Here’s our report from Twickenham, which bring an end to this live blog after a great win for England. Look out for more analysis and reaction being launched on the site very soon.
We have more international rugby union action, join James Piercy for updates as Wales close out their autumn against the Springboks:
Hooper refuses to comment on Farrell’s shoulder incident
The Australia skipper is pressed three times on the Farrell hit just before the break: “Look, I think it was a good contest out there today. That’s all I’m saying.”
Farrell speaks!
“It’s simple the way we play, it’s direct and we took it to them and things seemed to go our way from there.”
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Try and full-time! England 37-18 Australia ( Folau)
80 mins Haylett-Petty makes a stunning solo break from his own half and looks set to score before being dragged down five metres short. The Wallabies do get their try though as they work quick ball out to the left and Folau crosses for a consolation. No extras so that’s it, 37-18 is the full-time score as the conversion is missed.
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Try! England 37-13 Australia (Farrell)
76 mins The pressure tells for England as they burst clear down the right flank before working the ball left. A dummy run from Tuilagi creates space for Farrell and he scampers in and then gets up to convert too.
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74 mins England trundle towards the Wallaby line again with a catch and drive from a lineout but cough up the ball under the posts. They get some respite but not for long and England are soon back in possession.
70 mins Big cheers as Manu Tuilagi rejoins the international fold. Australia are taking risks with the game going away from them but can’t get out of their half at the moment. England have been excellent since the break.
TMO review!
67 mins Jonny May looks to have scored an incredible breakaway try after England intercepted inside their own 10 metre line and kicked the length of the field, but one of those kicks hit the touchline and we’re coming back for a lineout.
Elsewhere, Sean Maitland has scored the only try as Scotland ground out a win over Argentina. Read Stuart Bathgate’s report here:
67 mins England are forced to do some defending after Haylett-Petty sells a wonderful step and bursts into the England 22. Itoje concedes a penalty and the Aussies kick for the corner. Just beforehand Sinckler’s day came to an end with Harry Williams coming on.
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Penalty! England 30-13 Australia (Farrell)
65 mins Straightforward kick for the co-captain and England are 17 points up.
63 mins Farrell attempts a cross kick at May safe in the knowledge that they have a penalty in hand after the Aussies collapsed the scrum. Haylett-Petty eventually recovers but we’re coming back for Farrell to kick at goal.
60 mins Cokanasiga with a great take and another bulldozing run, he looks set for another score but Hooper gets back to make try-saving tackle. Arguably the wing should have offloaded but England again in scoring position with a five metre scrum after being held up at the line.
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Try! England 27-13 Australia (Cokanasiga)
55 mins Wilson with fabulous work out of the scrum as he rumbles a good 15 metres and has Twickenham on it feet. England work the ball left with Sinckler showing some nice hands before Haylett-Petty is trucked by Cokanasiga allowing the big wing to dash over the line. Simple conversion for Farrell and England are turning the screw.
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49 mins It’s a scrum deep in Wallaby territory but Australia have the put-in as Polata-Nau trots on to replace Lafu at Hooker. The visitors clear comfortably enough and we’re locked in midfield.
Try! England 20-13 Australia (Daly)
44 mins Daly was clearly watching Folau closely in the first half as he runs in a wonderful solo try of his own! The full-back sees Farrell tracking cross field and darts at the number 10’s hip to pick up the offload. A broken field and two men to beat proves little problem for Daly and England are back on top. Farrell is accurate with the kick.
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43 mins It’s been a good start to the second half for England as they win and dominate an early scrum. Sinckler sparks Australia ire with his enjoyment of that success and there’s some handbags.
Second half kick-off!
41 mins Toomua kicks off the second half with Naivalu on as a half-time change for the Wallabies.
Robin Hazlehurst writes in:
Pleased to see Peyper not showing cards to Rodda for turning Daly or Farrell for the shoulder. You can argue for both but it makes for a better game with no cards. Though whether World Rugby will agree is interesting, because weren’t they calling for more strictness with cards?
Personally, I thought Farrell was very lucky and it’s not the first time he’s been afforded leniency by the referees this autumn, he could have been pinged late on against South Africa too. Rodda’s was probably the correct call.
Interesting little nugget:
5 - This is only the 5th time @EnglandRugby & @qantaswallabies have been level at half time (1998, 1988, 1984, 1909), @qantaswallabies have won 3 of the previous 4 such matches. Tight. pic.twitter.com/avp8IiuQmT
— OptaJonny (@OptaJonny) November 24, 2018
Penalty! England 13-13 Australia (Toomua)... and we're at half-time
40 mins We’re all square at the half and England have squandered the ascendancy at Twickenham. Having dominated most of the half and been the better side, a moment individual brilliance from Folau and drop in concentration from England will see the second half start all square.
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40 mins England are under pressure as the clock ticks over 40 and Australia and Farrell is very lucky not to concede a penalty try with what looked a clear shoulder charge right in front of the posts. The Wallabies do get a penalty though, offside.
Try! England 13-10 Australia (Folau)
36 mins Israel Folau stuns Twickenham with a beautiful try that really came from nowhere. England looked well set in defence but the full-back picked a beautiful line and side-stepped two tackles with grace that looks beyond a man of his size to go over under the posts. That is some score and the conversion is routine.
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Penalty! England 13-3 Australia (Farrell)
34 mins No mistake from England’s number 10. The lead is 10 points.
32 mins Rodda concedes a silly penalty as he picks up Daly in the tackle. Not only will Farrell have a straightforward kick at goal but the lock put himself at risk of a card there as dropped Daly back to the turf.
TMO review!
26 mins Genia intercepts and you fear for England try line as the impish scum half breaks at pace but his pass is poor and England clear. From the resulting possession Australia looked to have got over with Haylett-Petty in the corner but a very obvious forward pass is finally spotted by the TMO as Toomua lines up the conversion. We’re coming back for an England scrum after getting the right decision... eventually.
24 mins Daly gets under his kick and appears to take more tee than ball and sees his effort fall well short.
22 mins Australia get shoved back in the scrum again and England win the penalty. Daly can have a go from here, looks like he will.
20 mins After a end-to-end stuff to open the game the two sides have been battling out in midfield for the last five minutes. For the first time Australia look a bit more cohesive but as I type that a long, wayward pass intended for Hooper is deemed forward and England have the ball back with the scrum put-in.
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Penalty! England 10-3 Australia (Farrell)
14 mins Normal service is resumed as England scoop up the Wallaby clearance and force another infringement. From a friendlier angle this time Farrell gets the job done. This scoreline flatters Australia who look shell-shocked. It has been all England.
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11 mins What a take from May! The wings dashes through the bodies and leaps gracefully to claim a hanging Genia box kick. That momentum allows England to pin Folau inside his 22 and the wing gets pinged for holding on. Farrell, somewhat shockingly, bangs the kick straight into the upright. Missed chance.
9 mins Sinckler picks a lovely line and makes a big break into the Wallabies’ 22 but Youngs attempt to gather ball is fairly disrupted and the what looked a promising situation for England disappears.
Penalty! England 7-3 Australia (Toomua)
6 mins Itoje concedes a soft penalty just inside the English half and Australia can immediately cut the deficit. Matt Toomua doesn’t waste the opportunity. Very careless from England.
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Try! England 7-0 Australia (May)
3 min England get the shove on from the scrum at the second attempt and Wilson’s quick hands release the ball quickly to Youngs, one more pass on to the right and May dots down in the corner. Perfect start for England and worrying signs for Australia at the set-piece. Farrell slots home the extras.
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2 min Foley’s kick is partially charged down and although the centre recovers he’s dragged down behind his own line. England have the put-in five metres out!
Kick-off!
1 min Farrell hoists a high kick deep into the Australian half and the visitors are under early pressure.
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We’re about to get the teams on the pitch at Twickenham, quick rendition of the anthems and Twickenham’s final autumn international of 2018 will be underway.
The Wallabies emerge past the Cook Cup in some garish ‘Indigenous’ jersey. In 10 years time Aussie hipsters will undoubtedly hail it a classic. It’s not.
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“If there’s something wrong you simply point it out rather than make a West End production of it. ‘He’s struggling a bit today’ is much better than ‘he’s having an absolute howler’. You don’t gain anything from being an assassin.”
BBC’s voice of rugby will call it a day after today’s game at Twickenham. Read Andy Bull’s interview with Ian Robertson as the 73-year-old looks back on his 47-year career behind the microphone.
Eddie Jones with a nice little breakdown of what England are expecting to face from Australia today:
Eddie gives you the lowdown on the @qantaswallabies...#WearTheRose 🌹 pic.twitter.com/9AkezQ13sw
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) November 24, 2018
Before news of Australia turmoil came to light, head coach Michael Cheika was in a typically bullish mood.
He offered a little dig at his host’s tactics against his side in recent years and what he sees as the way England “consistently target” Australia’s half-backs with late tackles because “they think they can get us rattled”. Although he did at least concede: “They have had a few wins the last couple of years, so it is probably working for them. We have got to make sure we get on top of that.”
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Preamble
My Guardian colleague Robert Kitson’s fair assessment is that England are one win short of a good autumn and given the largely self-imposed problems that Australia have inflicted upon themselves in the run-up to this game Eddie Jones could well be satisfied man by the final whistle.
Kurtley Beale and Adam Ashley-Cooper are not available for selection for disciplinary reasons, with it having come to light that the pair allowed three women back to their hotel in Newport after the defeat by Wales two weeks ago, one of which was Ashley-Cooper’s sister-in-law. Coach Michael Cheika was informed of the breach of team rules, which state no guests are allowed in players’ rooms, by the Wallabies’ senior leadership group, which includes the captain Michael Hooper. To lose that pair of probable starters was bad, but the news broke just just hours after David Pocock was ruled out through injury.
For England, Jamie George has been picked at hooker in preference to a fit Dylan Hartley for the first time in a major Twickenham Test against a leading nation. In another boost for Jones, Manu Tuilagi is finally ready to rejoin the international fray off the bench for the first time since 2016.
All of that does mean that expectation has been ramped up on England. But, after an impressive autumn showing, Jones is happy with how the team are shaping up for next year’s World Cup.
“You’ve got to have failure to have growth,” he said in the pre-match build-up. “This team is growing, growing in depth, growing in leadership density, growing in the interaction between the players. “What we’ve seen since the South Africa tour is the fighting spirit within this side and that is only going to get better.”
England Elliot Daly; Joe Cokanasiga, Henry Slade, Ben Te’o, Jonny May; Owen Farrell (co-captain), Ben Youngs; Ben Moon, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler, Maro Itoje, Courtney Lawes, Brad Shields, Sam Underhill, Mark Wilson
Replacements Dylan Hartley (co-captain), Alec Hepburn, Harry Williams, Charlie Ewels, Nathan Hughes, Richard Wigglesworth, George Ford, Manu Tuilagi
Australia Israel Folau; Dane Haylett-Petty, Samu Kerevi, Bernard Foley, Jack Maddocks; M Toomua, Will Genia; Scott Sio, Tolu Latu, Sekope Kepu, Izack Rodda, Adam Coleman, Jack Dempsey, Michael Hooper (capt), Peter Samu.
Replacements Tatafu Polota-Nau, Jermaine Ainsley, Allan Alaalatoa, Rob Simmons, Ned Hanigan, Marika Koroibete, Nick Phipps, Sefa Naivalu.
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