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There are further changes on the bench with Will Joseph a late replacement for Jack Willis, meaning England have two apprentices on the pine.
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With one hour until kick-off, a reminder of how we line-up today ⏰@O2 | #WearTheRose pic.twitter.com/oUDvbkrK8x
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) July 9, 2022
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Injuries and suspension have resulted in the Wallabies making seven changes to their matchday squad. Into the XV come the fit-again Taniela Tupou (#3), backs Tom Wright (14) and Hunter Paisami (13), with Jordan Petaia (15) and Matt Philip (4) both promoted from the bench. Nick Frost and Izaia Perese take their places on the pine.
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🦘 Your 23 to line up at @SuncorpStadium tonight.
🗓 TONIGHT, 7:55pm AEST
🏟 Suncorp Stadium
🎟 https://t.co/hD4uHppRBA
📺 @stansportau & @channel9#Wallabies #AUSvENG @eToroAU #thisisqueensland #visitbrisbane @Queensland pic.twitter.com/oRKIoGXia9— Wallabies (@wallabies) July 9, 2022
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Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of the second Test between Australia and England. Kick-off at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium is 7.55pm local time, which is 10.55am in the UK.
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The first instalment of this three-Test series was far from a work of art but that should take nothing away from Australia’s gritty backs-to-the-wall victory on an evening where pretty much everything that could go wrong, seemed to.
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The aftermath has focussed more on England’s shortcomings than Australia’s strengths. The inability to convert a man advantage. The stuttering 10-12 combination. And most significantly the trajectory of the side under Eddie Jones, just a year out from a World Cup.
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Against a buoyant Wallabies outfit at a notoriously difficult destination for visiting teams across many sporting codes, the stakes are high in the touring camp. Defeat could herald Prime Ministerial levels of pressure on the England head coach.
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We have plenty of time before kick-off to get stuck into the context of tonight’s match, consider how both sides are shaping up with the World Cup on the horizon, or throw around the merits of Iggy Pop’s documentary series on the origins of punk, of which I am a latecomer and enjoyed a lot earlier this week. Get in touch via email or tweet me @JPHowcroft if that’s easier.
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Key events:
Back to some more pregame analysis, and Rob Kitson has trained his focus on Eddie Jones and how the future of the England coach could come down to the performance of a novice backline.
Jones’s callow backline selection for the allegedly crucial second Test against the Wallabies has raised more than a few eyebrows. Three starting 21-year-olds, a 19-year-old “apprentice” on the bench and a debutant who used to captain the University of Sydney? If England’s absolute priority is to win right here, right now then the team sheet does not obviously reflect it.
Speaking of Mr Brace, here he is handling the toss. Courtney Lawes called correctly and England will kick-off.
🤝 @wallabies #AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/LchQu0aMyh
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) July 9, 2022
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referee: Former Belgium international Andrew Brace is your whistleblower tonight. He’ll hope to have less of an impact than James Doleman last weekend.
Pretty much what you’d expect from Australia’s players and staff in front of the press.
England did the half rounds during the weekand I am full of admiration for Ellis Genge’s straightforward contribution. “We’ve got to be better everywhere,” he said. “We’ve got to be better because we lost.” Brilliant. More of this please media officers.
Mako Vunipola veered more into the backs-against-the-wall platitudes, such as: “Being able to stick in the trenches with your brothers next to you… that is the feeling you started playing rugby for, being there with your mates, having fun. ”
While eddie jones put the cart before the horse, saying: “This game is the perfect practice for the World Cup.”
Meanwhile, over in Dunedin, Ireland have stunned the All Blacks to earn a first ever Test victory in New Zealand! wowsers.
Australia’s selection analysis begins with the news that the 135kg bundle of fun Taniela Tupou returns.
The massive prop is one of a raft of changes from the first Test, mostly caused by injuries, but also, in the case of Darcy Swain, for suspension.
If it’s analysis on England’s selections you’re after, look no further.
England XV
Eddie Jones has made four changes to his starting XV, headlined by debuts to Guy Porter (#13) and Tommy Freeman (11) as well as a first start to Jack van Poortvliet (9). In the pack, Sam Underhill (7) replaces the injured Tom Curry.
There are further changes on the bench with Will Joseph a late replacement for Jack Willis, meaning England have two apprentices on the pine.
With one hour until kick-off, a reminder of how we line-up today ⏰@O2 | #WearTheRose pic.twitter.com/oUDvbkrK8x
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) July 9, 2022
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Australia XV
Injuries and suspension have resulted in the Wallabies making seven changes to their matchday squad. Into the XV come the fit-again Taniela Tupou (#3), backs Tom Wright (14) and Hunter Paisami (13), with Jordan Petaia (15) and Matt Philip (4) both promoted from the bench. Nick Frost and Izaia Perese take their places on the pine.
🦘 Your 23 to line up at @SuncorpStadium tonight.
🗓 TONIGHT, 7:55pm AEST
🏟 Suncorp Stadium
🎟 https://t.co/hD4uHppRBA
📺 @stansportau & @channel9#wallabies #AUSvENG @eToroAU #thisisqueensland #visitbrisbane @Queensland pic.twitter.com/oRKIoGXia9
— Wallabies (@wallabies) July 9, 2022
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The victory over England in Perth has put an unfamiliar spring in the step of Australian rugby. In the Wallaby-focussed scene-setter Angus Fontaine suggests there could be plenty of substance to justify the hype.
In the first Test, stars fell only for new ones to align and guide the men in gold to a famous victory. Now Australia are one-nil up and entering a Meanjin cauldron where they have won their last 10 matches – two over New Zealand and France, and three against South Africa. With Yugambeh on their lips and Dave Rennie strumming the tune, the Wallabies and their fans may finally be singing as one.
Rob Kitson sets the scene from Brisbane, attempting to balance England’s immediate priorities with those hoving into view.
All things are relative, with England’s 76-0 defeat in this same city on the “Tour of Hell” in 1998 an all-time lowlight, but pre-match talk of performance being more important for Jones’s side than this weekend’s outcome has still jarred given the state of this series. Test rugby is not meant to be about next year, next month or even next week. If England do return home empty-handed and suggesting it mattered little, international rugby union will be the loser.
Preamble
Jonathan Howcroft
Hello everyone and welcome to live coverage of the second Test between Australia and England. Kick-off at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium is 7.55pm local time, which is 10.55am in the UK.
The first installation of this three-Test series was far from a work of art but that should take nothing away from Australia’s gritty backs-to-the-wall victory on an evening where pretty much everything that could go wrong, seemed to.
The aftermath has focused more on England’s shortcomings than Australia’s strengths. The inability to convert a man advantage. The stuttering 10-12 combination. And most significantly the trajectory of the side under Eddie Jones, just a year out from a World Cup.
Against a buoyant Wallabies outfit at a notoriously difficult destination for visiting teams across many sporting codes, the stakes are high in the touring camp. Defeat could herald Prime Ministerial levels of pressure on the England head coach.
We have plenty of time before kick-off to get stuck into the context of tonight’s match, consider how both sides are shaping up with the World Cup on the horizon, or throw around the merits of Iggy Pop’s documentary series on the origins of punk, of which I am a latecomer and enjoyed a lot earlier this week. Get in touch via email or tweet me @JPHowcroft if that’s easier.
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George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism