England vs Australia as it happened: Eddie Jones' side complete perfect year with 13th-straight victory
Follow the latest from the autumn international at Twickenham
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Your support makes all the difference.Eddie Jones and England are one game away from finishing 2016 with a 100 per cent winning record, with Australia the only side standing between them and perfection.
The war of words between the two coaches has rumbled on all week, with Michael Cheika criticising prop Dan Cole’s scrummaging technique and claiming Jones is looking for a chip on his shoulder.
England whitewashed the Wallabies Down Under during the summer, winning 3-0, and Cheika’s side will be looking for revenge at Twickenham.
- England XV: Brown, Yarde, Joseph, Farrell, May, Ford, Youngs, Vunipola, Hartley, Cole, Lawes, Kruis, Robshaw, Wood, Hughes.
- Australia XV: Folau, Haylett-Petty, Kuridrani, Hodge, Naivalu, Foley, Phipps, Sio, Moore, Kepu, Douglas, Simmons, Pocock, M Hooper, L Timani.
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Australia’s autumn international results:
Wales 8 Australia 32
Scotland 22 Australia 23
France 23 Australia 25
Ireland 27 Australia 24
England’s autumn international results:
England 37 South Africa 21
England 58 Fiji 15
England 27 Argentina 14
5 mins: NO TRY! Kuridrani touched it down but it was judged to have been knocked on by Pocock as he tackled Farrell.
6 mins: TRY! England 0 Australia 7 (Naivalu)
From the resulting scrum, Australia dominate with Cole's side collapsing and the ball is shifted out wide for the winger to touchdown unchallenged. Australia have deserved that for their early pressure. And Foley adds the extras.
10 mins: Terrible mistake from Ford. England win the lineout with Wood but it gets passed back to the fly-half who takes his eye off the ball and knocks it forwards. Real lapse in concentration there.
11 mins: And we've gone back to the TMO as Australia crash over from the resulting penalty. Try: yes or no? It looks like Kepu has been held up. And he has. TMO ruled it was inconclusive. Five-metre scrum instead.
13 mins: And we're with the TMO for a third time. Again it's Kepu and again it looks like it's been held up. We'll go back for the penalty for England offside anyway. Very one-sided so far.
14 mins: 10-0 to the Wallabies. Foley puts that earlier miss out of his mind and slots the penalty through the posts.
17 mins: Douglas comes in from the side and England have a penalty of their own. Swing Low rings out around the ground as Farrell lines up his kick... and he gets it! 3-10.
21 mins: England put on a bit of pressure with some good, fast hands from Josephy as Hughes goes on a powerful run.
22 mins: Hooper breaks through and feeds Folau but a super tackle from Brown halts him. Hartley turns it over and Ford is released. His kick is so nearly collected by Yarde, who forced Haylett-Petty to carry over his try-line. This is more like it from England.
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