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Australia and the Barbarians have played each other 12 times, of which Australia has won the most, with nine victories.
The first match between the teams was played at Cardiff Arms Park on 31 January 1948 as a fundraiser to help pay for the Australian team's matches in Canada on their way home. The Barbarians won 9–6, and the match began a tradition for teams from the Southern Hemisphere to end tours of the British Isles with a match against the Barbarians.[1]
Summary
The summary below is for all matches where test caps were awarded by both national unions, which leaves out all 24 meetings from 1920 to 1928, in which the governing New Zealand Rugby Union fielded the second level New Zealand XV team rather than the highest All Blacks team. The Australian Rugby Union retroactively awarded test status caps to its own players for those matches.
Overall
Details
Played
Won by Australia
Won by Barbarians
Drawn
Australia points
Barbarian points
In Australia
2
2
0
0
86
35
In Great Britain
12
9
3
0
349
227
Overall
14
11
3
0
435
262
Records
Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.
Record
Australia
Barbarians
Longest winning streak
10 (15 December 1984 – present)
2 (31 January 1948 – 28 January 1967)
Largest points for
Home
55 (6 June 2009)
36 (1 November 2014)
Away
60 (26 November 2011)
28 (28 October 2017)
Largest winning margin
Home
48 (6 June 2009)
12 (24 January 1976)
Away
49 (26 November 2011)
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Most aggregate points
84 (Barbarians 35–49 Australia) (28 November 2001)