England v Australia LIVE rugby: Result and reaction after Wallabies snatch victory in Twickenham thriller

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The ball is fumbled forward from the ruck and it’s the first scrum of the day, with the away side to put in. Australia win it and the kick goes for an England lineout near halfway.

In defence, Slade and Lawrence are once again swapping back, returning to ‘normal’ when in attack.

England suggested in the week that despite the swap of centre shirts, Henry Slade would continue to defend outside of Ollie Lawrence having done such a fine job leading the blitz this year. That has proved true, with Slade stationed in the vital 13 channel as England lined up defensively for the first time.

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A clean take from the kick and it’s cleared, with England picking it up and having their first chance to run it through the hands.

Some early touches for Lawrence, Slade and Smith.

KICK-OFF! The hosts get us underway.

The anthems are underway after a moment of remembrance during the Last Post, so kick-off will follow.

Which side will end their losing streak today?

The two sides are emerging from the tunnel now, so we’ll be underway after making some time for the national anthems.

With 10 minutes to go until kick-off, here’s a reminder of how you can watch today’s match.

Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on TNT Sports 1, with coverage on the channel from 2pm GMT. Subscribers can stream the action via discovery+.

TNT have coverage of all the Autumn Nations matches, including Wales v Fiji and Scotland v South Africa later this weekend.

Here’s a reminder of the starting 15s, and the replacements, for today’s match.

England XV: 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Jamie George (capt.), 3 Will Stuart; 4 Maro Itoje, 5 George Martin; 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 7 Tom Curry, 8 Ben Earl; 9 Ben Spencer, 10 Marcus Smith; 11 Tommy Freeman, 12 Henry Slade, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso; 15 George Furbank.

Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Alex Dombrandt; 21 Harry Randall, 22 George Ford, 23 Ollie Sleightholme.

Australia XV: 1 Angus Bell, 2 Matt Faessler, 3 Taniela Tupou; 4 Nick Frost, 5 Jeremy Williams; 6 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McReight, 8 Harry Wilson (capt.); 9 Jake Gordon, 10 Noah Lolesio; 11 Dylan Pietsch, 12 Len Ikitau, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 14 Andrew Kellaway; 15 Tom Wright.

Replacements: 16 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17 James Slipper, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 20 Langi Gleeson; 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Max Jorgensen.

England first faced Australia back in 1909, with various sources putting the total number of matches played between the two at around 55. Of these, Australia have won 26, England have won 28, and just one has ended as a draw.

The most famous meeting between the two of course came in the final of the World Cup in 2003, when England won 20-17 in Sydney thanks to Jonny Wilkinson’s extra-time drop goal.

The last time these two met was in June 2022 – England ran out 21-17 winners thanks to tries from Freddie Steward and Marcus Smith, and this victory wrapped up a 2-1 series win.

Jamie George has urged England to be bold when they face Australia at Allianz Stadium with the ambition of kick-starting their autumn campaign.

Steve Borthwick’s side are determined to bounce back from an agonising run of three consecutive narrow defeats to New Zealand, including the 24-22 last-gasp loss that opened the month’s programme of four Tests.

A victory over the Wallabies, who have given a debut to rugby league superstar Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, would ignite the Autumn Nations Series ahead of a grudge match against South Africa in seven days time.