Clockwatch: England 21-15 Australia

Minute-by-minute action as England take on world champions Australia in the Test match at Twickenham

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Full-time: England 21-15 Australia

82 mins: Australia's efforts to create a match-winning score come to nought when Michael Foley knocks on.
Bracken finds touch from the base of the scrum and England retain the Cook Cup.

81 mins: Australia are up quickly to close down the opportunity for Wilkinson to have a drop at goal.
The stand-off sends up a huge garryown that is knocked on by Greenwood to hand possession to Australia, deep in their own half.

80 mins: Will Greenwood tracks back to make what may prove to be a crucial tackle.
England also win the penalty when Grey holds onto the ball too long.
Australia bring on Rod Moore for Ben Darwin in time added on.

77 mins: Australia attack down the left-hand side, but are unlucky to hand over possession after an accidental offside is spotted by referee O'Brien.

74 mins: Australia earn reward for their sustained pressure and composure in attack.
They manufacture a huge overlap deep in English territory and Waugh crosses in the corner.
Burke pulls his conversion wide of the posts.
England 21-15 Australia

72 mins: England's defence holds firm as Australia stretch the hosts.

69 mins: Robinson dazzles the Twickenham crowd with a jinking run having taken a lineout to himself.
The full-back turns the ball over in the tackle, and as Burke chases down his own kick ahead, the entertainment continues.
Catt nonchalantly slaps the ball away to England support through his own legs as and the threat is cleared.

66 mins: Australian coach Eddie Jones makes a double change. Graeme Bond and Phil Waugh come on for Herbert and Smith.

65 mins: George Smith plays the ball from an offside position at the breakdown, giving away a needless penalty.
Wilkinson converts to give England an 11 point lead with time running out.
England 21-10 Australia

63 mins: Luger injects some pace into the backline. He slips a midfield tackle, but is too quick for his own team-mates and lacks support at the vital moment.

59 mins: Finegan is given a final warning by referee O'Brien after infringing at the lineout.
Wilkinson is unable to take advantage of the decision and hooks his penalty attempt just wide of the posts.

57 mins: The visitors look for an immediate riposte, but Joe Worsley turns Larkham in the tackle as the stand-off looks for a telling break in attack, to give England the ball.

56 mins: Australian hands play the ball on the ground at a ruck to hand England a chance to kick at goal. Wilkinson converts to the delight of the crowd.
England 18-10 Australia

52 mins: The tide is threatening to turn as Australia win a penalty which Burke converts.
England 15-10 Australia

50 mins: Matt Cockbain comes on for Justin Harrison in the Australian pack.

48 mins: Burke gets a second kickable chance at goal after Neil Back infringes at a ruck, but Australia opt for touch instead.
In textbook fashion they win the ball and spin it along the line for Burke to score in the opposite corner.
The full-back adds two more points with a conversion from the touchline.
England 15-7 Australia

45 mins: Australia also waste an opportunity to get the first points of the half, and their first points overall.
Burke misses a relatively easy penalty chance from in front of the posts.

43 mins: Catt wastes a second drop goal attempt as his effort sails wide.

42 mins: England start the second half in the same manner as they played throughout the first.
They immediately take the game to Australia following Kyran Bracken's break down the blindside.

1532 GMT: Burke gets the second half underway.

Half-time: England 15-0 Australia

44 mins: In the last action of the half, Burke climbs highest to claim a Wilkinson bomb on his own line ahead of England's chasers.

41 mins: Luger steals the ball off Australian fingertips, but his clean run in for a try is called back by referee O'Brien's whistle.

40 mins: Grey, who was caught by Wilkinson earlier, shows his strength in the tackle by stopping Robinson in his tracks.

38 mins: England are in total control, but another drop goal attempt, this time from Mike Catt's boot, is charged down.
It makes no difference. England are awarded a penalty which Wilkinson converts.
England 15-0 Australia

36 mins: Wilkinson's attempt for a third drop goal is charged down.

34 mins: Robinson bursts into the line and breaks for the line, but Australia's defence holds firm.
The world champions escape from their own line with a long throw at a lineout for the second time.

32 mins: Australia are beginning to find their feet, but again England stop them in their tracks - quite literally.
Wilkinson knocks Nathan Grey back with a thunderous tackle that lifts the spirits of the crowd, and his team-mates, even further.

31 mins: Robinson shows his mettle by taking a high ball under pressure from Daniel Herbert.

28 mins: Matt Burke wastes Australia's first opportunity to get some points on the board by pushing his penalty attempt wide.

25 mins: Finegan returns from the sidelines to a chorus of jeers.

23 mins: Following a crash-ball break by Dan Luger, England string together a sustained passage of probing rugby but are unable to break through the Wallaby defence.

21 mins: The match is being played almost exclusively in Australia's half and the visitors look out of sorts.

18 mins: The home crowd erupt as Wilkinson takes England into double figures. The stand-off converts a second penalty after his opposite number, Larkham, is caught offside.
England 12-0 Australia

14 mins: England capitalise on having an extra man and immediately go up the pitch where Wilkinson drops a second goal.
England 9-0 Australia

13 mins: Australia make a rare sortie into opposition territory when George Gregan kicks deep.
But any potential change in the momentum of the match is quickly checked when Finegan is sent to the sin bin for tackling Danny Grewcock in the air at the lineout.

10 mins: England drive forward, and, with Australia on the back foot, Wilkinson shows his adroitness by dropping a goal with his right foot.
England 6-0 Australia

9 mins: Australia concede another penalty as Owen Finegan is caught on the wrong side.
The posts are out of range so Wilkinson drills a kick into touch.

7 mins: England dictate the play, repeatedly recycling the ball as they look for an opening in midfield.

4 mins: England win a second penalty as Australia pull down their opponents as they start to roll a maul forward.
Wilkinson goes for the posts again, but the ball drifts wide.

3 mins: Wilkinson opens the scoring with a penalty from the halfway line.
England 3-0 Australia

1 min: England lose the ball on their throw-in at the first lineout.
From the ball they win, Australia's Stephen Larkham sends up the first garryowen of the match.
Jason Robinson is not wholly convincing under the ball, but recovers to beat two men.

1435: England's Jonny Wilkinson kicks off on a clear and crisp autumn afternoon.

1428 GMT: The teams run out at a packed Twickenham.
The crowd observe a one-minute silence on Rememberance weekend ahead of the national anthems.

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England: Jason Robinson; Austin Healey, Will Greenwood, Mike Catt, Dan Luger, Jonny Wilkinson, Kyran Bracken; Graham Rowntree, Dorian West, Phil Vickery, Ben Kay, Danny Grewcock, Richard Hill, Neil Back (capt), Joe Worsley.
Replacements: Mark Regan, Jason Leonard, Steve Borthwick, Lewis Moody, Charlie Hodgson, Ben Cohen, Matt Perry.

Australia: Matthew Burke; Chris Latham, Daniel Herbert, Nathan Grey, Joe Roff; Stephen Larkham, George Gregan (capt); Nick Stiles, Michael Foley, Ben Darwin, Justin Harrison, David Giffin, Owen Finegan, George Smith, Toutai Kefu.
Replacements: Brendan Cannon, Rod Moore, Matt Cockbain, Phil Waugh, Chris Whitaker, Elton Flatley, Graeme Bond.

Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand).