Pollock scores as England take revenge on Australia

Quilter Nations Series

England (10) 25

Tries: Earl, Pollock, Mitchell, Cowan-Dickie Cons: Ford Pen: Ford

Australia (7) 7

Tries: Potter Cons: Edmed

Tries from warp-speed back-row brace Ben Earl and Henry Pollock helped England spot disconnected Australia arsenic their power-packed chair yet swung an untidy opening autumn Test.

After nan Wallabies edged a 10-try classical past year, England took revenge pinch a capacity dense connected perspiration, if a small short connected cohesion, astatine Allianz Stadium Twickenham.

Australia trailed by only 3 points astatine nan break aft helping Harry Potter's breakaway effort had fixed them a lifeline backmost into nan contest.

But replacement Pollock scampered successful conscionable earlier nan hr to reconstruct England's cushion, earlier a snipe from Alex Mitchell and a rolling maul steered complete nan statement by Luke Cowan-Dickie ensured they could spot retired nan last stages successful comfort.

The closing stages were enlivened by raised tensions alternatively than immoderate scoreboard jeopardy.

A scuffle, sparked by Ellis Genge's enarthrosis connected chap prop Allan Alaalatoa, drew successful astir of nan 30 players connected nan pitch, earlier Pollock was shown a yellowish paper successful nan penultimate transition of nan crippled for an infringement connected England's line.

England person won 8 successive Tests, a tally stretching backmost to their conclusion successful nan opening crippled of this year's Six Nations successful Ireland.

The opening exchanges were chiefly played retired successful nan air, alternatively than connected nan turf.

Since past year's laws tweak, which outlawed 'escort runners' and made it easier for chasing players to title kicks, location has been a higher premium connected nan expertise to declare precocious balls.

England full-back Freddie Steward, whose action owed a batch to his reliability successful that regard, initially struggled to stamp his authority successful nan backfield, pinch Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and Potter climbing precocious to unit errors and regain possession.

A regularisation drawback from Steward successful nan 19th infinitesimal prompted ironic cheers from nan crowd.

But if Steward took clip to get his oculus in, England person different aerial specialists, and helping Tom Roebuck outjumped Suaalii to declare Mitchell's box-kick earlier slipping nan shot to Sam Underhill connected his return to earth.

Underhill sensibly passed consecutive connected to chap backmost statement Ben Earl, who - backed by coach Steve Borthwick to commencement a Test astatine centre successful nan early - showed his gait arsenic he cantered successful nether nan sticks to adhd to George Ford's earlier punishment and make it 10-0.

Tommy Freeman, who is midway done his ain move to midfield from nan wing, grounded to make nan astir of England's champion opportunity up until that point, holding connected to nan shot and taking possession arsenic Immanuel Feyi-Waboso revved up connected his shoulder.

Australia, who recovered from 12 points down to triumph this fixture past autumn and clambered backmost from 22 points adrift to hit world champions South Africa successful August, hung reliable nether pressure, however.

Scrum-half Jake Gordon did superbly to wrap up Earl complete nan statement arsenic nan backmost statement bullocked crossed nan whitewash erstwhile again.

And past nan visitors landed a superb counter-punch try.

Backing Australia up connected to their ain line, it seemed England were poised to further widen their lead.

But Wimbledon-born Wallabies helping Potter, who won nan Premiership title nether Borthwick during their clip astatine Leicester, easy publication Fraser Dingwall's volition to propulsion a mis-pass to Steward, stepped into nan line, plucked nan shot retired of nan aerial and scooted upfield for an intercept try.

With nan spread trim to 3 points, Australia recovered a caller beingness edge.

Tane Edmed dumped Dingwall, Taniela Tupou rattled Jamie George and Suaalii scythed down Earl successful afloat flight.

The Wallabies were down connected nan scoreboard but headed into half-time connected nan up aft a rearguard action had kept them wrong rubbing region of nan hosts.

Borthwick had planned for specified an eventuality. Last twelvemonth he saw his broadside edged retired successful nan closing stages of a bid of tight tier-one encounters.

A chair packed pinch power, acquisition and power was designed to guarantee his squad vanished beardown alternatively than slice away.

Five British and Irish Lions were unleashed aft 51 minutes, pinch Cowan-Dickie, Will Stuart, Genge, Tom Curry and Pollock entering nan fray.

Pollock, showing disconnected a daze of peroxide blond hairsbreadth for nan first clip connected nan Test stage, took 9 minutes to accessorise his caller look pinch a try.

As Roebuck scrambled nan Australia defence by tapping backmost different container kick, Northampton backmost statement Pollock scooped up nan loose ball, carved done nan chaos and survived Andrew Kellaway's despairing ankle pat to make it complete nan line.

England pressed location their advantage and polished up nan scoreline successful nan last 10 minutes, pinch Mitchell and Cowan-Dickie crossing.

Australia, who were missing Exeter brace Len Ikitau and Tom Hooper and elephantine La Rochelle fastener Will Skelton for a Test taking spot extracurricular nan Test window, suffered for their deficiency of depth.

England, who moved up to 4th successful nan world rankings connected nan backmost of their victory, will proceed their run against Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina complete nan adjacent 3 weekends.

England: Steward; Roebuck, Freeman, Dingwall, Feyi-Waboso; Ford, Mitchell; Baxter, George, Heyes, Itoje (capt), Chessum, Pepper, Underhill, Earl.

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Stuart, Coles, T Curry, Pollock, Spencer, F Smith.

Australia: Kellaway; Jorgensen, Suaalii, Paisami, Potter; Edmed, Gordon; Bell, Pollard, Tupuo, Frost, Williams, Valetini, McReight, Wilson (capt).

Replacements: Nasser, Robertson, Alaalatoa, Salakaia-Loto, Champion de Crespigny, Lonergan, Stewart, Daugunu.

Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia).

Assistant referees: James Doleman (New Zealand), Craig Evans (Wales).

Television lucifer official: Eric Gauzins (France).