REACT: Perese and Petaia join Wallabies' list of devastating injuries as Eddie's England level series

England were back on level terms in a three-Test series against Australia but the charge for the Wallabies was significantly greater than the 25-17 reverse in the second Test at a hectic Suncorp Stadium.

The Wallabies’ rankings are thin ahead of a decider in Sydney next week. Australia lost Izzy Perese and Cadeyrn Neville to potentially serious knee injuries, while Jordan Perese, playing at full-back for the first time for the Wallabies, lasted only a few minutes before he was forced off and is likely to miss next week with a concussion. protocol.

And substitute Scott Sio added to the carnage that followed moments after coming on with a shoulder injury.

If that wasn’t bad enough – with the Wallabies missing Tom Banks to a broken arm in the win a week earlier – his replacement Andrew Kellaway revealed at half-time that he would be out for eight weeks with a hamstring injury sustained in training on Tuesday. .

“I feel for those people,” said Samu Kerevi. “They work very hard. And went like that with HIA and injured. It will be difficult and we will work around them and the squad will be tight.”

Australia did well to make that game despite injury and went down 19-0 thanks to poor discipline. They were five points behind with 15 games remaining when a poor lineout shot was caught by the visitors.

England coach Eddie Jones came into the game under immense pressure but maintained his perfect record as an international coach on the pitch – ending the Wallabies’ 10-game winning streak at their fort.

Owen Farrell at No.12 was in full control of the game and kept the points rolling with 20 of his own.

Trial scorer Billy Vunipola says England must bounce back.

“We were beaten last week and we were talking about fronting, especially forwards, and I think we did that,” he said.

“I got compensation from my father last week. I had to step up my game today and hopefully he’s proud and the whole of England is proud. Today is about boys. We did it hard last week and we know that Eddie is a good guy but also a tough guy.

“We have to perform today.”

There was some heat in the lead between props rival Taniela Tupou, back after eight weeks out with a calf injury, and Ellis Genge spiked British loosehead Ellis Genge.

And it was Genge who made an instant impact – Tupou’s acknowledgment that they would crush each other, and England’s poor form up front a week earlier, seemed to get the big Briton excited.

Within minutes of the start Genge ran straight over Michael Hooper, leaving the Wallabies captain at his back.

Genge looked for Hooper again as soon as Maro Itoje dragged the lineout and Billy Vunipola away from maul. Genge stood up and hit Hooper in the chest several times.

Referee Andrew Brace, a former Belgium international, whipped up the Australian’s discipline as Genge dominated Tupou in the scrum.

Brace fired England’s Jonny Hill with a penalty for a shot in the intercept but was not so lenient when Perese did the same, sending him into the spotlight.

This is a law that causes many hands to wring.

“Maybe I’m biased. What should she do?” said injured team-mate Andrew Kellaway at half-time. “He chased the ball and was sent off. As a fan I hate to see it – as a player I hate to see it. The only people who are happy with that are England.”

Commentator Stan Andrew Mehrtens is an avowed law hater.

“This is the absurdity we see today, without common sense being applied to some decisions,” Mehrtens said. “I really have a problem with this. It wasn’t an intentional knock. There’s no way he would have thought of doing that.”

Former Wallaby Drew Mitchell said Australia had bigger problems to deal with.

“We can all sit here and make lyrics about yellow cards,” Mitchell said. “Yeah it’s a handicap, yes we need to do something about it., but the reality is the Wallabies are getting more and more dominant physically, they’re not in the game, discipline is a problem, Taniela Tupou is getting more and more dominating at scrum time.”

England scored just one try in the first half despite a splendid dominance of the 7-2 penalty count and the Australians have Hunter Paisami to thank – an attempted tackle save slashed Jack Nowells after England created a huge overlap.

Tupou was finally in action, making the right attempt in the first half after two powerful strikes from Angus Bell. It took Australia 36 minutes to have the ball in England 22 for the first time in the game and a 19-7 first-half lead flattered the hosts.

Having lost Kellaway in midweek and Tom Banks to a broken arm a week ago, they were barely able to hit another back line, but after Jordan Petaia’s HIA miss in the opening minutes, his replacement Izzy Perese was sent off with a serious knee injury.

Farrell struck a penalty then Tupou raced across the line just short of coming. From the maul, the Australian went wide to the left and Samu Kerevi ran over him, putting the ball just centimeters in front of the set-piece line.

Tupou and Bell were soon replaced by James Slipper and Scott Sio, but the latter was replaced soon after with an apparent shoulder injury while Nick Frost came on for Cadeyrn Neville who appeared to have a serious knee injury.

In the 52nd minute the momentum changed again when Marcus Smith was booked for a deliberate shot.

“It was just a reflex,” Mehrtens said. “That’s even worse than Perese’s.”

Australia hit a penalty as Smith took his side seat, closing the gap to 22-17. The hosts gave another chance on the three points, but their maul approach didn’t work.

A steal from Mat Philip on the hour was wasted when James O’Connor kicked full but a moment of magic from Tom Wright who sprinted 50 yards then kicked forward and dragged Tommy Freeman into touch.

Momentum soon exploded when substitute Folau Fainga’a’s hooker was deemed “definitely not straight” by Brace and instead of facing a rolling maul near their line, England went through.

Within a minute they were in the Australian red zone with Smith taking over to put them inches away from trying to kill the game. Australia conceded a penalty and Farrell’s strike pushed the lead to eight with 13 minutes remaining.

“It was just a few small mistakes that the Wallabies made – a non-straight lineout, a full shot from James O’Connor – the big mistakes when you’re attacking,” lamented Tim Horan at Stan.

England captain Courtney Lawes reveals his plans for an early hard exit.

“We want to get out quickly and we know that in games like this, which is pretty much the case, we have to win it, we have to get out of the blocks and get stuck in it,” said Lawes. “We set the tone early and we knew they would be back. They are a quality team but managed to stay there.”

The beaten-up Captain Hooper was on the back foot from the first minute but was pleased with how his injured side responded.

“We wanted to start the game very physically. And I think England won that battle tonight. They threw punches and got into our throats pretty well,” Hooper said.

“We managed to stop the bleeding and get back into the game. Some big moments at the end when we could have got some points, we didn’t get them. Fighting in this team to be in it until the end was really fun.”

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