Record-equalling show from Eddie’s England
Marland Yarde celebrates scoring England’s second try yesterday. The ball bounced off Hartley’s leg in the contention, but it was short-lived as Foley scrum and Australia capitalised with ruthless landed two penalties. efficiency by quickly moving the ball left via a The match was finely-poised as the second long pass from wing Dane Haylett-Petty for half began and it was the Grand Slam Naivalu to stroll over champions who landed the next blow, big
The Wallabies broke downfield at will in a carries from Mike Brown and Hughes resoundingly one- sided opening quarter stretching Australia. that saw Sekope Kepu and Kuridrani denied Faced by ample gold shirts, Joseph held tries due to inconclusive grounding. the ball for as long as possible before skilfully
England could hardly have envisaged a stabbing through a kick that Yarde was able worse start with the 10-point deficit flattering to touch down. them, but suddenly they exploded into life Five minutes later and England were over with Ford breaking downfield midway again, Hughes’ power and athleticism through an end-to-end sequence of play. hurling Australia backwards and, when a
Yarde was unable to win a foot-race once penalty was awarded, Youngs sped off and Ford had chipped ahead, but the hosts dummied Phipps before weaving over. persevered and were rewarded by a second Farrell landed another penalty and the Farrell penalty that acted as the prelude to Wallabies now looked a shadow of the side their first try on the half-hour mark. that had ran amok in the first half. Instead, it
Kepu dropped the ball in midfield, was England pouring through holes with although it was scrum-half Nick Phipps who Hughes an increasingly influential figure. was truly at fault, Farrell stabbed onwards Joseph and Joe Marler slipped off tackles, and Joseph sprinted ahead, capitalising on a allowing Kepu to charge over after showing a kind bounce to cross under the posts. surprising turn of pace. But Joseph then
For the first time England led, their picked off a poor pass from Pocock to determination hauling them back into complete the rout.