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• Jonny May’s two first-half tries give England platform for victory• Sinckler adds third in second half to halt Wallabies comeback
Not for the first time in their Rugby World Cup history England gave their fans some palpitations en route, but Eddie Jones and his players have lived to fight another day. The semi-finals now await after a seesawing contest against a battling Australia side who, for 65 minutes, made their opponents work extremely hard for their place in the tournament’s last four.
The final margin did not entirely reflect an eventful game in which the Wallabies counterattacking excellence made life distinctly uncomfortable for England at times. Only in the final quarter did they finally establish a measure of forward control, built on the foundations of a rampaging 46th-minute score by their tighthead prop Kyle Sinckler which put crucial daylight between the teams. Continue reading...