The Leicester man has caught that as sweet as a Stuart Pearce free-kick. Over it flies to exact immediate punishment for Maro Itoje's error.

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Maro Itoje is offside as he tries to sneak a python-like arm into the back of an Aussie rolling maul.

Penalty Australia.

And Matt Toomua is going to take a crack at it from just inside the England 10 metre line....

Mike Tindall
Former England captain

A couple of worrying signs for Australia already. They don't get the ball out and England's scrum is so on top. Eddie Jones won't mind a set-piece game if that's going to continue.

Matt Dawson
Former England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 live

Simple, simple finish, executed brilliantly.

There's 15 players there congratulating each other, all the forwards are getting a pat on the back there, they've absolutely demolished the Australian scrum, there's nothing better than dominating your opposition in the opening minutes.

Matt Dawson
Former England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 live

A charge down dream there, Ben Youngs had done all the hard yards there.

Foley with a poor kick, that could of landed right in the bread basket of Youngs but we'll take the five metre scrum, what a start from England!

An early scare for Australia as they fluff their exit strategy.

Ben Youngs is up like a starved ferret to charge down Dane Haylett-Petty's attempted boot clear. The ball loops up and is carried back over his own line and to temporary safety by a Wallaby.

Scrum five white...

The Clash's London Calling is the final stab of tannoy music before Owen Farrell drops out to fellow captain Michael Hooper.

We are up and running...

Michael Hooper bellows out Advance Australia Fair, tonsils clanging like church bells.

God Save the Queen to follow with plenty of backing chorus from the stands.

"C'mon boys!" shouts an unseen white tracksuit as the final bars die away.

Kick-off next...

Will Genia trots out in front of the rest of the players on the occasion of his 100th cap.

A decent ovation from Twickenham for one of the game's good guys and great players.

Right, Jerusalem is ringing around the old house.

Time for a final reminder of the starting XVs.

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England hooker Jamie George speaking to Radio 5 Live: "I'm very confident with my line-out throwing, if you look at statistics across the Premiership I'm one of the best. Yes, the New Zealand game wasn't great, but the Japan game after, I thought I threw well.

"When you have pressurised throws, hookers think beyond the line-out and you can't do that - you have to focus on what's happening ahead of you in that line-out there.

"There's between 30 and 50 calls which change week to week, I try to write them down at the start of the week and make sure I know them.

Tom Fordyce
BBC chief sports writer at Twickenham

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A grey winter's afternoon at Twickenham, the sky like a flat, dull lid over the top of the concrete stands, a day for big coats and proper gloves and hats from the start. England know that they must light it up today: after an autumn where they have shone only in patches, it is time for an 80-minute show.

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Australia head coach Michael Cheika: "There’s been a bit of distraction, but you’ve got to deal with that, there are distractions that happen and you’ve got to get on and play.

"It’s very important us, to wear the Indigenous jersey, for all the players who represented the Indigenous Wallabies. It's important to channel the community and it’s part of our psyche to represent them, it’s about us becoming better people and sharing with them better, we want to represent them tonight and give them a performance they’ll be proud of.

"We’ve lost some winnable games this season but we’ve got back into tough games as well so we know we can show a lot of ticker. We’re going to have to go very deep into the well today and I know my players are ready for that."

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South African Jaco Peyper takes charge of this one today. He has ticked off his first duty, overseeing the coin toss and pleasantries between Owen Farrell and Michael Hooper.

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Australia will wear their 'Indigenous' playing shirt today It features a design by artist Dennis Golding and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags on each sleeve.

The shirt was first worn in the 23-18 win over New Zealand in Brisbane last year.

"The Australian jersey means a lot always," Cheika told BBC Sport.

"But we want to show indigenous Australians that rugby is a game that represents them as well."

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England head coach Eddie Jones talking to Radio 5 live: "I like playing against any country, obviously playing Australia there’s the emotional attachment but that won’t get in the way.

"I don’t think you ever have a magic formula to beat a team, you saw with Ireland and New Zealand last week, the All Blacks have got a 91% win rate and Ireland go and beat them. You’ve just got to be prepared for each game.

"It’s difficult to say with David Pocock's injury, maybe it’s staged, it’s a bit like an episode of Neighbours.

"We’re just focusing on our game and our preparation, we’re not focused on them."

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Where were you that heady autumnal morning?

I'll start: Clarendon Arms in Cambridge, eating free bacon sandwiches, trying to ignore the bloke screaming "'Hit 'im!" every time anyone in green or gold got a sniff of possession.

What a time to be alive...