England 14-20 Australia
Date:
Venue: Twickenham, London
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
Attendance: 81,361
England v Australia Match Reports
England took a half-time lead, thanks to a Manu Tuilagi try and three penalties from Toby Flood, but the boot of Berrick Barnes edged Australia to victory in the second half as England's attacks were held at bay. The Wallabies ran out 20-14 winners at the final whistle. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: England 14-20 Australia
- Guardian: Australia answer critics with deserved win as England lose their way
- Telegraph: England 14 Australia 20: match report
- Daily Mail: Barnes and Beale fire Wallabies as Red Rose rue profligacy
- Sky Sports: Australia hold off England to win at Twickenham
- ESPN: Resurgent Australia down England
- Sydney Morning Herald: Wallabies beat England 20-14
- New Zealand Herald: Fired up Wallabies edge England
England v Australia Match Highlights
England v Australia Match Statistics
England (14) 14
Tries: Tuilagi
Penalties: Flood 3
Australia (11) 20
Tries: Cummins
Penalties: Barnes 4
Drop-goals: Barnes
Man of the Match: Michael Hooper (Australia)
England Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Joe Marler
- 2. Tom Youngs
- 3. Dan Cole
- 4. Tom Palmer
- 5. Geoff Parling
- 6. Tom Johnson
- 7. Chris Robshaw (Captain)
- 8. Thomas Waldrom
Backs
- 9. Danny Care
- 10. Toby Flood
- 11. Charlie Sharples
- 12. Brad Barritt
- 13. Manusamoa Tuilagi
- 14. Chris Ashton
- 15. Alex Goode
Replacements
- 16. David Paice
- 17. David Wilson
- 18. Mako Vunipola
- 19. Joe Launchbury
- 20. Tom Wood
- 21. Ben Youngs
- 22. Owen Farrell
- 23. Mike Brown
Australia Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Benn Robinson
- 2. Tatafu Polota Nau
- 3. Ben Alexander
- 4. Sitaleki Timani
- 5. Nathan Sharpe (Captain)
- 6. Dave Dennis
- 7. Michael Hooper
- 8. Wycliff Palu
Backs
- 9. Nick Phipps
- 10. Kurtley Beale
- 11. Nick Cummins
- 12. Ben Tapuai
- 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
- 14. Digby Ioane
- 15. Berrick Barnes
Replacements
- 16. Stephen Moore
- 17. James Slipper
- 18. Sekope Kepu
- 19. Radike Samo
- 20. Liam Gill
- 21. Brett Sheehan
- 22. Mike Harris
- 23. Drew Mitchell