinson

Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 82,957
Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

2007 France

Group Matches

8 September 2007

Australia	91 – 3	Japan
Tries: Rocky Elsom (3), Chris Latham (2), Berrick Barnes (2), Drew Mitchell, George Smith, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Nathan Sharpe, Adam Freier Con: Stirling Mortlock (7), Matt Giteau (3) Pen: Stirling Mortlock Drop Goals		Tries: Con: Pen: Kosei Ono Drop Goals:

Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

15 September 2007

Australia	32 – 20	Wales
Tries: Chris Latham (2), Matt Giteau, Stirling Mortlock Con: Stirling Mortlock (2), Matt Giteau Pen: Stirling Mortlock (2) Drop Goals: Berrick Barnes		Tries: Jonathan Thomas, Shane Williams Con: James Hook Pen: Stephen Jones, James Hook (2) Drop Goals:

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

23 September 2007

Australia	55 – 12	Fiji
Tries: Drew Mitchell (3), Matt Giteau (2), Adam Ashley-Cooper, Stephen Hoiles Con: Matt Giteau (4) Pen: matt Giteau (3) Drop Goals: Berrick Barnes		Tries: Isoa Neivua, Aca Ratuva Con: Seremaia Bai Pen: Drop Goals:

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

29 September 2007

Australia	37 – 6	Canada
Tries: Drew Mitchell (2), Al Baxter, Adam Freier, George Smith, Chris Latham Con: Cameron Shepherd (2) Pen: Julian Huxley Drop Goals:		Tries: Con: Pen: James Pritchard (2) Drop Goals:

Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux
Referee: Chris White (England)

Pool B games -

Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
Australia	4	4	0	0	30	215	41	+174	4	20
Fiji	4	3	0	1	14	114	136	−22	3	15
Wales	4	2	0	2	23	168	105	+63	4	12
Japan	4	0	1	3	7	64	210	−146	1	3
Canada	4	0	1	3	6	51	120	−69	0	2

Quarter final

2007-010-06

Australia	10 – 12	England
Tries: Lote Tuqiri Con: Stirling Mortlock Pen: Stirling Mortlock Drop Goals:		Tries: Con: Pen: Jonny Wilkinson (4) Drop Goals:

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Referee: Alain Roland (Ireland)

2011 New Zealand

Group Matches

11 September 2011
15:30

Australia	32 – 6	Italy
Try: Alexander 50' m Ashley-Cooper 55' c O'Connor 58' c Ioane 66' c Con: O'Connor (3/4) Pen: Cooper (2/3) 19', 30'	Report	Pen: Bergamasco (2/3) 38', 40+'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 25,731
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

17 September 2011
20:30

Australia	6 – 15	Ireland
Pen: O'Connor (2/4) 11', 23'	Report	Pen: Sexton (2/5) 17', 49' O'Gara (2/2) 62', 71' Drop: Sexton 19'

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 58,678
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

23 September 2011
20:30

Australia	67 – 5	United States
Try: Horne 8' m Elsom 11' m Beale 31' c Fainga'a (2) 35' m, 71' m Mitchell 45'c McCabe 48'm Ashley-Cooper (3) 59' c, 64' c, 66' c Samo 78' c Con: Beale (0/1) Cooper (2/5) Barnes (4/5)	Report	Try: Gagiano 23' m Con: Malifa (0/1)

Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 33,824
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

1 October 2011
15:30

Australia	68 – 22	Russia
Try: Barnes (2) 7' m, 79' c Mitchell (2) 9' c, 49' c McCalman 12' c Pocock (2) 15' c, 22' c Moore 36' c Ashley-Cooper 39' c Ma'afu 42' c Con: O'Connor (9/10)	Report	Try: Ostroushko 33' m Simplikevich 60' c Rachkov 68' c Con: Kushnarev (0/1) Rachkov (2/2) Drop: Rachkov (1/1) 47'

Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Attendance: 16,307
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
Ireland	4	4	0	15	135	34	+101	1	17
Australia	4	3	1	25	173	48	+125	3	15
Italy	4	2	2	13	92	95	−3	2	10
United States	4	1	3	4	38	122	−84	0	4
Russia	4	0	4	8	57	139	−139	1	1

Quarter Finals

9 October 2011
18:00 NZDT (UTC+13)

South Africa	9 – 11	Australia
Pen: Steyn (2/4) 39', 56' Drop: Steyn (1/1) 60' Lambie (0/1)	Report	Try: Horwill 11' m Con: O'Connor (0/1) Pen: O'Connor (2/2) 17', 72'

Regional Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

Semifinal

2011-10-16
20:30

New Zealand	20 – 6	Australia
Tries: Nonu Pen: Weepu Drop: Cruden		Pen: O'Connor Drop: Cooper

Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Third place play-off

21 October 2011
20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)

Wales	18 – 21	Australia
Try: Shane Williams 50' m Halfpenny 80+' c Con: Hook (0/1) S. Jones (1/1) Pen: Hook (1/2) 20' Halfpenny (0/1) S. Jones (1/1) 71' Drop: Shane Williams (0/1)	Tracker	Try: Barnes 12' c McCalman 76' m Con: O'Connor (1/2) Pen: O'Connor (2/4) 54', 58' Drop: Barnes (1/1) 68'

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 53,014
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

2015 England

Group matches

23 September 2015
16:45

Australia	28–13	Fiji
Try: Pocock (2) 26' c, 31' m Kepu 43' c Con: Foley (2/3) 28', 44' Pen: Foley (3/3) 10', 38', 70'	Report	Try: Volavola 60' c Con: Nadolo (1/1) 61' Pen: Nadolo (2/2) 21', 47'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 67,253
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)

27 September 2015
12:00

Australia	65–3	Uruguay
Try: McMahon (2) 7' m, 69' m Tomane 9' c Mumm 26' m Speight 31' c McCalman (2) 36' c, 61' c Mitchell (2) 47' m, 52' m Toomua 71' m Kuridrani 80' c Con: Cooper (5/11) 10', 32', 36', 62', 80'	Report	Pen: Berchesi (1/1) 24'

Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 39,605
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

3 October 2015
20:00

England	13–33	Australia
Try: Watson 56' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 57' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 13', 65'	Report	Try: Foley (2) 20' c, 35' c Giteau 80' c Con: Foley (3/3) 22', 36', 80' Pen: Foley (4/4) 8', 50', 72', 76'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,010
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

10 October 2015
16:45

Australia	15–6	Wales
Pen: Foley (5/6) 25', 31', 37', 51', 73' Giteau (0/1)	Report	Pen: Biggar (2/3) 5', 34'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,863
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
Australia	4	4	0	17	141	35	+106	1	17
Wales	4	3	1	11	111	62	+49	1	13
England	4	2	2	16	133	75	+58	3	11
Fiji	4	1	3	10	84	101	–17	1	5
Uruguay	4	0	4	2	30	226	–196	0	0

Quarter final

18 October 2015
16:00 BST (UTC+01)

Australia	35–34	Scotland
Try: Ashley-Cooper 9' m Mitchell (2) 30' m, 43' c Hooper 40' m Kuridrani 64' c Con: Foley (2/5) 44', 65' Pen: Foley (2/2) 54', 80'	Report	Try: Horne 18' c Seymour 59' m Bennett 74' c Con: Laidlaw (2/3) 19', 75' Pen: Laidlaw (5/5) 14', 21', 34', 47', 69'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,110
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Semi final

25 October 2015
16:00 GMT (UTC+00)

Argentina	15–29	Australia
Pen: Sánchez (5/5) 7', 24', 36', 45', 55'	Report	Try: Simmons 2' c Ashley-Cooper (3) 10' c, 32' m, 72' c Con: Foley (3/4) 3', 11', 73' Pen: Foley (1/2) 48'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,025
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Final

31 October 2015
16:00 GMT (UTC+00)

New Zealand	34–17	Australia
Try: Milner-Skudder 39' c Nonu 42' m Barrett 79' c Con: Carter (2/3) 40', 80' Pen: Carter (4/4) 8', 27', 36', 75' Drop: Carter 70'	Report	Try: Pocock 53' Kuridrani 64' c Con: Foley (2/2) 54', 65' Pen: Foley (1/1) 14'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,125
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Hosting

The opening game at Telstra Stadium between Australia and Argentina in 2003.

1987

Australia hosted the first 1987 Rugby World Cup, along with New Zealand. Games were hosted at the following stadiums -

City	Stadium	Capacity
Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium	24,000
Sydney	Concord Oval	20,000

Most of the pool games were in New Zealand, but the semi-finals, and one of the quarter finals, were played in Australia.

2003

Australia won the right to host the World Cup in 2003 without the involvement of New Zealand after a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World Cup Limited. The overall stadium capacity was reduced from the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales.

The Adelaide Oval underwent a A$20 million redevelopment for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, financed entirely by the South Australian Cricket Association, with two new grandstands built adjacent to the Victor Richardson Gates. The Suncorp Stadium was a new A$280 million venue designed specifically for rugby, and was opened just before the start of the 2003 World Cup. The Central Coast Stadium was also a newly built venue, and opened in February 2000 at a cost of A$30 million.

Aussie Stadium was one of two venues in Sydney that were used for football during the 2000 Olympic Games. The other venue in Sydney was the Telstra Stadium which was the centrepiece of the 2000 Olympic Games. Formerly known as Stadium Australia, Telstra Stadium was built at a cost of over A$600 million and was the biggest stadium used in the 2003 World Cup. The only stadium with a retractable roof used was the Telstra Dome in Melbourne.

Stadium	Games	City	State	Capacity	Best Crowd
Telstra Stadium	7	Sydney	New South Wales	83,500	82,957 (Final: Australia vs England)
Aussie Stadium	5	Sydney	New South Wales	41,159	37,137 (Scotland vs. Fiji)
Central Coast Stadium	3	Gosford	New South Wales	20,119	19,653 (Japan vs. United States)
WIN Stadium	2	Wollongong	New South Wales	18,484	17,833 (France vs. United States)
Suncorp Stadium	9	Brisbane	Queensland	52,500	48,778 (Australia vs. Romania)
Dairy Farmers Stadium	3	Townsville	Queensland	24,843	21,309 (France vs. Japan)
Telstra Dome	7	Melbourne	Victoria	53,371	54,206 (Australia vs. Ireland)
Subiaco Oval	5	Perth	Western Australia	42,922	38,834 (South Africa vs. England)
Canberra Stadium	4	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	24,647	22,641 (Italy vs. Wales)
Adelaide Oval	2	Adelaide	South Australia	33,597	33,000 (Australia vs. Namibia)
York Park	1	Launceston	Tasmania	19,891	15,457 (Namibia vs. Romania)

Australia intended to bid for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cups, but withdrew from the bidding. The bids were awarded to England and Japan respectively.

Overall record

Australia vs	Played	Win	Lost	Win %
Argentina	3	3	0	100%
Canada	2	2	0	100%
England	6	3	3	50%
Fiji	2	2	0	100%
France	2	1	1	50%
Ireland	5	4	1	80%
Italy	1	1	0	100%
Japan	2	2	0	100%
Namibia	1	1	0	100%
New Zealand	4	2	2	50%
Romania	3	3	0	100%
Russia	1	1	0	100%
Samoa	1	1	0	100%
Scotland	2	2	0	100%
South Africa	3	2	1	66%
United States	3	3	0	100%
Uruguay	1	1	0	100%
Wales	6	5	1	83%
Overall	48	39	9	81%

Team records

Most points in a game

142 vs Namibia, 2003
91 vs Japan, 2007
90 vs Romania, 2003
68 vs Russia, 2011
67 vs United States, 2011
66 vs Namibia, 2015
57 vs Romania, 1999
55 vs United States, 1999
55 vs Fiji, 2007

Individual records

Most World Cup matches

20 George Gregan (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007)
15 John Eales (1991, 1995, 1999)
15 Nathan Sharpe (2003, 2007, 2011)
15 David Campese (1987, 1991, 1995)
14 Jason Little (1991, 1995, 1999)
14 Tim Horan (1991, 1995, 1999)
14 Joe Roff (1995, 1999)

Most points overall

195 Michael Lynagh (1987, 1991, 1995)
125 Matt Burke (1995, 1999)
100 Elton Flatley (2003)
60 Matt Giteau (2003, 2007)
57 Stirling Mortlock (1999, 2003, 2007)
57 Mat Rogers (2003, 2007)

Most points in a game

42 vs Namibia - Mat Rogers 2003
30 vs Romania - Elton Flatley 2003
27 vs Fiji - Matt Giteau 2007
25 vs France - Matt Burke 1999
25 vs Namibia - Chris Latham 2003

Most tries overall

11 Chris Latham (1999, 2003, 2007)
10 David Campese (1987, 1991, 1995)
10 Drew Mitchell (2007, 2011)
7 Matt Giteau (2003, 2007)
7 Adam Ashley-Cooper (2007, 2011)
7 Joe Roff (1995, 1999)

Most tries in a game

5 vs Namibia - Chris Latham 2003
3 vs Romania - Toutai Kefu 1999
3 vs Fiji - Drew Mitchell 2007
3 vs United States - Adam Ashley-Cooper 2011
3 vs Romania - Mat Rogers 2003
3 vs Namibia - Lote Tuqiri 2003
3 vs Namibia - Matt Giteau 2003
3 vs Japan - Rocky Elsom 2003

Most penalty goals

33 Michael Lynagh (1987, 1991, 1995)
21 Elton Flatley (1999, 2003)
19 Matt Burke (1995, 1999)
7 James O'Connor (2011)

Most penalty goals in a game

8 vs South Africa - Matt Burke 1999
7 vs France - Matt Burke 1999
5 vs England - Michael Lynagh 1995
5 vs New Zealand - Elton Flatley 2003

Most drop goals

3 Berrick Barnes (2007, 2011)
2 Michael Lynagh (1987,1991,1995)
1 George Gregan (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007)
1 Stephen Larkham (1999, 2003, 2007)
1 Quade Cooper (2011)

Portrayal on screen

Australia can be seen playing South Africa in the feature film Invictus based on the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

References

Davies, Gerald (2004) The History of the Rugby World Cup (Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, (ISBN 1-86074-602-0)
Farr-Jones, Nick, (2003). Story of the Rugby World Cup, Australian Post Corporation, (ISBN 0-642-36811-2)

National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup by tier

Tier 1 teams	Argentina Australia England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tier 2 teams	Canada Fiji Georgia Japan Namibia Portugal Romania Russia Samoa Spain Tonga United States Uruguay

Tier 3 teams	Ivory Coast Zimbabwe

Rugby union in Australia

Governing bodies

Overall	Australian Rugby Union

States	ACT and Southern NSW New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

National teams

Men's	Wallabies 7's U-20 Schoolboys Former: U-21 U-19

Women's	Wallaroos 7's

Other notable teams

Competitions

International	The Rugby Championship Oceania U20 Championship

Transnational	Super Rugby

National	National Rugby Championship (Horan-Little Shield) National Sevens Championship National U20 Championship National Women's Championship

Premier	Shute Shield Queensland Premier Rugby ACTRU Premier Division Dewar Shield

Hosted events	1987 Rugby World Cup 2003 Rugby World Cup Australian Sevens Australian Women's Sevens

Defunct	Australian Provincial Championship Australian Rugby Championship Australian Rugby Shield

Rugby union in

International trophies

World Rugby events

Men's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series U20 World Championship

Women's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series

Multi-sport events

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