List of Australia national rugby union team records

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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[edit]

Greatest winning margins[edit]

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 92–10 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

Greatest losing margins[edit]

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 43–5 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

Individual records (career)[edit]

Individual records (single match)[edit]

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
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

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.
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