England kick off their November schedule against Australia at Twickenham with both sides under pressure to impress. An injury-ravaged and largely inexperienced England side will take to the field against a Wallabies side reeling from six defeats in their last seven games. Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson makes his first appearance for England in 18 months and his duel with Australian counterpart Matt Giteau is sure to go a long way to deciding this clash.

There's been plenty of discussion in the run up to this game about Martin Johnson's catastrophic injury problems, and indeed the side today will be much changed from what would be considered a full-strength line-up. But injury equals opportunity and the game will give the like of England World Cup-winning hooker Steve Thompson a chance to re-stake their test match claims.

Australia too aren't spared the injury bug, with first choice centre partnership Berrick Barnes and captain Sterling Mortlock are missing for the duration of the tour, so the midfield comprises the inexperienced Digby Ioane and the promising but often frustrating Quade Cooper .

Will Wilkinson's mastery of the Aussies continue or will the Wallabies exact some revenge for 2003 on this experimental England outfit? Kick off is at 2.30pm GMT and you can find all the action here, live.

Advance Australia Fair is belted out with gusto by the travelling fans and there must be a fair few of them in by that display, while God Save The Queen is delivered with the passion and vigour that you'd expect from a Twickenham crowd, and we're nearly ready for kickoff.

The atmosphere is hotting up at a gloomy but packed Twickenham, the pitch at HQ is laid out with a giant St George's cross that covers the length of the field as Australian team file out onto the field to muted applause.

The flame shooters erupt to announce the arrival of the England team, led out by captain Steve Borthwick and Twickenham erupts with it. As if on cue the sun has come out as the teams line up for the anthems.

Both sides are wearing poppies today and the ground falls silent for a minute's remembrance.

Thompson is two from two and it's spun out to Crane who is battered in the midfield. And how about that, Johnny Wilkinson is back in the pocket just inside the 10m line and he drills the drop goal. Great statement of intent from England and Wilkinson.

Solid scrum from England but the pass to Hipkiss from Wilkinson is poor, England ship it wide at halfway but it goes into touch off an Australian hand. Strong lineout from England and the driving mall takes them up 10 metres

Comfortable lineout from Australia and they move up to the 10m line but Smith is penalised for going in off his feet.

Monye comes into the line and he blasts through but is stopped inside the 22, but Australia are penalised for playing the ball on the ground and this is kickable.

Good chase from the kickoff for the Wallabies and Wilkinson is pressured at the clearance and it's a poor touch. The ensuing lineout is well handled by England though and they get the steal from Borthwick and clear.

Banahan has his first chance to run at the Aussises but he's dealt with and Mitchell kicks into space. A bit of aerial tennis is ended when Monye finds a superb touch, Australia tack it quick but great work in defence from England leads to a penalty on halfway.

Johnny easily had the length but his radar is just slightly off and he just nicks the woodwork. Australia are getting battered on the floor and they're really on the back foot.

Solid scrum from Australia and they're just trying to keep it in hand at the moment to regain their composure. Banahan's kick clear is countered well through Smith and Cooper and they're up to the 22.

Misfiring lineout from England and Australia keep it in hands up to the 10m line but England drive them backwards thanks to a monster hit from Deacon and Moody

Australia burrow through up to a few metres out after Ashley-Cooper breaks through, England can't organise the defence quickly enough and Genia waltzes through the huge gap and scores. That's poor defending from England.

The referee's unhappy with the lineout and we'll have it retaken, where Croft makes an excellent one-handed take at the front.

Care out to Wilkinson who sends the high hanging ball to Banahan who palms it down to Monye and England have the platform inside the 22.

No worries from Wilkinson, he could hit that in his sleep.

Good shove from England and the Australian scrum is penalised for collapsing. The penalty count is 6-0 to England so far, it's a telling reflection of the respective performances.

It's finally cleared to Mitchell and Matt Banahan ignores the ref's warnings and gives away the first England penalty of the game for hnads on the floor

Cooper doges a few tacklers but he's not secured the ball and it squirts out and Hipkiss will slow it down by taking it in to contact.

England miscue a lineout for the first time but it's knocked on by Moore and it's an England scrum. Good solid scrum and Hipkiss receives it in midfield. Croft is battered out wide but England aren't giving it away.

Solid scrum from Australia and Giteau and Cooper are interchanging at 10 here for Australia. Moore bursts forward and he offloads superbly to Robinson and he's in acres of space and makes it to the five metre line. Australia have the advantage but they can't do anything with it, mainly thanks to some superb defensive work by Wilkinson driving the runner back.

Giteau bursts through from the scrum but Wilkinson once again does superbly in defence by staying on his feet and winning the penalty, that's a big moment in this game.

Geraghty boots the ball out on the full but it's the end of the half.

Good fielding of the kickoff from Cueto and England can clear through Care. Moody chases well and Croft secures the ball at the 10m line. Odd chip from Wilkinson but Cueto gets there and Australia battle for it on the floor.

Good scrum from Australia and Genia kicks well into space and Monye can't get there. It dribbles out inside the 22 and England are pushed back.

Giteau is smothered by Wilkinson and the ball is hacked on as it's fumbled by Australia but it's going back for a penalty out wide on the left

Cooper clears up to the 10m line from the restart and England have the lineout

Solid lineout for Australia and Ioane and Cooper takes them within five metres, but Moody does great work on the floor to pounce on in and Wilkinson clears well from his in-goal area.

Excellent from Moody again as he stays on his feet and wins the penalty again on the 22.

Monye comes into the line and he does well not to be shepherded into touch, Wilkinson goes for the cross kick but it goes out on the full.

Mitchell gathers the kick and he grubbers through for Ashley-Cooper to chase but it's too long and it's out of play for a 22 drop out.

Great hands from Australia and Mitchell breaks through, Genia wriggles through past Monye to the five metre line. Ioane tries to wriggle over the line but he somehow loses the ball and Palu knocks it on in the in-goal. Big let off for England.

Giteau strokes over the kick from out wide at the right and Australia lead for the first time.

Monye takes a great pass from Geraghty out wide but he slips and is marshalled outside the 10m line

Excellent defence from Australia and Smith makes a superb tackle on Croft, driving him back, and England are penalised for holding on

Wilkinson chips superbly into space, gathers and makes an outrageous offload to Hodgson who passes to Monye, Wilkinson takes a shot at a drop goal but it's wide and Australia counter. Some ping-pong ensues before Wilkinson makes a good clearance to halfway.

Great cross kick from WIlkinson, Croft gathers and offloads well to Bell does well to move up the right wing, England really upping their game now and their inside the 10m line.

Scruffy lineout from Australia but Giteau's bouncing kick is fielded by Erinle who does well to hold on.

Australia attack out wide and it's a fantastic move from Ashley-Cooper who comes into the line out wide on the right, he drives through Monye and Cueto on touchline and soemhow powers over the line, dragging three tacklers with him, incredible individual effort.

Another great kickoff from Wilkinson and Moody gathers it and England are up to the 22 but its slow ball. Lawes' first carry is a rough one, he's driven back and loses the ball in contact. Australia kick deep to Banahan who has plenty of time but slices the clearance to touch.

England up to the 10m line and Monye tries to inject some pace but Australia are holding firm at the moment, Moody's nice offload is fumbled by Croft and it's an Australian scrum.

Superb work from Lawes who somehow steals the ball from the maul and it's cleared upfield. Giteau is nearly tackled but he offloads to Mitchell in the 22, he's caught though and it's an England penalty, they're going to the corner.

The Australian lineout defence is excellent and they England forwards are going backwards. Wilkinson tries to spark something but England look defeated here and Australia don't look like breaking

A fantastic second half revival from Australia there, England were battered in the second half and inexperience on the home side's part told, particularly at the end. England played well in the first half and the performance of some of the replacements in the second half, particularly Paul Hodgson was encouraging. That said, there seemed to be a lack of cutting edge from England and they rarely looked like cutting through the Australian defence.

Australia on the other hand will be ecstatic at the Man Of The Match performance from young scrum half Will Genia and the composure of young centre Quade Cooper as they cut out the penalties and started to keep hold of the ball in the second half.

So Australia are a quarter of the way to their Grand Slam objective, whereas England will have to lick their wounds and probably consider some new backline options for their next game against Argentina.

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