Australia 17 – 25 England

Wallabies came back from 19-0 behind to trail 22-17 vs England in the second Test, facing 14 with Marcus Smith in the sin-bin, but England held out defensively before adding a further Owen Farrell penalty to set up a series-deciding third Test in Sydney next week

Billy Vunipola scored England’s only try as they beat Australia in Brisbane to level the Test series at 1-1

England dug in to force a series-deciding third Test against Australia, as Billy Vunipola’s converted try and six Owen Farrell penalties secured a 25-17 second Test win over the Wallabies in Brisbane.

England dominated the first half to get out to a commanding 19-0 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane after Vunipola struck from a rolling maul and four Farrell penalties, with Australia’s only points of the opening 40 minutes coming via a Taniela Tupou try.

Farrell struck again for a 22-7 lead, but momentum turned thereafter as Samu Kerevi struck for a try and Noah Lolesio a penalty either side of a Marcus Smith sin-binning for a deliberate knock-on.

England dug in to keep the Wallabies out with a man less, however, with Farrell adding another penalty to take the game away from Australia and set up a series decider next week, live on Sky Sports.

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Maro Itoje won a lineout to set up Billy Vunipola who grabbed an early England try.

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Samu Kerevi was in plenty of space on the wing and took full advantage to close the gap on England.

More to follow…

What’s next?

England are next in action for the deciding Test of the three-Test series vs Australia in a week’s time in Sydney on Saturday, July 9, live on Sky Sports Action from 10.15am (10.55am kick off).