Australie 34 Angleterre 03 (Test 1)

Victoire des Australiens qui font la difference en seconde pèriode avec notemment un essai de Rodney Blake celui qu'on avait tenté de recruter.



Australie 34 Angleterre 03

Australia monster England in Sydney
Sunday June 11 2006
Rodzilla scores on debut

Australia got their 2006 test season off to the perfect start, when they monstered the new-look England team - recording an emphatic 34-3 win at the Telstra Stadium, in Sydney, on Sunday. The Wallabies outscored their rival by three tries to none in this Cook Cup encounter.


Try scorer : Rodney Blake

Despite England dominating possession for large periods of the game, often building and taking the ball through numerous phases (as many as 19 phases on one occasion), it was the Wallabies who tackled the English into submission and then struck in the final 10 minutes with two tries to ram home the advantage.

The scorers :

For Australia :
Tries : Latham, Gerrard, Blake
Cons : Mortlock 2
Pens : Mortlock 5

For England :
Pen : Barkley

Teams :

Australia : 15 Chris Latham, 14 Mark Gerrard, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Mat Rogers, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Stephen Larkham, 9 George Gregan (captain), 8 Rocky Elsom, 7 George Smith, 6 Daniel Heenan, 5 Dan Vickerman, 4 Nathan Sharpe, 3 Rodney Blake, 2 Tai McIsaac, 1 Greg Holmes.
Replacements : 16 Jeremy Paul, 17 Al Baxter, 18 Mark Chisholm, 19 Phil Waugh, 20 Josh Valentine, 21 Clyde Rathbone, 22 Cameron Shepherd.

Angleterre : 15 Iain Balshaw, 14 Tom Varndell, 13 Mathew Tait, 12 Mike Catt, 11 Tom Voyce, 10 Olly Barkley, 9 Peter Richards, 8 Pat Sanderson, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Alex Brown, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Julian White, 2 Lee Mears, 1 Graham Rowntree.
Replacements : 16 George Chuter, 17 Tim Payne, 18 Chris Jones, 19 Joe Worsley, 20 Nick Walshe, 21 Andy Goode, 22 Jamie Noon.

Referee : Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Touch judges : Steve Walsh (New Zealand), Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Television match official : Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assessor : Bob Francis (New Zealand)