England Under-18 scored seven tries in beating Australia Schools 46-1`9 at St Ignatius, Riverview in Sydney on Saturday.

This was the third match of England's three-match tour of Australia. They beat and Australian Invitational Under-19 side 19-8 in their first match and then Australian A Schools 27-0.

The platform for England's victory over Australian Schools was built in the first half when England scored five of their tries. but the Australians then scored 14 unanswered points in the second half to bring the score to 36-19 with 15 minutes to play. But England secured the big win with a penalty and converted try.

Coach John Fletcher said afterwards: “The first half was as good as it gets. I knew we were that capable. We often train like that, but to do it when it really mattered was really pleasing.

“we've left some good players at home and we had three unavailable to select because of injury but today was about the boys on the park. It was an outstanding performance.”

Scorers:

For England:
Tries: Lightfoot-Brown, Nowell, Barrow, Hill, Webber, Slade, Crumpton
Cons: Slade 3, Robinson
Pen: Robinson

For Australia:
Tries: Horwitz, Stewart, McMahon
Cons: McIntyre 2

Teams

England Under-18: 15 Jack Nowell (Truro College & Exeter Chiefs), 14 Marcus Webber (Manchester Grammar & Leeds Carnegie), 13 Sam Jones (Ivybridge College & Exeter Chiefs), 12 Sam Hill (Ivybridge College & Exeter Chiefs), 11 Jack Arnott (Ivybridge College & Exeter Chiefs), 10 Henry Slade (Plymouth College & Exeter Chiefs), 9 James Lightfoot-Brown (St Paul’s Catholic College & London Irish), 8 David Sisi (St Paul’s Catholic College & London Irish), 7 Matt Hankin (Haileybury College & Saracens), 6 Joe Buckle (Bryanston & Bath Rugby), 5 Dominic Barrow (Prince Henry’s Grammar & Leeds Carnegie) (captain), 4 Tom Price (Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth 1st & Leicester Tigers), 3 Kyle Sinckler (Epsom College & Harlequins), 2 Scott Spurling (Harrow School & Saracens), 1 Danny Herriott (Moulton College & Northampton Saints)
Replacements: 16 Max Crumpton (Oaklands College & Saracens), 17 Tom Jubb (Oaklands College & Saracens), 18 George Sandford (St Paul’s Catholic College & London Irish), 19 Tom Stephenson (Moulton College & Northampton Saints), 20 Alex Day (St Joseph’s College & Northampton Saints), 21 Oliver Rosillo (Harrogate Grammar & Leeds Carnegie), 22 Will Robinson (Twyford College & London Wasps), 23 Zach Kibirge (Yarm School & Newcastle Falcons),

Coaches: John Fletcher, Ian Peel, Peter Walton

Australian Schools: 15 Alan Alaalatoa (Newington College), 14 Saia Tanginoa (Prairewood HS), 13 Brogan Roods (Newington College), 12 Jim Stewart (The Scots College), 11 Alex Northam (Killarney Heights HS), 10 David Horwitz (The Scots College), 9 Waldo Wessels (Endeavour SHS), 8 Caleb Timu (Marsden SHS), 7 Mark Baldwin (Newington College), 6 Sean McMahon (St Joseph’s Nudgee College), 5 Michael Wells (St Ignatius College), 4 Curtis Browning (Brisbane State High School), 3 Allan Faalavau (Dandenong High School), 2 Maile Ngauamo (Ipswich Grammar School), 1 Feleti Kaituu(St Joseph’s Nudgee College)
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Lawley (Knox Grammar School), 17 Harry Scoble (Wanneroo SHS), 18 Feao Fotuakai (St Francis College), 19 Corey Thomas (Guildford Grammar School), 20 Will Miller (The Scots College), 21 Scott Malolua (Marist College Ashgrove), 22 Jake McIntyre (Alstonville High School), 23 Allan Alaalatoa (Dandenong High School)

Coaches: Stephen Phillpotts, Tim Rapp

Referee: Ed Martin (Australia)
Assistant referees: Anthony Moyes (Australia), Darren Bradley (Australia)