Despite 20 minutes of numerical superiority, the Wallabies having been penalized with two yellow cards, England had to wait for a try against at the last minute to put themselves permanently out of reach of Australians who have hardly succeeded in s' express offensively.
This eighth consecutive success of the English over the Australians should have taken shape much earlier, the XV of the rose having been very enterprising in the first period.
From the 7th minute, he had found the loophole with a very good offensive offensive which had allowed the back Freddie Steward to take the interval and go flatten quietly, after a hook on his counterpart Kurtley Beale (7-3 , 8th).
England full-back Freddie Steward, congratulated by his teammates, after scoring the 1st try against Australia, during their test match of the autumn tour, on November 13, 2021 at Twickhenham Stadium in London Glyn KIRK AFP
The opportunities to make the gap did exist, but they sometimes failed due to clumsiness or the heroic defense of the Wallabies, like the two rescues of scrum-half Nic White in his in-goal on Jamie George ( 35th) and Jonny Hill (47th).
Penalties sometimes stupidly conceded also allowed O'Connor, author of a 5/5, to keep his team in the match until the very last moments, during a second half a little less convincing.
But a ball stolen by Sam Simmonds in the last minute allowed Jamie Blamire to register a try for the fourth game in a row and to give relief to this success.
For the Wallabies, this is the second loss in a row after the narrow defeat in Scotland (15-13), last Sunday.
They will only be left with the game in Cardiff next week, against Wales, to try and save the honor.
The English, who had warmed up against Tonga (69-3), will have an even more prestigious match against South Africa, world champion, and who had given a little earlier a lesson in efficiency on the fundamentals and realism in Scotland (30-15).
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