England 30-6 Australia: Late try burst earns England fifth successive win over Wallabies
England claimed a fifth successive victory over Australia after running amok in the closing stages at Twickenham to emerge 30-6 winners.
Match stats: England 30-6 Australia
England tries: Daly (54), Joseph (72), May (79), Care (80)
Conversions: Farrell (54, 72)
Penalties: Farrell (7, 33)
Australia penalties: Hodge (49), Foley (64)
Match report
England claimed a fifth successive victory over Australia after running amok in the closing stages at Twickenham to emerge 30-6 winners.
Seven days after Eddie Jones apologised for an expletive-laden outburst in the coaches' box, it was Michael Cheika's turn to rage for a series of decisions that went against the Wallabies.
Referee Ben O'Keeffe sent Michael Hooper and Kurtley Beale to the sin-bin and disallowed tries by Hooper and Marika Koroibete for offside, infuriating Cheika who twice stalked down the stairs to protest to the officials.
England were the superior team and emerged comfortable winners, but they enjoyed the rub of green including in a key moment when Elliot Daly crossed in the 54th minute.
Repeated viewings by the TMO showed the ball that Daly grabbed possibly grazed the touchline, but there was no doubt over the late tries from Jonathan Joseph, Jonny May and Danny Care that buried the Wallabies.
Australia fell apart in the closing stages and the result failed to reflect a contest that remained open until Joseph touched down.
Hooper was shown a yellow card for collapsing the maul and repeated offsides amid a series of forward-led thrusts from the hosts that ended with a second Farrell penalty.
Cheika seethed in the stands as Beale followed Hooper into the sin-bin for a deliberate knock-on and England were making headway by using their pack to bludgeon a route through the gold jerseys.
Reece Hodge landed a monster penalty to set Australia off the mark and they could have taken the lead but for spilt balls from Samu Kerevi and Tevita Kuridrani.
The second of those near the England 22 allowed Jones' men to counter-attack and when Ben Youngs thumped the ball ahead, Daly was able to gather and touch down via a bounce that fell inside the touchline by only millimetres.
Foley booted a penalty and Australia saw a try by the lightening fast Marika Koroibete ruled out for offside against Stephen Moore.
The Wallabies could have drawn level if that score had been given, but instead Joseph, May and Care plundered late tries.
Match reaction
England head coach Eddie Jones on the TMO decisions: "Why do we have a referee? Why do we have TMOs? How were we lucky? They do 10 replays of video and they make a decision. This is the best referee in the world for today. We had the best guys in the TMO and you're saying we're lucky because the decisions went our way."
Australia head coach Michael Cheika: "We showed a lot of courage, a lot of determination. We stayed in the game against a fair bit of adversity and then when the moments came to really get back in the game, to put pressure on England, we made some mistakes, released that pressure, and they were able to capitalise on those errors."
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