England enjoy the early possession and both centres get their hands on the ball in their new roles.

White shirts driving through contact until the ball is knocked on.

Bright start by the hosts.

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Marcus Smith gets us up and running...

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Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

On Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: Rugby League's wonder kid. Rugby League are really 'bassed off' that Rugby Union have nabbed the mega-star. As a defender he has the ability to read the play and then slam the door shut. There is a worry he might make a high shoulder hit, but he is a sensational defender. England might catch him but he is six foot five and is massive, he's brave, he is hard and he smashes people.

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Here we go then.

The anthems have been proudly sung.

The tracksuits have been stripped.

The crowd are making themselves heard.

We are all set...

England recorded their eighth straight victory over Australia in their last outing against the Wallabies at Twickenham.

Full-back Freddie Steward sliced through for England's first try after just six minutes, with replacement hooker Jamie Blamire scoring in the final passage of play to record a 32-15 win.

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Australia head coach Joe Schmidt, speaking to TNT Sports on Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: "He has had a couple of weeks with us, everything is a gamble but we have a confidence in him. As a 21-year-old he has a quiet confidence about him as well for a young man."

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A minute of silence impeccably observed. Time for the anthems before England and Australia face off...

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BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium

The Rose and Poppy Memorial gates are the entrance to the stadium for the two teams.

Their design features 15 roses at the bottom gradually morphing into remembrance poppies by the top of the gate.

Wreaths were laid at the gates just after midday today and there will be a moment of silence before the anthems.

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2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I am expecting England to turn up and beat Australia. I think the way they played last weekend, at times, was pretty decent for an autumn international against an All Black side who have capability.

At times England looked to dominate that game, so if the do have that type of mood and if they are as dominant as times against New Zealand, I am not sure Australia will be able to handle that.

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There has been a lot of noise around England in recent days.

Veteran prop Joe Marler called time on his Test career, while former scrum-half Danny Care criticised the Eddie Jones' era following the release of his book.

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England may have the upper hand on the rugby field, but in cricket Australia are clear.

Not since 2015 have England had their hands on the Ashes, something Wallabies captain Harry Wilson keeps a close eye on.

"We have such good rivalry in many sports. I love my Ashes cricket and you know how intense that rivalry is," Wilson said.

"There's nothing better than trying to get one up on them [England].

"In saying that, we don't have the best record against them in the past few years, so it would be exciting for us to get one up on them.

"I probably preferred my cricket throughout my schooling life, I'm very much a cricket snuffy [nerd], I live and breathe it."

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BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium

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Australia's big-money man Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii is on the scene.

The 21-year-old is playing his first game of union since he was a schoolboy. Does he look nervous? Er, no.

He climbs off the bus clutching a back roller and is straight out on the pitch in his bare feet to feel the fibre of Allianz Stadium's fabric.

Also good to see someone on nearly a million pounds a year keeping it real with wired earphones.

There is some fun and games down in the England warm-up area with Danny Care, on punditry duties, helping out with Theo Dan's warm-up drill during some down time and Ugo Monye attempting, unsuccessfully, to pot a drop-goal from a tight angle.

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England head coach Steve Borthwick, speaking to TNT Sports: "Australia are developing like we are. They have been together since the Rugby Championship. They have an incredible attacking backline like us."

On the positional switch of Henry Slade and Ollie Lawrence: "Both Henry and Ollie are pretty interchangeable anyway with their skillsets. They have a lot of talent, with the more time they spend together, the better they are playing.

On if his replacements are planned: "We will adapt like we always do to make the right substitution at the right time."

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BBC Sport at Allianz Stadium

One of England's mascots today is six-year-old Ollie Ewens - the great, great, great, great nephew of England player, Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Mobbs, who died at Passchendaele on 31st July 1917.

Mobbs was a wing for Northampton and Saints have played an annual Mobbs Memorial match since 1921.

The Ella-Mobbs Trophy is up for grabs later. A cool name, but where does it come from?

The Cook Cup - named after British explorer James Cook - was retired in 2022 in favour of something that represented both countries.

The new trophy was named after 25-cap Wallaby Mark Ella and English war hero Edgar Mobbs, who played nine times for England, hence "Ella-Mobbs".

Does rugby have too many trophies?

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Talking of 'destructive', England have plenty of enforcers to call upon themselves.

Chandler Cunningham-South is exactly that and the Allianz Stadium will be wanting to see more heavy hitting from the flanker.

Wallabies, beware...

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Australia prop Taniela Tupou weighs in at 23 stones and four pounds (148kg). And he can shift!

Despite England's scrum struggling in the second half against New Zealand, England prop Will Stuart is confident they can take on Tupou and the Wallabies at scrum time.

"Taniela Tupou is very destructive and a heavy guy, and Angus Bell is also a big guy and a good scrummager," Stuart told BBC Sport.

"Both are very capable, so it is a big point of contention. So we will get stuck into that.

"We put so much emphasis on New Zealand's scrum. Overall the scrum as a whole gave away key penalties at the end of the game.

"As a whole front row we know there is still loads to work on, but we are pretty happy from the progress after playing them in the summer."

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Lincoln and James are down for the day from Nantwich, lured in by the prospect of seeing the Wallabies up close and in person for the first time.

Young James plays second row for Crewe and Nantwich - Tom and Ben Curry's junior club - but his favourite England player is Marcus Smith.

Both generations are predicting an England win, but Lincoln is the most optimistic, forecasting a 10-point winning margin. James sees it coming down to a three-point game.

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England have failed to finish off teams in the final quarter of matches against top opposition – and their captain Jamie George wants that habit to end.

"We want to play with courage, be brave, take teams on and never sit back. The challenge is can we do that for 80 minutes?" George said.

"There's a fine line between being relentless and almost reckless. We're very clear about how we want to go about things.

"The more time we spend together, the better we're going to get. Whoever we're playing, we want to take them on.

"We have got to focus on being clinical and executing the game plan. If we do that, the results will take care of themselves.

"If you worry about expectation too much you start sitting back and being fearful of failure rather than going out there and taking teams on.

"We will take Australia on - that has been the message all week."