Australia tour - Twickenham, 17 November 2012, 14:30 local, 14:30 GMT
England (14) 14 - 20 (11) Australia (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 3 - 0

PENALTY: Flood gives England an early lead from the kicking tee

12 3 - 3

DROP GOAL: Barnes levels things up with a sweetly-struck drop goal

23 6 - 3

PENALTY: Flood edges England ahead once more with a long-range effort

30 6 - 6

PENALTY: Barnes levels it again following a scrum penalty against England

33 9 - 6

PENALTY: Tit-for-tat exchange continues with Flood on target again after the Wallabies go off their feet at the breakdown

34 9 - 11

TRY: A first Test try for Nick Cummins after a great break from Nick Phipps. Barnes misses the conversion.

38 14 - 11

TRY: Back come England with Manu Tuilagi forcing his way over in the corner - TMO required to confirm the score.

43 14 - 14

PENALTY: Barnes pulls the Wallabies level with his second penalty

49 14 - 17

PENALTY: Barnes gives Australia the lead with an easy three points

52 14 - 20

PENALTY: Barnes edges Australia further ahead with an excellent penalty

Timeline

Time England  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Flood - penalty goal 3 - 0
12 3 - 3 Barnes - drop goal
23 Flood - penalty goal 6 - 3
30 6 - 6 Barnes - penalty goal
33 Flood - penalty goal 9 - 6
34 9 - 11 Cummins - try
38 Tuilagi - try 14 - 11
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Polota-Nau - sub off
Moore - sub on
43 14 - 14 Barnes - penalty goal
49 Johnson - sub off
Wood - sub on
Marler - sub off
Vunipola - sub on		 14 - 17 Barnes - penalty goal
52 14 - 20 Barnes - penalty goal
53 Palmer - sub off
Launchbury - sub on
55 Dennis - sub off
Gill - sub on
60 BR Youngs - sub on
Brown - sub on
Sharples - sub off
Care - sub off		 Robinson - sub off
Slipper - sub on
66 Dennis - sub on
Gill - sub off
69 Ioane - sub off
Mitchell - sub on
70 Kepu - sub on
Alexander - sub off
73 Farrell - sub on
Barritt - sub off
Paice - sub on
TN Youngs - sub off
76 Gill - sub on
Dennis - sub off
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 6 points
 
Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance 81361
 
Referee R Poite (France)
 
England Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

England Australia
Tries Tuilagi (38) Tries Cummins (34)
Pens Flood (2, 23, 33) Pens Barnes (30, 43, 49, 52)
Drops none Drops Barnes (12)
    Team
15 FB
Alex Goode
14 W
Chris Ashton
13 C
Manu Tuilagi
12 C
Brad Barritt
11 W
Charlie Sharples
10 FH
Toby Flood
9 SH
Danny Care
1 P
Joe Marler
2 H
Tom Youngs
3 P
Dan Cole
4 L
Tom Palmer
5 L
Geoff Parling
6 F
Tom Johnson
7 F
Chris Robshaw (c)
8 N8
Thomas Waldrom
    Replacements
16 H
David Paice
17
David Wilson
18 P
Mako Vunipola
19 L
Joe Launchbury
20 F
Tom Wood
21 SH
Ben Youngs
22 C
Owen Farrell
23 W
Mike Brown
    Team
15 FB
Berrick Barnes
14 W
Nick Cummins
13 C
Adam Ashley-Cooper
12 C
Ben Tapuai
11 W
Digby Ioane
10 FH
Kurtley Beale
9 SH
Nick Phipps
1 P
Benn Robinson
2 H
Tatafu Polota-Nau
3 P
Ben Alexander
4 L
Sitaleki Timani
5 L
Nathan Sharpe (c)
6 F
Dave Dennis
7 F
Michael Hooper
8 N8
Wycliff Palu
    Replacements
16 H
Stephen Moore
17 P
James Slipper
18 P
Sekope Kepu
19
Radike Samo
20 F
Liam Gill
21
Brett Sheehan
22
Mike Harris
23 W
Drew Mitchell

Match stats

England   Australia
1 Tries 1
0 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 1
3 from 3 Penalty goals 4 from 5
75.0% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
18 Kicks from hand 22
164 Passes 158
123 Runs 122
434 Metres run with ball 349
Attacking
48% Possession 52%
49% Territory 51%
2 Clean breaks 5
14 Defenders beaten 22
12 Offloads 15
89 from 94 (94.7%) Rucks won 92 from 94 (97.9%)
3 from 4 (75.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
18 Turnovers conceded 13
Defensive
136/22 Tackles made/missed 134/14
86.1% Tackling success rate 90.5%
Set pieces
5 won, 2 lost (71.4%) Scrums on own feed 9 won, 1 lost (90.0%)
12 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 3 lost (81.2%)
Discipline
14 Penalties conceded 13
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Eng stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Goode 0/0 0 4/11/14 93 1 4 3 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 2/2/7 31 1 3 1 2 0/4 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuilagi 1/0 5 0/2/12 58 0 0 1 1 4/2 0/0 2 0/0
C Barritt 0/1 0 0/7/6 19 0 0 2 0 12/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Sharples 0/0 0 1/1/5 8 0 1 0 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Flood 0/0 9 7/27/5 14 0 0 1 1 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Care 0/0 0 4/48/4 13 0 1 0 0 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Marler 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 1 0 2 5/0 0/0 3 0/0
H TN Youngs 0/0 0 0/2/1 1 0 0 0 0 9/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/2/5 2 0 0 0 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Palmer 0/0 0 0/1/4 21 0 0 0 0 9/3 2/0 1 0/0
L Parling 0/0 0 0/3/8 24 0 0 0 1 13/2 4/0 2 0/0
F Johnson 0/0 0 0/4/4 6 0 0 0 1 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Robshaw 0/0 0 0/10/14 18 0 0 0 1 14/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Waldrom 0/0 0 0/9/13 48 0 1 2 1 15/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Paice 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Vunipola 0/0 0 0/1/3 9 0 1 1 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Launchbury 0/0 0 0/2/3 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 5/0 0 0/0
(F) Wood 0/0 0 0/1/4 9 0 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) BR Youngs 0/0 0 0/28/1 8 0 0 0 3 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Farrell 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Brown 0/0 0 0/0/7 46 0 2 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Barnes 0/0 15 8/12/7 16 0 1 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Cummins 1/0 5 0/1/11 115 2 6 1 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 0/2/10 19 0 1 1 1 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Tapuai 0/0 0 3/4/7 32 1 3 2 1 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 0/0 0 0/4/5 8 0 1 1 2 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Beale 0/0 0 10/36/4 4 0 0 0 1 12/3 1/0 0 0/0
SH Phipps 0/1 0 1/77/3 34 1 2 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/1/8 8 0 0 1 2 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Alexander 0/0 0 0/4/7 6 0 1 2 0 7/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Timani 0/0 0 0/3/5 22 0 0 2 1 9/0 2/0 1 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/1/10 5 0 0 0 2 5/2 3/0 2 0/0
F Dennis 0/0 0 0/1/5 4 0 1 0 0 11/1 6/0 0 0/0
F Hooper 0/0 0 0/3/9 43 1 4 1 0 14/2 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/6/20 31 0 2 2 0 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Moore 0/0 0 0/2/7 1 0 0 1 1 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Kepu 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Gill 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Mitchell 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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