England vs Australia Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2024 Autumn Internationals

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Two struggling nations do battle in the Autumn Nations Series as Australia take on England at Twickenham.

Start date/time: Saturday 9th November, 2024, UK – 3:10pm / US ET – 10:10am / US PT – 7:10am

How to watch on tv: UK – TNT Sports / US – Peacock

How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Peacock

England Form: Response needed

England will be smarting from their 24-22 defeat to New Zealand last week as they were leading that match but a sloppy second-half display allowed the All Blacks to work their way back into the game and deprive them of a famous victory.

Head coach Steve Borthwick has been criticised in the wake of that defeat for some of the tactical decisions he made that ultimately turned the tide against them, and he really needs a strong performance from his men here to ease some of the pressure he will surely be feeling right now.

LAST FIVE: LWLLL

Australia form: In a rut

This is Australia’s first game since an awful Rugby Championship campaign that saw them finish bottom of the table with just one win from their six games, which continued a general downward trend in Australian rugby following their dismal showing in last year’s World Cup, where they failed to get out of the group stage.

Joe Schmidt has a huge job on his hands if he is to turn things around, but that has to start with being competitive in the Autumn Nations Series, with this their first of four games against the British home nations.

LAST FIVE: LWLLL

England Team News: Smith to start ahead of Ford

SQUAD: 15 George Furbank, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Tommy Freeman, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Jamie George (c), 1 Ellis Genge

REPLACEMENTS: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Alex Dombrandt, 21 Harry Randall, 22 George Ford, 23 Ollie Sleightholme

Australia Team News: Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii poised to make his debut

SQUAD: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Dylan Pietsch, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Harry Wilson (c), 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Rob Valetini, 5 Jeremy Williams, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 Angus Bell

REPLACEMENTS: 16 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17 James Slipper, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Max Jorgensen

England vs Australia Prediction

Both of these famous rugby-playing nations are not enjoying their best moment right now, with results not going their way over the past year or so and plenty of critisicm being aimed in their directions from fans and pundits alike.

There is at least more positivity surrounding this England team though, as it was mainly tactical reasons that they were unable to beat New Zealand last week. The Twickenham faithful will be demanding a response here, and the hosts look capable of overturning a -10 handicap in front of their own fans.

England vs Australia Tip: England to win with -10 handicap