England v Australia Highlights Rugby Union

Hello and welcome to a reigning

Twickenham for the second of the

international fixtures, where today

the visitors are Eddie Jones' native

Dutch Strega. Last week against

Argentina, not the most fluid of

start that England still proved

strong enough to register their 20th

victory in 21 matches under Jones.

COMMENTATOR: Twickenham in fine

voice at the start of this season.

Try for England. Slade. England have

been their second. Argentina getting

closer. The damn burst. Victory to

England 21-8.

Eddie Jones has made it clear they

will need to be to be more effective

in everything they do to win today.

They have a good record against the

Wallabies since their Australian

coach took over, winning all four

meetings between the

coach took over, winning all four

meetings between the two sides. A

fifth successive win over Australia

would equal England's best run in

this fixture from 2000 to the dump

World Cup. Can England made it five

in a row. Let us join our commentary

team.

in a row. Let us join our commentary

team.

It's the main event, England against

Australia. Eddie Jones said there is

nothing bigger than this fixture.

His opposite number described

His opposite number described

England as "bullies." Let's look at

the teams. Four changes to the side

that beat Argentina. One change, Joe

Launchbury starts.

Owen Farrell is promoted into the

starting 15. Fresh from his

nomination for World Player of the

Year. Jonny May returns. Anthony

Watson moves to fullback after Mike

Brown failed to recover from

concussion. As for Australia. Blake

Enever will make his debut alongside

Rob Simmons. All eyes are drawn to

their Kurtley Beale and centre

pairing.

Maro Itoje is named after being

rested last week.

Timani wears 21.

Australia get us under way as the

ball sails into the very damped and

drizzly autumn air. We resume one of

sports most classic rivalries.

England holding on that. Big

pressure coming up from Australia.

Slightly backwards. Remaining in

England's possession as Youngs

assesses his options. Box kick lands

nicely. Pressure on that far side on

Hodge. Australia's first chance to

get the ball in hand. Back to Foley,

again. He thinks he can see some

space. Daly take it is nicely though

and sends it straight back down the

other end. Foley.

The early ping pong competition sees

the ball go out of play, as we bring

in Brian Moore.

Honours even out of

tha kicking.

Goes back out. Ford

gets it to Farrell. He holds on in

difficult conditions. Launchbury

can't hold on. The referee will come

back for that penalty. An

opportunity perhaps missed there. A

little bit of panic perhaps from

England. Still early days.

That's a

great pity from an England point of

view. Breached the line there.

Double receivers out wide. I thought

for a second the ball was slightly

delayed, but a simple mistackle.

Good hand by Launchbury. That is the

essential. He had to juggle there,

difficult. That's encouraging from

England. A lot more fluent, even in

the first few minutes than they were

during the whole game last week.

Farrell lines up the target, the

flags fly and England are off the

mark at Twickenham. Good for their

three point lead, but only six

minutes played. A long way to go.

Foley with the clearance. Has to

keep that one in. Taken into the 22.

Watson there. Taken a lot of high

ball, and taken it well. Vunipola.

Another box kick then from Youngs.

Really targeting the Australian

backs at the moment. Whoever is

hanging out there, is going to

expect ball. Kurtley Beale held on

to that. What a loose pass. He did

well.

Australia have recovered well.

That could have done terribly wrong

for them.

Playing on the enat the

moment, the Wallabies. -- edge.

Reset. Make themselves a more sturdy

base. It comes in the form of the

ball going out of play on the far

side. Consideration there to take

the ball quickly Byford Ford, but

England happy with the line out.

Australia looked to have made it

over. Brilliant piece of defence by

Owen Farrell, who followed his man

round and stopped the pass going

completely when there were two or

three men outside. Australia would

have been round the back had it not

been that diligent play by Farrell.

Caught there, George Ford. It has

ended up in Australian hands. Taken

forward by Kerevi. That's been the

downfall of Australia a couple of

times now, the forward passes. They

have looked lively when they have

had the ball.

They have. England

have now taken both lineout balls

off the front. Whilst they've done

that solidly, what it means is that

the Australians are flooding across

the field. The England runners into

space are finding there are no gaps.

Not only do they have the opposite

numbers against them, they have

forwards hanging inside. I would

like to see England vary their

position in which they take in the

lineout. Better room for the runners

outside.

That ball is loose at the back.

Youngs reads it well. Space for

Jonny May. Shut down straightaway by

the Australian defence. Launchbury.

Youngs. Ford.

Great take in the air by Beale. Now

it's Hodge. That's gone straight

there as a gift in the basket for

England.

Jonny May has gone for kick

over the top. They have gone the the

other way.

The appeals have gone up.

Not read quickly. May wanted it.

England change the direction though.

Farrell kicks it on. Will it go out

of play on the far side? He knew

there was no-one at home for

Australia. We have seen so many

kicks that are forcing the

Australian back three to urn it.

It's a tactic. Kurtley Beale can

turn up anywhere, he's got 15 on his

back. Finds his man. Straight down

to Genia. Big hits going in as

McMahon puts his body on the line

for his country. Genia. He finds

Beale. Pressure slightly relieved

from Australia. It's back in English

hands. Big spill there for Hughes

Hughes. He won't want to watch that

one back. Reset. Australia find

themselves back on the halfway line

with the ball.

Again, Australia

content to keep the ball in.

Purposeful ploy. Saying to the

England back three, let's see what

you can do.

Certainly something

Australia appear to be very good at.

We saw that against Wales with the

Kurtley Beale try were he took the

ball out of the hands. Just there.

When they go in for these tackles

they can target where the ball is

and disrupt it. Dwibg nap enjoyed

that scrum. It comes away for

Australia. Here comes McMahon.

Beale.

Genia to Hanigan. Still coming back,

a little pass through there by

Foley. It's loose. Up Jonny May

keeps that in play somehow.

Not sure

he appreciated that.

All this

pressure and it's Australia that are

going to come away with it. Goes

back down the Australian line. Great

take by Hodge, who flew in to suck

that one up in his arms. Australia

hold on. This has come from England

mistakes. Foley, looks at his

options. Beale, hanging back.

England didn't take the dummy

runners. Making sure it's a nice

clean ball, fast as well. Simmons.

Robshaw saw that one, hacked that

on, sent it on the England side.

Youngs. Is he faster than Usain

Bolt. That was the talk this week?

Jonny May smothers him as soon as he

arrives. Australia find themselves

in the 22, but they have the

penalty.

It's a shame for England

that Jonny May was certainly out

run. The player was on the wing.

It's a difficult area for players.

They need to understand the law

here. When a man is on the ground,

you don't have to let him up, but

you can't fall on him hip you need

to do is straddle the player and

play-the-ball.

That was the early

mistake from Jonny May. He actually

dealt with it pretty well, you have

to say. Did you read that headline

that Jonny May has clocked a time

over 40 meters that is equal to

Usain Bolt.

I did. Have you to take

it with a mild amount of scepticism,

I think.

I do believe Eddie Jones

said he laughed over his corn flakes

when he read it. No disrespect for

Jonny May, I think he's faster than

most of us! Courtney Lawes causing a

nuisance of himself there. May.

Mansion to shrug off the tackles. --

manages. Jonny May caught on the

floor. He was holding that. He was

absolutely smoothered by the green

and gold.

Great work by McMahon. One

of the difficulties supporting Jonny

May is he's so unpredictable as a

runner. You can't set your support

lines. As soon as it went away from

the support and they couldn't get to

him, McMahon was straight over the

top.

This is the moment when Jonny

May thought he was running to the

safety of the centre of the park

were there was more white shirts. He

was surrounded then by Australians.

Well, that has not gone well for

Bernard Foley. He mishit that.

They

don't mind if they miss. If they

strike the ball well it shows they

got the rhythm. That was just

horrible.

If Bernard Foley wasn't

feeling bad enough as to how the

kick went I think the Twickenham

crowd made sure that felt a little

bit worse. Beale.

Find McMahon. -- finds McMahon.

Hodge.

Genia this time he finds Sio. Beale,

again. You can hear the appeals from

Australia. They have numbers on the

near side. Chasing it. Koroibete.

The referee is going to bring it

back. Referee is not in a hurry at

all.

I want to make sure that seven

before the kick wasn't offside, put

him in an offside position.

I don't

know if Hooper were in front. It

will be interesting to watch this.

Koroibete with who started it.

Hooper was there. Where did he

start?

He's in front.

That's exactly

what they are look at now.

Yeah,

he's definitely in front.

I'm going

to disallow the try and go back to

the Penalty.

I agree.

No try,

offside.

We had confirmation that a Sam

Underhill will not be returning to

the field of play. Maro Itoje is a

permanent replacement. Straight to

Itoje.

Australia have taken that

down quite clearly.

There is the

penalty advantage. It's a free shot

here for England. Flying on the far

side. It doesn't matter, England can

cover.

It might be tempting to go for the

corner. In these conditions, were

scoring chances will be at a

premium, given that Owen Farrell is

a kicker he is, I think he would

take the points. The meeting is

going on at the moment as Owen

Farrell comes and steps up. There we

go.

Is

England need the same again,

controlled balled. The important

thing is to set the ball up first

without necessarily driving it

forward. Once the basics are there

and the players are in support, on

their feet. Then go.

England roll

the dice at Twickenham. Owen

Farrell, a few meters from the

Australian line. To Courtney Lawes.

Again, penalty advantage. It's still

moving. England have kept it alive.

It's got legs. Australia throw so

many bodies to try and slow this

down.

Keep going here.

Inching

closer and closer. It looks like

it's over.

Penalty try there.

Youngs

is going in to dig it out. He wants

the forwards to go again into the

hands of Itoje. Hughes. He thinks he

can make it. This time it's Mako

Vunipola. Itoje pops off the ball.

So close here from England. Hughes,

again. They are trying to ruck and

roll their way. Hartley now

involved. This time they are going

to use the backs. It's passed out.

It's gone into the hands of Farrell.

Watson now tracking backwards.

Referee will come back for the

penalty.

They knew they had the

penalty there are. The referee is

going to the book, yellow card. I

thought he should do. Not knowing

his own number. He knew his own

number. Pretending he didn't hear.

The last twooff sides against you.

What.

Two minutes.

For a second week

in a row, the captain of Australia,

Michael Hooper, is sent to the

sin-bin.

The first one from the

lineout. The second one from the

drive. To look at a penalty dry. He

was taken down. The third one under

the post in the red zone. Multiple

times. No real option or argument.

Now they have an extra manage man.

This was a position that Wales found

themselves in last week, very late

at the Principality Stadium. They

couldn't exploit Australia at all in

this position.

It's centering when

England were parallel numbers they

are sure to kick at goal. Now they

have a man up, could have a scrum

here in the middle of the field with

both sides open. They have gone for

the three points. I think it's

basically they know they have ten

minutes after that. This is the time

to put more points on the board, at

least three, hopefully five or seven

if you are an England fan.

No

surprises there that Owen Farrell

sends that one straight through the

post to double England's lead.

Itoje, clean take.

This is where

they need to make their man

advantage count. There is no reason

why they can't keep this ball.

Still

moving here. Thats one has gone

down.

England were lucky. That could

have been a knock-on.

The referee

was right on top of that, watching

intently. England still with the man

advantage.

Youngs. He finds Lawes. Again. This

time it comes back to George Ford

for a drop goal attempt.

Nowhere

near, unfortunately, for Ford.

Do

you think we might see more of that?

Possibly. I think given there is

two-and-a-half minutes and the ball

is under control, they could have

tried to take the ball around the

corner a couple more times to get a

better position for him to attempt

the drop goal.

Vunipola. Hartley, to

Ford. It's loose ball on the floor.

It's been hacked on. He has George

Ford with him. There is Foley. The

ball bounces back. Passed back. Now

McMahon. A comedy of errors for both

teams. Australia is the last team

laughing. A penalty. They will clear

their lines. Ben Youngs take it is

quickly. Jonny May has his ball in

hand. Oh, was that a knock-on?

It

was. He's going to the bin bin as

well.

Australia will be reduced to

13 for that intentional knock-on. --

bin.

You have to give it to him, he tried

his best though.

The referee

shouldn't entertain this discussion.

He made a decision. It clearly

didn't go with two hands for the

ball. Was never in a position to

catch it. Now England have to be

smart. They will get one

opportunity. It doesn't matter how

long or how many phases they need. I

don't care what colour shirt or

supporter you are.

Here comes the

moment. The lineout is disrupted

straightaway. Right at the front.

England needed that ball with

Australia down to 13.

That's

shocking.

All Australia need to do

is kick this off the park and their

first real danger moment is gone and

Reece Hodge will do just that. What

on earth must Eddie Jones be

thinking right now. The Australian

coach will be breathing a sigh of

relief. No doubt Australia are going

to have a big moment to start the

second-half. He is so unhappy there.

So unhappen yip I why.

He can be as

unhappy as he likes. It was a

blatant attempt - he didn't even try

to catch the ball. Never in a

position to.

They will start with 13

on the park, not for long, a minute

or so. The score England 6,

Australia 0.

40 minutes left then for England to

further extend their winning run

against Australia to five in a row

as McMahon gathers for the

Wallabies.

Find the new man, McCalman. Came out

to find out quite Howett it is here

at Twickenham.

Doesn't go well there, the clearance

there, for Youngs he got back his

own ball, lost five meeters. There

were Australian mitts on the ball.

Across field. Lands it very nicely

in touch. Under pressure here, Foley

is back. There chasing him down is

Jonny May. He has support now from

Joseph. Foley does well to keep his

toes outside.

Not expecting to take on scrum-half

duties there, but he does. Is there

enough time and space here for Jonny

May to do something, as he runs into

Hodge. Each time every player hits

the deck how much they slide at the

moment. Really grubby and slippery

under foot. The ball is like a bar

of soap right now. Remember of

course, Australia have restarteded

this second-half with just 13 on the

park. Michael Hooper, the captain,

is chomping at the bit to get back

on. Daly gives it to Watson. England

will want to keep this forward in

play. Keep Australia down to 13 for

as long as they can. Back round the

corner. This is good. Space on the

far side. Itoje, he mansion to get

his hands on it. He's brought down

in the end by Koroibete. England

unable to find space at the moment.

Ford finds Vunipola. It's gone

forward as well. Michael Hooper will

return to the field of play now for

Australia and they are now back up

to 14, but still time for England to

try and exploit the one man

advantage. England thought they had

numbers out there. Jonny May was

screaming for it on the crowd side.

-- outside.

You should give him the

ball and let him make the play, make

the decision.

Scrum then, Australian ball.

Kuridrani. Is you heard the shout

there of CO, CO and he does take on

the ball. Advantage to Australia,

warning there for England, not

rolling away there from the tackle.

It remains to be seen whether it's

the kicking range of Bernard Foley,

possibly not.

Reece Hodge fight

fancy it.

He might fancy it. Bearing

in mind the situation when you are a

man down, if they put the ball in

the corner, we will see. Take a shot

of goal, which will itself take a

minute. You have to say, this has

been a very professional first

period of the second-half by

Australia.

They know exactly what

they are doing. They are winding

down the clock as quickly as they

can so they can get 15 back on the

park and then deploy the original

game plan. I assume hiding

underneath that raincoat was Kurtley

Beale.

Reece Hodge then with an attempt to

get points on the board for

Australia. It's not the easiest of

kicks. He does have a big boot on

him though.

That's definitely got distance on

it, and it's got direction.

Australia are off the mark, even

though they have been reduced in

numbers. They are the ones that come

away with the first points in this

second-half. England 6, Australia

Australia 3.

That is a very good

first ten minutes of the

second-half. Exactly what Australia

wanted.

They have the ball there at the

back. Beginning to feel that

Australia had their make of it.

Itoje not happy at all with how the

referee on how he went about getting

his hands on the ball. If he had

taken it he would have been OK, but

he decided to slap it down. From the

England point of view this has been

a poor first 12 minutes. They have

made mistakes, haven't got near.

Australia now deep in the England

half. Yeah, the ball was definitely

out. If Itoje had held on to it, he

would have been OK. Because it went

down to ground, that's definitely

Australian ball. They have now got a

very nice position on the park. Back

to Calman. Kuridrani. Simmons.

The momentum swinging back quickly

in Australia's favour. Foley goes

through. He has Hooper there.

Opportunity comes. Simmonds this

times goes forwards. The Australia

aren't happy. The ball recycled by

England. They clear it away. The

crowd love it.

Beale is being chased

down by May. Drops off the ball.

Appeals that was forward. The

referee plays on. Now going forward

is Kerevi. He's still going, but

it's loose. It's too slippery.

Crazy

rugby here at Twickenham. Ben Youngs

thinks he can see space. It lands

inside the field. It's still in

play. It's not touched the

whitewash. They need to touch it

down. Elliot Daly goes over for the

first time of the match.

Well, what

can you say about that, mistake

afters mistake. In the end, England

get the bounce. It stays infield

when, for all intents and purposes,

it looked as if it wasn't. Elliot

Daly carrying oen the chase and

having the footballing skills and

the patience not to lurch at the

ball when it was in sight of the

line.

This was a superb break. Out the

back of the hand. He really should

have taken that. And you would have

backed that to be going out every

day of the week. Let's have a look.

I don't think it did.

Owen Farrell

just tried to take his conversion

and the referee said, because you

tried to take it so quickly, you

made me suspicious when he was

watching the replay about whether

the ball went out or not and the

referee now going to look at it. Has

that just kissed the line?

Is it

clear and obviously out? It is

absolutely millimetres, marginal.

The important words were clear and

obvious.

And the computer says...

Award but try. -- award the try.

We

reviewed it and we're going to stick

with the try.

Disappointment on the

face of Australia but the try will

stand and Owen Farrell will now not

need to rush this conversion

attempt. It is now the England

number 12's opportunity to give them

another two points.

If you think

about it, it all came from a long

way back from a turnover right on

the England line.

There is nothing suspicious about

that as England extend their lead

here at Twickenham, ten points up on

the Aussies, 13-3, and the theatre

and drama at Twickenham has been

raised another couple of levels.

That wasn't straight.

Genia, wow, he

did not get his footing and fell

over as a result.

The pitch is really sticky and it is

advantage now to Australia, another

penalty that could be coming the

green and gold way. Good run by

Kepu. He end up throwing it into the

hands of Itoje.

This is not smart by

England, two successive penalties on

unnecessary.

It's the numbers. If

this continues you will have a

yellow card. Talk to them now.

A

warning for England, they have had

six penalties in this second half

and the warning is there that the

next person may well go to the bin.

All eyes now on Bernard Foley as he

looks to close the gap on the

scoreboard.

That's what is good for Foley, his

first successful kick of the

afternoon and it is now 13-6.

Into

the last quarter and England still

have the advantage of being ahead by

a converted try but it is paramount

that they cut out these unnecessary

penalties.

Taken by Hodge. Genia finding Beale.

Kerevi. It takes Ford and Farrell to

bring him down. McCalman.

Taken in by Philip. This is

correctly who jumps out of the first

tackle. -- Kerevi. All legal.

Simmons was desperately trying to

get out of the way and it is another

penalty for Australia and that could

be trouble for England -- Simmonds.

Beale thinks he can see something on

his own, Ford tries to hold onto it

and it is loose and still going and

Foley was there but an England foot

gets too it to clear it but the

referee will come back for this

penalty. Will he go to his pocket?

He gave a quite clear warning. The

ironic thing was, he had already

said that the ball was available and

clear and when the England player,

Simmonds, started to move, that is

when he got in the way. If he laid

still he might have got away with it

and I think England have got away

with the fact that the referee has

not followed through with his

warning. Michael Cheika will be

upset about that and probably has

some grounds to be so.

England have

given away penalty after penalties

over in this second 40.

And you have

decided barring the England try,

which was well taken by Elliot Daly,

Australia have played much the

better and smarter rugby in the

second half. A number of the

penalties have been forced but quite

a few have not.

Changes for

Australia first of all with Alan

Alaalatoa it on for Sekope Kepu and

also Karmichael Hunt has come onto

the field, it looks like for Samu

Kerevi. For England, they have

changed Dan Cole for Harry Williams

in the tight head position.

Important line-out for Australia.

This would put them right back in

the mix if they can score now.

England are two forwards down in

that drive.

It is not the cleanest

maul. The referee has happy it has

gone down and England get the ball.

Wonderful work by the England

forwards and Australia are wondering

what they have to do to try to score

here.

They are complaining about the fact

that the jumper was not allowed down

but he was held up by his own

players and they often do that now,

extending their time in the air so

they cannot be taken and it gives

them time to set up the drive.

England doing well, despite being

two forwards down in that drive, to

get their hands on the ball and turn

it over. The important thing now is

they have in praise -- they have

replacement in the scrum and they

need to be solid here.

What

impression will be new front rows

give to referee Ben O'Keeffe? For

England they will be hoping it is a

good one with the position they are

in on the park. Free to England.

This pre-engage law, there is

supposed to be a gap before you go

in witches to try to stop them

trying to gain an advantage and get

shelf on early -- which is to try.

It is the early push, whether you

referee that, not necessarily the

point at which they engage.

No doubt

that England will be delighted with

the position they are in on the

field, albeit defending the

line-out. Foley to Beale and back

inside for Koroibete and he can run

if he wants to and he has support

from foliage who is still going, a

wonderful running line -- Foley.

Australia scrambling and fast and

that looks like it has gone over.

Has it been grounded? Ben O'Keeffe

is having a very long look.

If it

has not been a ground that it is

amazing work but they are fairly

sure.

Did you see a grounding?

I did

not see a clear grounding.

They

might go and have a look. Wonderful

running lines by Australia to get

that over the line.

Two things I

want to check. The first one if

there is a grounding so try or no

try and possible if there was a

player offside in the tackle.

It is

Robshaw underneath, that is not

down. If he does not get it down

rolling over... You cannot see it

there. Does it roll onto Stephen

Moore. You cannot see from there.

The question is very important, it

was try, yes or no, not any reason

why I cannot award the try. You

think it surely must have been

grounded when he keeps rolling.

You

think that but there is no angle

that shows it.

They are now

questioning if Stephen Moore was in

an offside position, running into

his own player and has that

prevented the tackle from Robshaw?

If he has done, it is accidental and

he has in part. It is still a

wonderful effort by Robshaw. He did

make contact.

It is going to be obstruction and

Michael Cheika is going to be very

unhappy.

At the moment the grounding

is irrelevant because leading into

it I am happy that number six white

is back onside and what has happened

is the replacement hooker from gold

was in front of the ball carrier and

he stopped the white player from

licking a clear tackle with both

arms so it is obstruction and I'm

going to have a penalty here --

making a clear tackle.

I don't think

you will need to lip-read Michael

Cheika's response from this!

Obstruction by Australia and England

hold onto the lead and Michael

Cheika cannot even watch. He does

not agree. Genia makes his way off

and Nick Phipps is on. That was a

poor pass from Hooper and Henry

Slade thought he could see something

but quick work by Hunt to go back

and stop any advantageous position

England could find themselves in.

Australia have done well in retreat

there.

Beale is going to find Jonny

May.

Hunt was right over the top of that.

Danny Care finds George.

Marler.

Danny Care has seen the space and

there is nobody there for Australia

and the foot chase is on, what a

take by Jonathan Joseph and he has

slid over the line for England's

second try and that might just be a

lead that Australia will find too

much to claw back.

Danny Care used

to be a footballer. That was a

lovely judged chip. I'm not sure

whether he spotted the fact that

there were two slower forwards on

the blindside but whatever it was,

the kick was judged to perfection.

The fact there was an imbalance make

it inevitable. It was well gathered

and in these conditions six or seven

metres out with the momentum, it is

enough. It was a beautiful kick by

Danny Care.

It is the kind of try

that everyone who has ever had a

mudslide as a child would have loved

to have scored. Great control by

Joseph, tricky conditions but just

let the weather take him.

You look

at the scoreboard now, having had a

very marginal call for an Australian

try which might have equalled the

scores, and this should now put

England out of sight.

Farrell dissects the posts and as

the match draws to a close here at

Twickenham, Australia have a

seemingly difficult task on their

hands, needing something and needing

its fast but time is running out.

And if England do go on to win this

game they will have reiterated the

fact that they have the ability to

stay in games when they are under

pressure and limit the points

against them and when they get

opportunities, to make important

scores.

Simmonds picks it up for England,

Danny Care with another kick through

and it has been chased by Jonny May

and he is still going and he is

over! It all started from Danny

Care, Jonny May finishes it off and

once again the momentum on the

slippery Twickenham pitch takes him

over the line and that put England

out of sight and Australia left

scratching their heads.

If you are

an Australian ban it will add insult

to injury but it was a well created

try -- Australian fan. They got over

the gain line quickly, the flanker

could not get there and that was a

superb kick. You get the bounce and

a bit of luck you need and Jonny May

does the rest. Again it is the kick

from Danny Care which is brilliantly

waited.

Both scrum-half is for

England have been exceptional this

afternoon.

And the margin of victory is cruel

for Australia but who cares?

Tap

down by Australia to try to save

some face in what has been a very

uncomfortable afternoon for them.

They will wonder what they have done

wrong.

Not much, actually.

Advantage to Australia but the clock

has gone now. Hooper. The next time

the ball goes dead, the match will

be up. Loose on the floor and is

that another opportunity here? Jonny

May is still going, this could be

the finish for England and it is

propped up to Danny Care! No less

than he deserves and what they've

finished for England. Every

opportunity has gone their way and

Danny Care has just put a very large

cherry on top of the England

victory.

Crueller and crueller but

if you are an England fan, more and

more enjoyable.

The smile on the face of Danny Care

says it all, as does the frustration

for the captain of Australia,

Michael Hooper.

Apart from his time

in the sin-bin, he has played

manfully in a losing cause.

A good

pass under pressure from Jonny May.

Danny Care with the lovely support

line.

You can say it is unfair but

sport is not fair and that is why we

love it.

Twickenham is bouncing once again.

They wanted to see one of the best

rivalries in sport resumed and they

certainly got it.

Can he put the dagger in further?

Owen Farrell to finish the job.

Steely eyes and the run-up... But

that one has gone to the left-hand

side of the uprights. But the result

was already there. England make it

five in a row with only now Samoa in

their way to finish the autumn

unbeaten. Australia will really

wonder what went wrong for them

today and they will head to

Edinburgh looking to finish their

year with a better result against

Scotland. The final score here,

England 30-6 Australia.

Scotland. The final score here,

England 30-6 Australia.

If last week

was a grind, how much would sum this

up?

It was a tough old game, not

much in it, we got a few lucky

bounces at the end but our boys are

stuck at it well.

30-6, was that a

representative scoreline?

You

watched the game, you can tell me,

at the end of the day it is the

scoreline. It is the way the game

goes for 80 minutes.

A couple of

disallowed tries for you, what were

your thoughts on them?

They were

disallowed, weren't they?

No qualms

from your point of view?

It doesn't

matter if I have a qualm or not, it

is irrelevant, that's the way it is.

We are trying to build a no excuse

culture in our rugby in Australia

because we need it. We can't be

sitting around happy to be third or

fourth or second or whatever it is,

we need to have no excuses and I'm

not going to make any excuses.

Through determination and guts we

got into a situation where we could

have got back in and levelled and

quite possibly got ahead and we

missed a few key opportunities.

Winning is important for us and

Australia, the number three team in

the world, in form as well, it was a

great test for us to see where we

were at and became at the other side

with a great performance and very

happy.

When you came out and saw the

weather, how much did it alter your

game plan from what you are hoping

to do against them?

I think

Twickenham is pretty predictable, it

rains most Saturdays! We built a

game plan around that.

It probably

played into our hands a bit but I

don't think there were that many

kicks, I thought there would be

more. Both teams wanted to play with

the ball and it forced a few

turnovers in defence because of that

and we got the tries from that. An

interesting game, I thought there

would be a bit more digging but I

enjoyed it.

I don't think it reflect

the match but it is the score. Three

tries in the space of five or ten

minutes, it is frustrating. It is

not a fair reflection of where this

team is at and what we have done.

The conditions and in Christine got

the better of us.

We are chuffed to

bits with that.

-- and the English

team.

There are things to get better

at but we have to part it and move

on.

What better way to spend a

Saturday night than standing in the

rain at Twickenham with Mike Tindall

and it has been pouring all day and

it defined the game.

Everybody

wanted to stay dry. History shows at

the games over the last four or five

times against Australia have been a

high scoring affairs with a lot of

tempo but in all fairness to both

teams they came out and tried to

play that. The first 20 minutes was

brilliant even though it was only

3-0. The intent to go out and play

and score was there. The Lepori was

called in, the TMO -- referee.

Australia did not get the rub of the

green but in terms of the spectacle

I thought it was a good game.

They

did try to throw it around. I asked

Elliot Daly if he thought it would

be a taking match and he said he did

not think there would be so few.

Both teams tried. But at the same

time there was some good

off-loading. Both teams got a few

harsh calls against them but I think

we edged it! Whether we deserved to

win by that much...

But we

thoroughly deserved to win. Do you

think it is a flattering scoreline?

I think it is a bit, but I think we

were good for the points we got but

Australia missed out on a few and

they will be kicking themselves. I

can't imagine how Michael Cheika is

feeling, I imagine he wasn't very

happy when you spoke to him.

There

were quite a lot of short answer is,

let's put it like that. In terms of

the try from Elliot Daly, it could

have gone either way. Australia had

all the possession and if that went

out, it would have been on.

By the

time Elliot Daly escorted it was in

slow motion! It will be amazing to

see the meat is the ball travelled

in that two minute period leading up

to it -- with the metres. Kurtley

Beale thinks it is going up, I think

Elliot Daly thinks it is going out

but he reacted quicker and got his

foot to the ball and finished it

off. It was an amazing piece of play

that fortunately fell our way again.

How many times as the TMO had to

look at it to see if it stayed in.

It was good to see that they let the

quality of the moment finished with

the try.

A couple of disallowed

tries for Australia and yellow

cards. The second in a week for

Michael Hooper.

That seemed a bit

harsh, it almost came out of nowhere

and I don't think anybody was

expecting it. But he did list the

penalties they had given and he will

feel harshly done by but that's the

way it goes. With their tries that

were disallowed, I think technically

to the left of the law they were the

right calls, but you could see them

easily going the other way. You have

to feel for them a little bit but at

the same time, from a technical

point of view they were the right

call.

Eddie Jones must be revelling

in this record and the results he

has had against his native

Australia.

Yes, 5-0 now and he seems

to be getting it done. I thought he

got the mentality right with the way

they came out and the energy levels

seemed completely different to last

week. Whatever he did in the wiki

got it right. Speaking to a few of

the lads, I think they understood

the game plan to a far higher level

-- in the week. They knew what they

would tried to do and found it

easier to implement. Whether he can

replicate that next week against

Samoa, hopefully he can.

And there

is plenty more rugby coming up for

you on the BBC throughout the next

week. Australia move on to

Murrayfield to face Scotland. And

then Wales face New Zealand in

Cardiff later in the day.

then Wales face New Zealand in

Cardiff later in the day. That is

followed by highlight of England's

conquered in autumn international

against Samoa here at Twickenham and

don't forget you can catch up with

the podcast from Monday. Ugo Monye,

Chris Jones and guests will reflect

on the weekend action and you can

listen on the BBC sport website or

listen on the BBC sport website or

app or downloaded from any of the

usual podcast places. And that is

not all from BBC sport.

What a game of tennis.

Germany are champions of the world.

Back to business in the Premier

League.

Martin for the try.

Plenty to look forward to. Next up

for England is Samoa a week today,

how do you think Eddie Jones will

approach that?

Expect the unexpected

as Clive Woodward once said. He has

shown that he will not pick what

people expect him to, I think he is

still playing around with a few

ideas and changing a few

partnerships. I would quite like to

see the Henry Slade given another

go, he only got ten minute and I was

hoping he would get longer today

with Owen Farrell going to number

ten. Maybe he might start with that

next week or play him at 13 because

he has been outstanding for Exeter

there. I think he is time to figure

out his second row pecking order

pulls up George Kruis dropped out of

the squad today, whether he changes

that all first-rate Maro Itoje even

more by keeping him on the bench

again!

As soon as you rest big names

they will be frustrated.

That is

what you want in a squad, people who

want to play for their country and

always wants to be picked. It is a

good headache for him to have. With

Mike Brown, he could come back in

but I put the back three were OK,

even though it is harder on a wet

day for Watson but they did well.

Interesting to see what he does. I

have no idea! I will never try to

guess what Eddie Jones will do, we

will just watch.

We know that Samoa

have problems off the field which

make them even more determined to

show what they could do on the field

but how do they approach it to have

any hope of taking this to England?

They have got to come and have a

genuine crack. You can't just go all

out running with England, you have

got to give the ball is on air and

take some risks. Where Samoa are,

they will want to showcase what

their role is in world rugby because

they do play a big role, and they

will want to get on that even keel

in terms of players and being able

to keep them and to fund their game.

I would expect them to come and have

a go at England and take it to us

and showed their skill set, their

off-loading abilities which is

fantastic as well as their physical

game. I expect them to have a real

good go.

Thank you for your insight

and for braving the weather, thank

you for your company at home, we

will see you back here next week.