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BERNARD FOLEY LINES UP THE CONVERSION ATTEMPT

But he misses!

AUSTRALIA 5 ~ ENGLAND 0

.... and it's not so blond now either ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

ooooo break by Folau and now Aussies attacking

Watson leaves his post and

MICHAEL HOOPER TRY FOR AUS

Looks like he's cut his hair :-S :-D :-D

Michael Hooper with the cheeky grin and flowing blond locks :-D :-D :-D

AUSSIE DOWN GETTING TREATMENT

England's Marland Yarde is being praised by the TV commentators

England are guilty of "Playing The Man" :-0 :-0 :-0

which looking at it, was interfering with a player in the air at lineout

ANOTHER BIG TURN OVER BY ENGLAND

...but it didn't stop the Aussies :-D :-D

They are attacking England's Tryline now

BUT ENGLAND TURN OVER RIGHT UNDER THE POSTS

HUGE HIT ON AUSSIE BY ENGLAND'S JAMES HASKELL

Australia's Bernard Foley kicks of the series :-)

No running commentary today as our Radio Jem team is depleted today.

Scores and Highlights will be posted here.

If you have SKY SPORTS or can access the game via radio coverage (see earlier post for links) I will be pleased to share your company :-) :-) :-)

The Native Australian Peoples being thanked for allowing Rugby to be played on their traditional hunting ground.

Bradley Daley sings God Save The Queen


Luke Kennedy sings Advance Australia Fair

Here come the anthems

If you want to sing along, the lyrics are on this page

HERE THEY COME :-)

England Captrain DYLAN HARTLEY gets ready to lead his men out

as does Australia's Captain STEPHEN MOORE

having a cuppa and a piece of toast while I wait for the teams to come out!

Also pondering the question ....

WHO WILL I SUPPORT? :-S

My mother was English, my OH is Irish (say no more ;-))

and I've had bestowed on me by my great pal ALLAN...

HONORARY AUSTRALIAN STATUS :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


Sooooo.... :-S :-S ;-) :-D

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND .... KICK OFF 11am (uk)

SKY SPORTS 1

ONLINE RADIO LINK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_five_live

TV FREEVIEW RADIO .... Freeview Channel 705


Radio Jem for Highlights Scores and company :-) :-) :-)

AUSSIE / ENGLISH? ....CHEER ON YOUR TEAM HERE!

THE TOURING TEAM .... ENGLAND

Backs:
15. Mike Brown
14. Anthony Watson
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Luther Burrell
11. Marland Yarde
10. Owen Farrell
9. Ben Youngs

Forwards:
1. Mako Vunipola
2. Dylan Hartley (Captain)
3. Dan Cole
4. Maro Itoje
5. George Kruis
6. Chris Robshaw
7. James Haskell
8. Billy Vunipola

Replacements:
16. Luke Cowan-Dickie
17. Matt Mullan
18. Paul Hill
19. Joe Launchbury
20. Courtney Lawes
21. Danny Care
22. George Ford
23. Jack Nowell

THE HOSTS .... AUSTRALIA

Backs:
15. Israel Folau
14. Dane Haylett-Petty
13. Tevita Kuridrani
12. Samu Kerevi
11. Rob Horne
10. Bernard Foley
9. Nick Phipps

Forwards:
1. Scott Sio
2. Stephen Moore (Captain)
3. Greg Holmes
4. Rory Arnold
5. Rob Simmons
6. Scott Fardy
7. Michael Hooper
8. David Pocock.

Replacements:
16.Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17. James Slipper, 18. Sekope Kepu, 19. James Horwill, 20. Dean Mumm, 21. Sean McMahon, 22. Nick Frisby, 23. Christian Lealiifano