Australia v England LIVE rugby: Result and reaction as Wallabies win despite Darcy Swain red card

Neither side has quite clicked yet. Owen Farrell has the option of either Freddie Steward on the short ball or Danny Care out the back, and perhaps chooses the wrong one as Care is given a bit of a tonking by Samu Kerevi after trying to catch Farrell’s floated pull-back.

Scrappy stuff, this.

Darcy Swain is still shaking his heads as he re-emerges from the dressing rooms and takes his seat next to a pensive Quade Cooper.

Australia knock on in midfield. Joe Cokanasiga, who played a bit of six at age-group level, is providing an extra body to the English scrum with Courtney Lawes in the row; Andrew Kellaway, who I doubt has too much experience at flanker, is doing the same for Australia.

Just so, so foolish from both players, but particularly Swain, whose headbutt wasn’t particularly well executed, either. As a reminder to any Australian readers, unlike in Super Rugby Pacific, red means red - there’s no 20-minute replacement or anything of that sort.

England fumble their lines at the lineout.

Yellow for Hill, red for Swain!! The replays aren’t good for Swain, showing a clear directing of his head into the chin of Hill, and that leaves James Doleman reaching to opposite pockets. Hill will sit down for ten minutes, Swain for the remainder of this game - and possibly the series.

Hmm, this could be very, very interesting. It is Hill initially sparking it, unneccessarily pulling at Swain’s hair, but then there is a suspicion of a headbutt from the Australian lock.

This could be two cards.

To the posts points Hooper in a bid for scoreboard parity.

Before Noah Lolesio kicks, a check with the TMO on some grappling between Darcy Swain and Jonny Hill. Both second rows appear to be pulling each other by the hair.

England kick away and now for the first time Australia really begin to fizz. Andrew Kellaway shimmies free of a tackle and then off goes Angus Bell, showing his turn of speed and deftly then offloading to Rob Valetini as Freddie Steward makes a strong last-ditch tackle.

Valetini is stopped by Marcus Smith within five metres of the English line but the visitors are then penalised. What’s the call from Michael Hooper?

Really lovely variation from Australia, that. Samu Kerevi has carried off first phase at virtually every set piece so far, and is given the ball soon after the scrum here, but instead of a hard charge produces a well-directed reverse kick back to the left that lands in open space behind the English backfield. It’s not far away from a 50:22. England’s lineout just ouside their own red zone.

And Australia are dealing with England’s patterns well. There is a hint of space as Ellis Genge looks for a pull-back pass but he is hit with ideal timing, and a knock-on on the wide right will end the movement.

We are nearly half-an-hour in to this contest and yet it still feels like both sides are very much feeling their way into this one. England are beginning to gain more consistent collision dominance but aside from that Tom Curry charge and wide pass are yet to make too many telling bursts.