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Boot of Wilkinson helps England stun Wallabies
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Boot of Wilkinson helps England stun Wallabies
SYDNEY (AFP) - – Jonny Wilkinson gave Australia a painful reminder of his match-winning abilities by kicking England to a 21-20 turnaround victory in the second rugby union test in Sydney on Saturday.
A week after being completely outclassed by the Wallabies in every area except the scrum, England were superb in attack and defence to level the two-test series.
Both teams scored two tries apiece, but England were far more committed on Saturday and dominated an out-of-sorts Australia in both the forwards and the backs.
Fittingly it was replacement flyhalf Wilkinson who kicked the winning points, seven years after booting a drop goal at the same ground to win the 2003 World Cup.
But every English player can stand tall after defying the critics to strike a blow for Northern Hemisphere rugby.
Newcomers Ben Youngs at scrumhalf and lock Courteney Lawes justified their selections, while the back three of Ben Foden, Mark Cueto and Chris Ashton, hardly seen in the first test, looked dangerous every time they touched the ball.
England opened the match with much greater intensity than in the first test in Perth and pressured the Australian inside backs, forcing a host of early errors.
They were rewarded when the Wallabies gave away a defensive penalty in front of the posts and Toby Flood put England ahead 3-0 after just three minutes.
Five minutes later referee Romaine Poite penalised English prop Tim Payne for a punch in the scrum and Matt Giteau duly equalised with a simple kick at goal.
He made it 6-3 soon after with a penalty from 45 metres out, but the English were rewarded for their enterprise when Youngs scored a wonderful solo try, taking the ball from the back of the line-out, darting past the Australian forwards and outpacing Drew Mitchell to score.
In an entertaining first half the Wallabies struck back almost immediately, Giteau scoring after a superb break from winger Digby Ioane to put Australia ahead 13-10.
But England were soon in again as winger Ashton scored his first test try, steaming onto an inside ball from lock Tom Palmer and breaking through the attempted tackle of James O'Connor.
Flood's conversion attempt went just wide and England went into the break with a well-deserved 15-13 lead.
The Wallabies backs had been well contained in the first half but they gave a show of their brilliance three minutes into the second as Quade Cooper and O'Connor broke away down the sideline before sending Giteau away for his second try and a 20-15 lead.
An Australian scrum collapse allowed Flood to narrow the gap to 20-18, almost his last act before being replaced by Wilkinson.
Another scrum collapse saw Wilkinson kick a penalty from in front and an England lead.
Giteau had three chances to put the Australians back in front but missed them all, including one from right in front of the posts with 10 minutes to go, and England comfortably held on.
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