Match Report – England 37 – 42 Australia

Max Jorgensen’s last-gasp attempt secured Australia a dramatic 42-37 victory over England after a outstanding contest at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium.

Chandler Cunningham-South scored twice within the first 12 minutes for England, who moved right into a 12-point benefit earlier than Australia hit again via Tom Wright and Harry Wilson.

Noah Lolesio’s penalty on the stroke of half-time noticed Australia take a 20-18 lead into the break and so they briefly moved 10 forward after Jeremy Williams’ early attempt, just for England to hit again with an excellent double from alternative Ollie Sleightholme.

England’s Ollie Sleightholme helped spark a second-half fightback

Andrew Kellaway’s breakaway attempt for the guests was cancelled out when Mario Itoje scored late on for England, which Marcus Smith transformed to offer the hosts a slender lead, just for Jorgensen to complete an exquisite passing transfer and full an unimaginable win.

It is the fourth time within the final 5 video games that Steve Borthwick’s facet have misplaced from a successful place within the ultimate quarter, whereas Australia’s victory ends a run of three straight losses and is simply their second win in 12 matches over England.

It is the fourth time within the final 5 video games that Steve Borthwick’s facet have misplaced from a successful place within the ultimate quarter, whereas Australia’s victory ends a run of three straight losses and is simply their second win in 12 matches over England.

Australia stun England in Twickenham thriller

England, unchanged from final week’s heartbreaking loss to New Zealand however with Henry Slade beginning at inside centre and Ollie Lawrence at 13, made a robust begin when nice fingers resulted in Cunningham-South going over within the fourth minute.

Chandler Cunningham-South (left) celebrates together with his fellow back-rowers after opening the scoring

Smith missed the conversion and England noticed their lead diminished when Lolesio kicked a long-range penalty, just for fast pondering within the twelfth minute seeing the hosts enhance their benefit when Cunningham-South scored from shut vary and Smith transformed.

Australia discovered themselves 12 behind after Smith’s penalty within the nineteenth minute however grew into the competition, with debutant Joseph Suaalii impressing to create space for Wright to carve his means into the nook to attain.

Smith added one other penalty on the half-hour mark however watched as Australia battled again, with Tate McDermott bursting via to arrange captain Wilson’s attempt to Lolesio following his profitable conversion by kicking over a penalty with the ultimate play of a outstanding 40 minutes.

The guests continued to impress and elevated their lead when Williams went over within the nook within the forty ninth minute, with the TMO adjudging his foot to have been in play when grounding the ball, with Lolesio’s newest penalty giving them a 10-point buffer with 25 minutes to play.

Australia’s lock Jeremy Williams was among the many attempt scorers for the Wallabies

Smith’s deft kick via two Australian defenders gave Sleightholme room to attain and start the newest comeback on 59 minutes, earlier than Sleightholme mixed with Alex Dombrandt and Harry Randall to attain within the nook within the 68th minute – transformed by Smith – to maneuver England forward.

A topsy-turvy contest moved again into Australia’s favour when Kellaway burst via from the midway line and dived over, transformed by Ben Donaldson, though Itoje appeared to grab it on the loss of life when his transformed attempt edged England again in entrance with lower than a minute on the clock.

England knocked the ball on on the restart to offer the Wallabies a ultimate likelihood because the clock handed 80 minutes, with persistence rewarded when Jorgensen ran onto Len Ikitau’s offload and burst ahead 40 yards to dive over within the left nook and seal a memorable win.

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