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Jorgensen scores after the siren for Wallabies 42-37 win against England

Jorgensen scores after the siren for Wallabies 42-37 win against England

By Alipate Narawa
10/11/2024
Source : Getty images

An 84th-minute try to Max Jorgensen has delivered the Wallabies a famous 42-37 win over England in London, their finest under coach Joe Schmidt.

Schmidt's side looked destined for defeat when Maro Itoje scored with two minutes to go.

However, the Wallabies were never going to give up and had one last chance to attack after a mistake from the kickoff from the English.

Centre Len Ikitau produced the magic ball, finding space to unleash his winger Jorgensen who beat the covering defence and dived over the line for the winner.

It's Australia's first win at Twickenham since 2015 as Schmidt's side were left to lap up a stunned Allianz Stadium.

England flyhalf Marcus Smith did everything he could to get England over the line, setting up the first two tries to Chandler Cunningham-South for a 15-3 lead.

The Australians refused to panic and worked their way back, new recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii was there to set up their opening try with the bat on to Tom Wright, one of several great touches on debut.

With all the momentum, the Wallabies went into the break with a 20-18 lead thanks to a late Noah Lolesio penalty.

This extended after the break with a brilliant work of athleticism from Jeremy Williams. However, England wasn’t done yet as Smith almost got the hosts back into the contest.

It started with a classy grubber to find Ollie Sleightholme unmarked in the corner to reduce the margin.

Wallabies Coach Joe Schmidt says it was not a great start, but he was really proud of the way the boys built their way back into that game and then to get the lead by half-time was great.

Schmidt says they were really strong in the tackle and really combated for them.

Source: rugby.com.au

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