Australia’s win against England had more twists and turns in the narrative than a Dickens’ novel.
, at Twickenham after such an extraordinary and historic match that the Australian rugby community isI know, I know. Too soon.It was proof positive of your correspondent’s long-held theorem that, “While there is nothing so dull as a dull rugby game, there is nothing so thrilling as a great one.”
The first 20 minutes was a cavalcade of England jerseys charging towards the Australian line, reminiscent of the famous quip from an Irish fly-half in the late 1950s, who lamented being constantly bested by his English opponent Phil Horrocks-Taylor: “Horrocks went one way, Taylor the other and I was left holding the bloody hyphen.
Mercifully, instead of relentlessly belting the Australian line, England now decided to try a series of box-kicks instead, giving the Wallabies back the ball and in this situation the stand-out Wallaby in attack, defence, in the air, on the ground, in cooking and bottle-washing, was the 21-year-old on debut –Suaalii’s transition from national rugby league to international rugby union was simply extraordinary.
Alas, just when it looked like we had it in the bag, the Wallabies suffered the return of the hyphens with Luke Cowan-Dickie jagging two tries to give England a 30-28 lead with just six minutes to go, to set up a superb finish.
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