England in narrow victory over Australia in Sydney
Sydney – Replacement flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson kicked a long-range penalty to take England to a 21-20 victory over Australia in their Test at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday.
Scrumhalf Ben Youngs and winger Chris Ashton scored tries for England, who lost 27-17 to the Wallabies in Perth last week.
Toby Flood slotted a conversion and two penalties, while Wilkinson kicked a 50-metre penalty to give England the lead with about 25 minutes remaining.
Matt Giteau scored all the Wallabies’ points with two converted tries and two penalties.
Scorers:
Australia:
Tries: Giteau 2
Conversions: Giteau 2
Penalties: Giteau 2
England:
Tries: Youngs, Ashton
Conversions: Flood
Penalties: Flood 2, Wilkinson
Teams:
Australia: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Digby Ioane, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 James Slipper, 18 Mark Chisholm, 19 Matt Hodgson, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Adam Ashley-Cooper.
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Mark Cueto, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Chris Ashton, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 James Haskell, 20 Danny Care, 21 Jonny Wilkinson, 22 Delon Armitage.
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
[Reuters]
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