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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 93525" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Autumn international: England 30-6 Australia</strong></span></p><p><img src="http://c.files.bbci.co.uk/F23E/production/_91041026_fordyce.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>By Tom Fordyce</p><p></p><p>Chief sports writer at Twickenham</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">18 Nov</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the section <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union" target="_blank"><u>Rugby Union</u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">611</li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Yellows but not mellow in frenetic first half</strong></span></p><p>After the underwhelming win over Argentina a week ago, England began with much more pace and ambition despite the freezing, sodden conditions.</p><p></p><p>Farrell's early penalty lifted the home crowd and Foley's horrible mis-kick from the tee as he attempted to level the scores brought further cheer.</p><p></p><p>Wet hands and cold fingers cost both sides promising attacking opportunities, England kicking behind the Australia defence to good effect as they sought to establish some control.</p><p></p><p>With Maro Itoje making an instant impact after replacing the injured Sam Underhill, stealing an attacking Wallabies line-out deep in the England 22, Farrell spurned a second kickable penalty to go for the corner.</p><p></p><p>Multiple infringements from the subsequent driving maul saw Hooper sin-binned and Farrell make it 6-0, and when Beale was penalised for a deliberate knock-on as May looked to put Joseph away, the visitors ended the half down to 13 men, burgling another England line-out inside their 22 to stay within touching distance.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/44D5/production/_98812671_carerex.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Danny Care's score was a final twist of the knife after what had been a hard-fought encounter for the first 70 minutes</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Controversial TMO decision costs Wallabies</strong></span></p><p>England could not initially capitalise. By the time Beale was back on, Reece Hodge had landed a penalty from 47 metres to make it 6-3, Itoje ignoring May free on his outside when England did make inroads at pace.</p><p></p><p>The game appeared to have turned on a breathless period of play in the 57th minute. First Samu Kerevi gathered the ball under immense pressure from May, stepped and accelerated through a scattered English defence before finding Tevita Kuridrani with the offload and the line beckoning, only for his centre partner to drop the ball.</p><p></p><p>George Ford then gathered the loose ball before Ben Youngs kicked clear, and with the Wallaby rearguard out of position, Daly just beat Beale to the loose ball and kicked ahead into the unguarded 22 before toe-poking it again and falling on the ball over the line.</p><p></p><p>Farrell's dead-eyed conversion made it 13-3 after the TMO finally decided the ball had not touched the sideline before Daly's intervention, only for Foley to cut the deficit to a converted try with 17 minutes left on the clock.</p><p></p><p>Australia were dominating possession, and when Koroibete smashed through, he found Foley in support and took the return pass before rolling through Chris Robshaw's desperate tackle and touching the ball down, they looked set to bring it level.</p><p></p><p>But after an age the television match official ruled that replacement hooker Moore had obstructed the England blind-side as he made his tackle, and gold-shirted celebrations turned to dismay.</p><p></p><p>Care's cute kick over the top into space was gathered by Joseph to slide over for his 17th international try, and the door had slammed shut.</p><p></p><p>Cheika's anger turned to disbelief and then laughter at the number of tight decisions that had gone against his side.</p><p></p><p>And he was left shaking his head as a grubber from Care was seized by May, the winger jinking and twisting over the line, before a repeat of the same combination down the left ended with Care diving into the corner for the coup de grace.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/10825/production/_98812676_koroibetereu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Australia thought they had scored through Marika Koroibete</p><p><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/001F/production/_98813000_hooperokeeffe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>But as referee Ben O'Keeffe explained to disgruntled Australia captain Michael Hooper, there was an obstruction just before Koroibete went over</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>'We got a few lucky bounces'</strong></span></p><p><strong>England head coach Eddie Jones:</strong> "Sometimes the calls go your way. It was a tough old game - we got a few lucky bounces, Australia probably didn't.</p><p></p><p>"We just stuck at it today. Our finishers did very well and they [Australia] fell apart at the end."</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>What did the World Cup-winner make of it?</strong></span></p><p><strong>Former England scrum-half Matt Dawson: </strong>"It took me back to being a player. I would have been really quite hacked off the way people have been doubting England this week and questioning the style of play in the win against Argentina.</p><p></p><p>"The world class players are not always going to play great every week but they win ugly and they bounce back and they beat the best sides. They hammered Australia today.</p><p></p><p>"There will be a little bit of the players looking around, to the media, to the questioners, to say 'is that good enough for you? Did you expect 30-6? Anyone got any questions about that?' And I hope they do, because they've got to have that edge. There were no crazy celebrations, it was 'yes, job done'."</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>What was the fans' view?</strong></span></p><p><strong>Kenny Kong:</strong> Do we care the Auzzies "don't deserve" to lose by 24? Not. A. Jot.</p><p></p><p><strong>Jonnie Horden:</strong> Safe to say England have had the bounce of the ball in this match. Tough to see the breaks go against Australia <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Nick Huges:</strong> I love England winning as much as the next guy, but it would be fair to say we've had a bit of luck today</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Team news & line-ups</strong></span></p><p><strong>England:</strong> 15-Anthony Watson; 14-Jonny May, 13-Jonathan Joseph, 12-Owen Farrell, 11-Elliot Daly; 10-George Ford, 9-Ben Youngs; 1-Mako Vunipola, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Joe Launchbury, 5-Courtney Lawes, 6-Chris Robshaw, 7-Sam Underhill, 8-Nathan Hughes</p><p></p><p><em>Replacements: </em>16-Jamie George, 17-Joe Marler, 18-Harry Williams, 19-Maro Itoje, 20-Sam Simmonds, 21-Danny Care, 22-Henry Slade, 23-Semesa Rokoduguni</p><p></p><p><strong>Australia:</strong> 15-Kurtley Beale; 14-Marika Koroibete, 13-Tevita Kuridrani, 12-Samu Kerevi, 11-Reece Hodge; 10-Bernard Foley, 9-Will Genia; 1-Scott Sio, 2-Tatafu Polota-Nau, 3-Sekope Kepu, 4-Rob Simmons, 5-Blake Enever, 6-Ned Hanigan, 7-Michael Hooper, 8-Sean McMahon</p><p></p><p><em>Replacements: </em>16-Stephen Moore, 17-Tom Robertson, 18-Allan Alaalatoa, 19-Matt Philip, 20-Ben McCalman, 21-Lopeti Timani, 22-Nick Phipps, 23-Karmichael Hunt</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 93525, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]Autumn international: England 30-6 Australia[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]http://c.files.bbci.co.uk/F23E/production/_91041026_fordyce.jpg[/IMG] By Tom Fordyce Chief sports writer at Twickenham [LIST] [*]18 Nov [*]From the section [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union'][U]Rugby Union[/U][/URL] [*]611 [/LIST] [SIZE=4][B]Yellows but not mellow in frenetic first half[/B][/SIZE] After the underwhelming win over Argentina a week ago, England began with much more pace and ambition despite the freezing, sodden conditions. Farrell's early penalty lifted the home crowd and Foley's horrible mis-kick from the tee as he attempted to level the scores brought further cheer. Wet hands and cold fingers cost both sides promising attacking opportunities, England kicking behind the Australia defence to good effect as they sought to establish some control. With Maro Itoje making an instant impact after replacing the injured Sam Underhill, stealing an attacking Wallabies line-out deep in the England 22, Farrell spurned a second kickable penalty to go for the corner. Multiple infringements from the subsequent driving maul saw Hooper sin-binned and Farrell make it 6-0, and when Beale was penalised for a deliberate knock-on as May looked to put Joseph away, the visitors ended the half down to 13 men, burgling another England line-out inside their 22 to stay within touching distance. [IMG]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/44D5/production/_98812671_carerex.jpg[/IMG] Danny Care's score was a final twist of the knife after what had been a hard-fought encounter for the first 70 minutes [SIZE=4][B]Controversial TMO decision costs Wallabies[/B][/SIZE] England could not initially capitalise. By the time Beale was back on, Reece Hodge had landed a penalty from 47 metres to make it 6-3, Itoje ignoring May free on his outside when England did make inroads at pace. The game appeared to have turned on a breathless period of play in the 57th minute. First Samu Kerevi gathered the ball under immense pressure from May, stepped and accelerated through a scattered English defence before finding Tevita Kuridrani with the offload and the line beckoning, only for his centre partner to drop the ball. George Ford then gathered the loose ball before Ben Youngs kicked clear, and with the Wallaby rearguard out of position, Daly just beat Beale to the loose ball and kicked ahead into the unguarded 22 before toe-poking it again and falling on the ball over the line. Farrell's dead-eyed conversion made it 13-3 after the TMO finally decided the ball had not touched the sideline before Daly's intervention, only for Foley to cut the deficit to a converted try with 17 minutes left on the clock. Australia were dominating possession, and when Koroibete smashed through, he found Foley in support and took the return pass before rolling through Chris Robshaw's desperate tackle and touching the ball down, they looked set to bring it level. But after an age the television match official ruled that replacement hooker Moore had obstructed the England blind-side as he made his tackle, and gold-shirted celebrations turned to dismay. Care's cute kick over the top into space was gathered by Joseph to slide over for his 17th international try, and the door had slammed shut. Cheika's anger turned to disbelief and then laughter at the number of tight decisions that had gone against his side. And he was left shaking his head as a grubber from Care was seized by May, the winger jinking and twisting over the line, before a repeat of the same combination down the left ended with Care diving into the corner for the coup de grace. [IMG]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/10825/production/_98812676_koroibetereu.jpg[/IMG] Australia thought they had scored through Marika Koroibete [IMG]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/001F/production/_98813000_hooperokeeffe.jpg[/IMG] But as referee Ben O'Keeffe explained to disgruntled Australia captain Michael Hooper, there was an obstruction just before Koroibete went over [SIZE=4][B]'We got a few lucky bounces'[/B][/SIZE] [B]England head coach Eddie Jones:[/B] "Sometimes the calls go your way. It was a tough old game - we got a few lucky bounces, Australia probably didn't. "We just stuck at it today. Our finishers did very well and they [Australia] fell apart at the end." [SIZE=4][B]What did the World Cup-winner make of it?[/B][/SIZE] [B]Former England scrum-half Matt Dawson: [/B]"It took me back to being a player. I would have been really quite hacked off the way people have been doubting England this week and questioning the style of play in the win against Argentina. "The world class players are not always going to play great every week but they win ugly and they bounce back and they beat the best sides. They hammered Australia today. "There will be a little bit of the players looking around, to the media, to the questioners, to say 'is that good enough for you? Did you expect 30-6? Anyone got any questions about that?' And I hope they do, because they've got to have that edge. There were no crazy celebrations, it was 'yes, job done'." [SIZE=4][B]What was the fans' view?[/B][/SIZE] [B]Kenny Kong:[/B] Do we care the Auzzies "don't deserve" to lose by 24? Not. A. Jot. [B]Jonnie Horden:[/B] Safe to say England have had the bounce of the ball in this match. Tough to see the breaks go against Australia :) [B]Nick Huges:[/B] I love England winning as much as the next guy, but it would be fair to say we've had a bit of luck today [SIZE=5][B]Team news & line-ups[/B][/SIZE] [B]England:[/B] 15-Anthony Watson; 14-Jonny May, 13-Jonathan Joseph, 12-Owen Farrell, 11-Elliot Daly; 10-George Ford, 9-Ben Youngs; 1-Mako Vunipola, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Joe Launchbury, 5-Courtney Lawes, 6-Chris Robshaw, 7-Sam Underhill, 8-Nathan Hughes [I]Replacements: [/I]16-Jamie George, 17-Joe Marler, 18-Harry Williams, 19-Maro Itoje, 20-Sam Simmonds, 21-Danny Care, 22-Henry Slade, 23-Semesa Rokoduguni [B]Australia:[/B] 15-Kurtley Beale; 14-Marika Koroibete, 13-Tevita Kuridrani, 12-Samu Kerevi, 11-Reece Hodge; 10-Bernard Foley, 9-Will Genia; 1-Scott Sio, 2-Tatafu Polota-Nau, 3-Sekope Kepu, 4-Rob Simmons, 5-Blake Enever, 6-Ned Hanigan, 7-Michael Hooper, 8-Sean McMahon [I]Replacements: [/I]16-Stephen Moore, 17-Tom Robertson, 18-Allan Alaalatoa, 19-Matt Philip, 20-Ben McCalman, 21-Lopeti Timani, 22-Nick Phipps, 23-Karmichael Hunt Swami [/QUOTE]
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