England win Sydney epic to take series 3-0

SYDNEY: England completed a series whitewash in Australia with a 44-40 victory in a pulsating third and final Test in Sydney on Saturday. The Wallabies led by a point at half-time courtesy of the boot of Bernard Foley, after Dan Cole and Mike Brown had crossed for England, and Foley and Dane Haylett-Petty for the hosts.Michael Hooper and Israel Folau tries cancelled out a Billy Vunipola score.But Owen Farrell’s boot kept England in touch and Jamie George’s try helped them to a record score and a 3-0 win.It was England’s biggest ever points total against the Wallabies, and earned them the first 3-0 series win by a touring side in Australia since South Africa in 1971.

After their defensive heroics in the 23-7 second Test win last weekend the tourists were keen to show more of their attacking game in Sydney, and they duly delivered as what could have been a flat dead rubber turned in an epic encounter as both sides looked to move the ball at will. It was not a day for the defence coaches as the sides shared nine tries between them, and in the end the difference probably came down to the narrow ascendancy of the English pack.