England Beat Australia 45-22, Pollock Stands Out

Steve Borthwick's England side beat Australia 45-22 at the Allianz Stadium to secure a much-needed win in the Nations Championship. Earlier in the week, newspaper reports claimed Borthwick had a disagreement with the squad over the summer. Jamie George denied these claims to Sky Sports.

England scored seven tries and set a record points total against Australia. George scored the first try, followed by Ollie Chessum, Joe Heyes, Jack van Poortvliet, Henry Pollock (twice) and Ben Spencer. Fin Smith steered the team's attack well, kicking five conversions.

Australia's tries came from Max Jorgensen, Filipo Daugunu and Jeremy Williams. However, the Wallabies could not match their opponents in the battle for power. Angus Bell received a yellow card in the first half, and his team lost its numerical advantage. Bell became the first player to be penalised for a hip-drop tackle, a technique World Rugby banned this month.

England had celebrated an early try after an effective run by Immanuel Feyi-Waboso before he was injured. However, after TMO replays, the try was disallowed because Ben Curry's forward pass to Chessum at the start of the move was spotted.