England vs Australia, 3 October

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ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA
3 October 2015
KO: 20:00
Twickenham, London

Live on [tbc]

Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) & Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

A. Head to Head

43 Played 43
18 Won 24
1 Drawn 1
24 Lost 18
661 Points 907

B. Recent Form

29 November 2014
Twickenham, London
26 – 17 to England

2 November 2013
Twickenham, London
20 – 13 to England

17 November 2012
Twickenham, London
14 – 20 to Australia

13 November 2010
Twickenham, London
35 – 18 to England

19 June 2010
Telstra Stadium, Sydney
20 – 21 to England

12 June 2010
Subiaco Oval, Perth
27 – 17 to Australia

7 November 2009
Twickenham, London
9 – 18 to Australia

15 November 2008
Twickenham, London
14 – 28 to Australia

6 October 2007
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France
10 – 12 to England

C. Teams

ENGLAND

15. Mike Brown (Harlequins, 41 caps)
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 14 caps)
12. Brad Barritt (Saracens, 25 caps)
11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 18 caps)
10. Owen Farrell (Saracens, 33 caps)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 51 caps)

1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 35 caps)
2. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 26 caps)
3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 54 caps)
4. Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 26 caps)
5. Geoff Parling (Exeter Chiefs, 27 caps)
6. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 40 caps)
7. Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins, 41 caps)
8. Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby, 30 caps)

16. Rob Webber (Bath Rugby, 15 caps)
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 25 caps)
18. Kieran Brookes (Northampton Saints, 14 caps)
19. George Kruis (Saracens, 8 caps)
20. Nick Easter (Harlequins, 52 caps)
21. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 25 caps)
22. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 15 caps)
23. Sam Burgess (Bath Rugby, 4 caps)

AUSTRALIA

1. Scott Sio (12 Tests)
2. Stephen Moore (c) (97 Tests)
3. Sekope Kepu (58 Tests)
4. Kane Douglas (18 Tests)
5. Rob Simmons (55 Tests)
6. Scott Fardy (25 Tests)
7. Michael Hooper (vc) (47 Tests)
8. David Pocock (51 Tests)

9. Will Genia (61 Tests)
10. Bernard Foley (22 Tests)
11. Rob Horne (28 Tests)
12. Matt Giteau (97 Tests)
13. Tevita Kuridrani (25 Tests)
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper (vc) (109 Tests)
15. Israel Folau (34 Tests)

*Reserves to be confirmed

I want to see Lawrence Dallagio commentate on a England V Italy game he'd spend all his time arguing with himself and it would be the only time he's ever had both eyes open.

It is not looking good for England right now.

Can I now say we're going out now?

glamorganalun wrote:Another great try I think Aus will win this RWC England and Wales could get stuffed.

Think they will top the pool, then there is a nice run to a Aus vs NZ final.

yes

Dum dum dum charge for Hooper.

Saw that penalty coming a mile away.

Bad penalty to give away under no pressure in the England 22

nathan wrote:Can I now say we're going out now?

We were going out when SL had a brain fart and reverted to MJ rugby play book.

Clear yellow for Hooper - that was dangerous

England look shaken, but Aus are helping them with some silly penalties

The hope was we'd have the edge in the lineout but we've made no inroads there.

nathan wrote:Can I now say we're going out now?

I fear we all can...

Going out in the group stage is becoming an English tradition : football , cricket , and now rugby.

How the hell was that not a yellow card for Hooper?

Get Ford and Burgess on for Farrell and Barritt.

C r a p

Just constant small mistakes killing England.

In the Scotland game, the commentators mentioned that no team has ever come back from 14pts down at halftime in the world cups.

And the commentators just said that England have never done it in a test match.

When is robshaw going to moan the the ref at how slow Australia are at rolling away

TightHEAD wrote:Get Ford and Burgess on for Farrell and Barritt.

C r a p

FFS, get Ford on. Farrell is useless.

TightHEAD wrote:Get Ford and Burgess on for Farrell and Barritt.

C r a p

Joseph without Ford lacks incisiveness, it's neither one thing or another.

Lowlandbrit wrote:Just constant small mistakes killing England.

Like team selection

In fact, is robshaw on the pitch?

RDW_Scotland wrote:Clear yellow for Hooper - that was dangerous

In what way?

Well, this isn't going well

Need to roll the dice, Ford on asap.

Du Plessis got binned earlier for a much more timid shoulder hit than that. Hooper lucky there.

We're out boys

nathan wrote:In fact, is robshaw on the pitch?

Robshaw has actually been very effective IMHO.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Need to roll the dice, Ford on asap.

Yep Farrell is a one trick pony and can't play attacking rugby.

I did not expect England to be thios far behind at half time.

But to be honest Foley and Beal are just cutting us too bits.

aucklandlaurie wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Clear yellow for Hooper - that was dangerous

In what way?

No arm shoulder charge that loooked like it connected with the head - what more do you want?

Haven't heard robshaws name mentioned. T. Young's playing really well but I'm sure he'll be made a scapegoat at the end

I was nervous about how this match would go but it's worse than I feared.

If England want to play with this cavalier philosophy, it's all very commendable, but it also means that Care, Ford and Burgess should be on the pitch!

Any chance of variety in attack?

Australia are so clinical in attack, and so neat at the breakdown.

40 minutes to save yourself, Lancaster!

What do we think? 9 Youngs 10 Ford 12 Burgess 13 Joseph?

B Youngs total Poopie so far .

ebop wrote:Du Plessis got binned earlier for a much more timid shoulder hit than that. Hooper lucky there.

Looked timid only because Du plesis cant arrive at the breakdown at the same velocity of Hooper.

B youngs is playing like a under 18 player low on confidence, there is not an international SH bone in his body.

Aus are allowed to to hang around on the wrong side of the breakdown to slow our ball. Ben Young's needs to shout more at the ref

B Youngs having a mare. The media assault on Marler clearly worked

On the bright side England have no pressure on them now!

40 mins to become heroes

nathan wrote:Haven't heard robshaws name mentioned. T. Young's playing really well but I'm sure he'll be made a scapegoat at the end

Agree with every word of that.

If Farrell comes out for the second half we've lost. He's been diabolical. We're making great breaks on first phase set plays but as soon as we get to their 22 it's stodgy predicable crash ball and we get turned over. Farrell has gone missing outside of first phase.

Ben Youngs is our only creative player and our only chance of scoring a try outside of frist phase ball.

England building for 2023, this side is young.

RDW_Scotland wrote:

aucklandlaurie wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Clear yellow for Hooper - that was dangerous

In what way?

No arm shoulder charge that loooked like it connected with the head - what more do you want?

Nothing in it, nothing dangerous.

The real difference is the Turnovers and those two f ups from brown. That and foley is having a blinder. But without scrum dominance it's a long way back.

So why is Barritt in the team, is it because he is such a great defender and organiser that England cannot coup with out him?

Sgt_Pooly wrote:We're out boys

Not yet.

But it is not looking good i will give you that.

RDW_Scotland wrote:

aucklandlaurie wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Clear yellow for Hooper - that was dangerous

In what way?

No arm shoulder charge that loooked like it connected with the head - what more do you want?

plus in from the side completely needlesly, very lucky not to get a 10 minute sit down.

Anyone remember the England-South Africa game last year?

England had the same deficit, roughly, at the break, but Morgan rolled in two quick tries to level it up.

We'll ignore what happened after, of course...

Ford on for May at HT

I have a red England 2015 rugby shirt for sale if anyone wants to make an offer?

aucklandlaurie wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:

aucklandlaurie wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Clear yellow for Hooper - that was dangerous

In what way?

No arm shoulder charge that loooked like it connected with the head - what more do you want?

Nothing in it, nothing dangerous.

Either I'm missing a joke here or you've been on the sauce - completely unfathomable conclusion!