[1] Centre Geoff Shaw took over the captaincy from Hipwell and led the side in six mid-week matches as well as the England, Ireland and United States Tests.

After leaving Europe the Wallabies played a match against the United States national rugby union team, for which the Australian players were awarded full international caps.

The Australian captain Hipwell had to go off just before half-time with a recurrence of his knee ligament injury, a loss which Rothmans Yearbook suggested might have "affected the margin but not the result".

[4] Phil Bennett was selected at fly-half for Wales but withdrew after suffering an injury playing for Llanelli and was replaced by John Bevan.

[6] Australia: Paul McLean, Paddy Batch, Bill McKid, Geoff Shaw (c), Laurie Monaghan, John Weatherstone, Rod Hauser, Stuart Macdougall, Peter Horton, Steve Finnane, Reg Smith, David Hillhouse, Tony Shaw, Greg Cornelsen, Mark Loane.

England: Alastair Hignell, Peter Squires, Andy Maxwell, Barrie Corless, David Duckham, Martin Cooper, Mike Lampkowski, Fran Cotton, Peter Wheeler, Mike Burton, Bill Beaumont, Bob Wilkinson, Mark Keyworth, Tony Neary (c), Andy Ripley Australia registered their first international victory of the tour and scored three tries in beating Ireland.

McIlrath, Mike Gibson (c), Wallace McMaster, Ollie Campbell, John Robbie, F. McLoughlin, John Cantrell, Pa Agnew, Moss Keane, M. Molloy, Stewart McKinney, Fergus Slattery, Willie Duggan In the first game ever played by a United States national rugby union team in their own country, Australia won 24–12 but needed two late tries to make the game safe.

Hindmarsh stretched the lead to 16–6 with another penalty goal before two from Oxman brought the United States back within four points with eight minutes left.

Tries from Ryan and Pearse ultimately gave the Wallabies a comfortable win although Rothmans Yearbook stated that "the losers fought back right to the end" and "were by no means outclassed".

[8] Australia: Hindmarsh, John Ryan, David L'Estrange, Geoff Shaw (c), Laurie Monaghan, Ken Wright, Rod Hauser, Ron Graham, Chris Carberry, John Meadows, Reg Smith, Garrick Fay, Ray Price, Gary Pearse, Tony Shaw.

United States: K. Oxman, D. Chipman, D. Stephenson, G. Schneeweis, S. Auerbach, Robbie Bordley (c), M. Swiderski, M. Ording, Fred Khasigian, E. Swanson, C. Sweeney, G. Brackett, S. Nieubauer, T. Klein, T. Selfridge.

Barbarians: Andy Irvine, Gerald Davies, Ray Gravell, Mike Gibson, J. J. Williams, Phil Bennett, Gareth Edwards, Mike Knill, Peter Wheeler, Sandy Carmichael, Allan Martin, Gordon Brown, Trefor Evans, Mervyn Davies (c), Fergus Slattery Test and tour appearances include appearances as a replacement, which are shown in brackets e.g. (1R)