England battle past 'woeful' Australia
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
England begin their autumn campaign with victory over Australia and extend their winning run to eight matches. Chris is back on the pod with Ashy and Matt Dawson to pick through a contest that was close until the hour mark. What are the big positives for Steve Borthwick and his men? We get the assessment of fly-half George Ford on the match and we discuss why the Wallabies struggled to match their performance at Twickenham this time last year.
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| 0:57.5 | England 25, Australia, seven England up and running in the Autumn nation series after a scruffy but victorious day for Steve Borthwick's men. What do we make of Matt Dawson's here Chris Ashton is here as you can hear they are I was hoping bouncing in their boots I was hoping after your nine months off that you might bring a bit more I thought the game might come to life a bit more |
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| 1:31.3 | Even the team just went, |
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