Dominant England crush Australia at Twickenham

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The victory will relieve some of the mounting pressure on head coach Steve Borthwick as his side clicked in defence and attack.

Australia restored some pride with two late tries to make the scoreboard look slightly more respectable, but man-of-the-match Henry Slade struck back with a late try to stretch the scoreboard out beyond 40 points.

An error-strewn first half saw England race into the lead, but loose handling squandered chance after chance with the Wallabies finishing the opening half just nine points behind.

A penalty for England was kicked with pinpoint accuracy to the five-metre line by flyhalf Fin Baxter for an attacking line-out.

The resulting driving maul was dotted down by hooker Jamie George, but Baxter missed the easy conversion.

An offside by England’s backline gave the visitors an easy way back into the game with the three points on offer taken by Ryan Lonergan.

Captain Maro Otoje charged down a Wallaby kick to setup England’s scrum within metres of the try line, but England squandered another opportunity.

The errors became contagious with Australia’s hooker being pinged for a wonky line-out throw.

Popping up on his opposite wing in the 25th minute flying winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso sparked an England attack with Ollie Chessum barging over the line.

A yellow card for Angus Bell led to Feyi-Waboso writhing in agony, but a try for forward Joe Heyes as his dominant pack mauled the ball over.

Tommy Freeman had the chance to score a fourth bonus point winning try for the home side but he knocked on as he chased the kick into the try area.

Australian Max Jorgenson pounced on a loose pass from scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet to run the length of the pitch to score as the first half ended with yet another error from the home side.

Feyi-Waboso didn’t reappear for the second half after his injury in the yellow-card incident to be replaced by forward Henry Pollock.

Within two minutes of the second half England’s attack clicked as it strung a free-flowing move together with van Poortvliet getting the bonus point-winning fourth try.

Obdurate defending by England kept Australia’s dangerous backline under control as the home side bossed possession and territory.

The home side were carving holes into the Wallabies and drawing penalties from the tiring visitor’s defence.

A prolonged attack by England with bruising carries from the forwards opened the Aussie defence for substitute winger Pollack to race through for the score.

A second try for Pollock finished off a move which flowed across from one side of Twickenham to the other wing.

Australia hit back with its first real sustained attack with Filipo Daugunu going over in the corner.

In a stardust-sprinkled appearance Pollock drew gasps from the crowd after nutmegging the Aussie defence in a failed attempt to get to the line.

Next up for England is their former coach Eddie Jones’s Japan and the home fans will believe they can get to the Nations Championship grand final.

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