Clive Woodward's England chariot is rolling again after a superb 21-15 victory over world champions Australia at Twickenham this afternoon.

Once again, the boot of fly-half Jonny Wilkinson saw England home, but the triumph owed more to a mighty team effort and an almost faultless first-half display.

England started well, Jonny Wilkinson switching the angle of kick-off andseeing his pack stream up in support to force Larkham into a poor kick to touch.

However, the line-out misery which afflicted England in Dublin returned again. Dorian West's throw was way off range and was plucked out of the air by Owen Finegan.

Robinson dived full length to collect Larkham's steepling kick, then evaded the clutches of Nathan Gray to win the first round of his battle with theAustralian defence, and when the visitors went over the top at a ruck on halfway, Wilkinson stepped up to put England ahead with a superb penalty.

Wilkinson had the chance to increase the home advantage after the Wallabies were penalised for pulling down a ruck by Kiwi official Paddy O'Brien butscuffed his effort badly allowing the visitors to clear.

Will Greenwood found Danny Grewcock on the left wing after the Harlequins centre made a sniping break over halfway, but there was no support and the attack lost momentum.

England had certainly made a superior start and when Michael Foley drifted offside, Kyran Bracken took a quick tap which created the field position for Wilkinson to land a snap drop-goal.

Home hopes received another boost after 13 minutes when Finegan took Grewcock out before the England man had hit the deck after taking a line-out catch and O'Brien sent the Aussie back-row to the sin-bin.

Kay secured clean possession from the throw after the penalty had been kicked to touch and after the England pack had advanced to centre field, Wilkinson landed his second drop-goal.

Australia were clearly rattled.

Grewcock snatched possession against the throw at the next line-out, the Wallabies drifted offside and Wilkinson speared another kick between the posts to increase England's advantage to 12 points.

Australia lost their own possession again shortly afterwards and this time Back took control, producing a delicate kick to the right wing which fortunately for Matt Burke, bounced on the line before the Australian full-back took it out of play a metre from his own line.

It cannot quite have been what Wallabies coach Eddie Jones was thinking of when he criticised England's team selection in midweek and Burke's sliced kick to touch only brought more pressure on his men.

Last year's match-winner Dan Luger nearly broke clear and Bracken launched his own one-man raid on the Australian line, but this time the visitors managed to repel the threat.

Finegan returned with a debt to pay, and Burke was quickly given a chance to reduce the deficit after a Richard Hill obstruction was missed by the referee but spotted by a touch-judge.

Burke though failed, increasing his side's frustrations.

Robinson leapt high to collect another Larkham bomb under pressure from Nathan Grey and the Australian centre was involved in the next meaningful action, receiving a thumping tackle from Wilkinson which wrestled the ball from his grasp.

Robinson's first dart of the game took him to within scoring range, only for the former Wigan man to sidestep the wrong way straight into Grey's arms.

Larkham charged down Wilkinson's drop goal attempt but it was in attack where Australia needed their inspirational stand-off and in that department he was nowhere to be seen.

Another Australian offside gave Wilkinson a 40 metre kick at goal, which sailed between the uprights.

Luger would have been away for an interception try had Robinson not earlier fumbled following Grey's firm tackle.

HT England 15 Australia 0

Australia started the second half with purpose, snatching possession from their own kick-off, but quickly tossed it away and were forced to defend again.

Bracken found open space but not the try line, and Mike Catt was marginally wide with a 35-metre drop goal attempt.

Burke missed another golden opportunity to bring his side back into the game when he dragged a straightforward 40-metre kick wide, although Wilkinson's speculative restart which bobbled into touch was not entirely called for either.

Robinson received one of the loudest cheers of a noisy afternoon when he booted safely to touch after taking the mark at a clean catch inside his own 22.

But it was becoming evident that England were going to dominate the second period as they had done the first and Australia opened their account after spurning an easy penalty in favour of a kick to touch.

Justin Harrison took a clean catch and Gregan flung out to Grey, whose long pass set Joe Roff running at the England defence at a dangerous angle.

Daniel Herbert arrived in support and quickly handed on to Burke, who bounced over the line under the attention of Robinson.

Burke regained his feet to land the touchline conversion and suddenly Australia were back in the contest.

An England offside gifted Burke another three points, only for Wilkinson to respond within two minutes.

Finegan was pulled out for another lecture after O'Brien deemed he had deliberately entered a ruck illegally, but Wilkinson couldn't extract further punishment when his penalty dropped just short.

Gregan was unhappy with the number of offences his side were commiting and Wilkinson punished them again 14 minutes from time, landing his fifth successful kick to re-establish an 11 point England lead.

Thrillingly, Robinson jinked 50 metres downfield to huge cheers from thehome support, only to lose the ball in contact.

However, from Larkham's long clearance downfield, Catt flicked the ball off the floor and between his legs allowing Will Greenwood to punt into touch.

But there were alarming signs of tiredness in England legs and when replacement Phil Waugh crashed over four minutes from time, the alarm bells started to ring again.

Fortunately, Burke missed the conversion but, just six points in arrears, Australia were now in a position to match England's last-gasp heroics of a year ago.

But the home defences weren't to be breached again and justice was done.