Henry Pollock celebrates scoring England’s second try of the game during the Quilter Nations Series match against Australia at Twickenham. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA Wire
England 25 Australia 7
There will be higher octane games than this one in the coming weeks but for England the primary objective has been safely ticked off. An eighth successive Test victory is in the bag and Steve Borthwick’s team have also gone one better than the corresponding fixture last year when Australia took the spoils in the dying moments.
While this encounter was not nearly as thrilling, the final scoreline – shining brightly on the big screen in the gathering evening gloom – was what really counted for Borthwick and his players. Defeat to a weakened Wallaby side would have prompted some uncomfortable questions and cast a nagging shadow over the remainder of their November schedule.
And just when England fans were starting to wo
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