List of Australia national rugby union team records

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Australia (in gold), playing against New Zealand. Australia vs New Zealand at Telstra Stadium, 13 august 2005.jpg
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).

Contents

Team records

Greatest winning margins

Opponent [lower-alpha 1] VenueCompetitionDateScoreMargin
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2003 Rugby World Cup 25 October 2003142–0142
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Stade de Gerland, Lyon 2007 Rugby World Cup 8 September 200791–388
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Campo Universitario, Madrid 2001 Australia tour of Europe 1 November 200192–1082
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Lang Park, Brisbane 2003 Rugby World Cup 18 October 200390–882
Flag of England.svg  England Lang Park, Brisbane 1998 England tour of Australasia and South Africa 6 June 199876–076

Greatest losing margins

Opponent [lower-alpha 1] VenueCompetitionDateScoreMargin
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 2008 Tri Nations Series 30 August 200853–845
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 1997 Tri Nations Series 23 August 199761–2239
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stadium Australia, Sydney 2020 Tri Nations Series 31 October 202043–538
Athletic Park, Wellington 1996 Tri Nations Series 6 July 199643–637
Eden Park, Auckland2019 Bledisloe Cup III17 August 201936–036
Eden Park, Auckland 1972 Australia tour of New Zealand and Fiji 16 September 197238–335
Eden Park, Auckland 2021 Rugby Championship 14 August 202157–2235

Individual records (career)

Individual records (single match)

Most points in a match [6]
PointsPlayerOpposing teamVenueYear
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]
TriesPlayerOpposing teamVenueYear
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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Updated to 2022. However, ESPNscrum statistics are until 2016. [1]

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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.