Pete Samu seals victory as 14 man Australia punish wasteful England
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First Test: Australia 30-28 EnglandHosts’ Swain sent off before half-time; tourists rally too lateEngland may have travelled to the other side of the world but some familiar frailties have accompanied them. Even with 14 men for 46 minutes of the contest the Wallabies proved too much for the visiting side and they have finally broken their eight-game losing streak against Eddie Jones’s side.Australia had trailed 14-9 entering the last quarter only to come storming back with two tries in seven minutes for Jordan Petaia and Folau Fainga’a to transform the contest. It was a remarkable effort considering they had Darcy Swain sent off after just 34 minutes, lost Quade Cooper to injury in the warm-up and saw another two players forced off inside the first 25 minutes. Continue reading...