England take down Australia on home soil

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><b>Australia 28 England 39<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>England gave themselves a great chance of a series victory over Australia after recovering from an ominous start to crush the Wallabies 39-28 at Suncorp Stadium&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Early tries by Michael Hooper and Israel Folau threatened to overrun the Grand Slam champions but they responded magnificently with Jonathan Joseph&comma; Marland Yarde and Jack Nowell crossing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The boot of Owen Farrell&comma; who had replaced George Ford at fly-half&comma; did the majority of the scoreboard damage as England sealed only their fourth victory Down Under in 18 matches&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nowell plundered his try in the final minute of a pulsating showdown in Brisbane as Australia went in search of a match-winning try of their own&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>England head to Melbourne for next Saturday&&num;8217&semi;s second Test knowing one more win would complete a series triumph over the World Cup finalists and identify them as a genuine force in the global game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Head coach Eddie Jones remains unbeaten since taking over at Twickenham and now has seven Test victories in the bank&comma; but the most recent of these &&num;8211&semi; against the side he once coached &&num;8211&semi; is by far the most precious&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>James Haskell had clearly listened to Jones&&num;8217&semi; demand for England to play &&num;8216&semi;bodyline&&num;8217&semi; rugby as he smashed David Pocock backwards with a thunderous tackle&comma; but it was Australia who made the stronger start and they crossed inside the opening 10 minutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The warning signs were there as only a turnover on the whitewash by Maro Itoje prevented a Wallabies try&comma; but they were more accurate shortly after when a fine break by Folau created the space for Hooper to score&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jones had predicted Australia would come out &&num;8220&semi;breathing fire&&num;8221&semi; and he was proved correct as they tore into the breakdown and repeatedly broke the gain line&comma; creating space almost at will&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Wallabies were irrepressible as they renewed their assault once more and this time it was Folau who touched down&comma; skipping around a tackle from Farrell after England&&num;8217&semi;s defence had been stretched to breaking point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Farrell penalty got England off the mark but it was still one-way traffic as they struggled to cope with Australia&&num;8217&semi;s pace and power &&num;8211&semi; at least until a dose of good fortune fell their way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two missed touch-finders resulted in the Wallabies being pinned back in their own 22 and the deficit was slashed further when they were penalised at the breakdown with Farrell punishing the error&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bernard Foley appeared to have added a stunning solo try but obstruction by Rory Arnold on Luther Burrell that created the initial opening resulted in it being ruled out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Farrell ran hard and straight and made ground and once Australia had been penalised once again &&num;8211&semi; they now trailed 8-1 on the penalty count &&num;8211&semi; the Saracens fly-half was on target with the three points&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And just as the half-hour mark passed&comma; England seized the lead when two hare-brained passes were pounced on by Joseph who hacked ahead&comma; gathered and touched down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Honours were even at the scrum with each side winning penalties which were kicked by Farrell and Foley respectively&comma; with the British and Irish Lion having the final say of the half&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>England made the best possible start to the second period when a line-out drive ended with Haskell peeling off the back and striding 20 metres before being halted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The respite for Australia was only temporary&comma; however&comma; as two phases later Ford &&num;8211&semi; who had replaced the injured Burrell &&num;8211&semi; used a brilliant long pass to give Yarde a simple run in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Farrell continued to hit the mark from the kicking tee as England stormed 29-13 ahead&comma; but the Wallabies hinted at their own fightback when Hooper produced a fine finish after good work from Folau&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Farrell appeared to have given England some breathing space with his sixth penalty&comma; but when Tevita Kuridrani powered over&comma; the lead was reduced to 32-25 after Foley converted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A nail-biting climax awaited and the nerves only intensified when Foley kicked a long-range penalty with two minutes remaining to offer sight of victory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead&comma; 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