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The Sports Corner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... Giteau who kicked superbly converting six of his seven shots on goal and adding a conversion after Adam Ashley-Coopers decisive try. Captain Stirling Mortlock added a long range penalty goal to complete the Australian scoring. For England, young wunderkind Danny Cipriani was erratic on the big stage. Whilst his calmness with the ball exuded class, his kicking was well off target including...
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... line, you've got to have a sense of having a full tank to be able to go the distance." Full-back Adam Ashley-Cooper, who swan-dived over for the match-sealing try at Twickenham last Saturday, said the pre-tour camps were "absolutely" paying dividends. "That four weeks was some of the toughest training I've ever been involved with," said Ashley-Cooper. "I mean, 10 sessions in...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
15-Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14-Peter Hynes, 13-Ryan Cross,
12-Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11-Drew Mitchell, 10-Matt
Giteau, 9-Luke Burgess, 8-Wycliff Palu, 7-George Smith, 6-Dean
Mumm, 5-Nathan Sharpe, 4-Hugh McMeniman, 3-Al Baxter, 2-Stephen
Moore, 1-Ben Alexander.
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Australia: 15-Adam Ashley-Cooper; 14-Peter Hynes, 13-Ryan
Cross, 12-Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11-Drew Mitchell; 10-Matt
Giteau, 9-Luke Burgess; 8-Wycliff Palu, 7-George Smith, 6-Dean
Mumm, 5-Nathan Sharpe, 4-Hugh McMeniman, 3-Al Baxter, 2-Stephen
Moore, 1-Ben Alexander.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... played in Marseille when we've come here - so I'm excited about that in its own right." Full-back Adam Ashley-Cooper, who scored the match-winning try at Twickenham, says the squad can see the finish line for the first time on the Wallabies' longest tour of the professional era. "Three Tests played, another three to go. "So it feels really good, but still there's a lot of work to...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... from opposite number Matt Giteau.The Wallaby No.10 kicked 20 points, including the conversion of Adam Ashley-Cooper’s second-half try, and controlled the game.The first thing for Johnson to address is the crazy penalty count that saw Giteau fill his boots.Leadership is another issue, after captain Steve Borthwick turned in another unconvincing display. Johnson said: “I thought Steve...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
... inexperience of England's new-look line-up to the full.With a late try also coming from full-back Adam Ashley-Cooper, Johnson was frustrated in his belief that Australia had not worked hard enough for their haul of points.But with matches against South Africa and New Zealand still to come in quick-fire succession, Johnson is convinced his current crop of players can soak up the inevitable...
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
The try-count might have finished at one-apiece but the Wallabies always looked the more settled, composed side, wriggling out of tight spots with the calm composure of a team very much on the rise. The Australian backs had their moments, never more spectacularly than in the 69th minute when they finally moved the ball slickly through the hands for captain Stirling Mortlock to put fullback Adam...
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
England held the momentum at half-time, having just scored a Nick Easter try to trail by a point, but the Wallabies added two more penalties in the second half in reply to England's one, before Adam Ashley-Cooper dived over the line in the right corner and Matt Giteau converted with 12 minutes to go. Johnson's men gave away 10 penalties in all, six of which were slotted over by fly-half...
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
England held the momentum at half-time, having just scored a Nick Easter try to trail by a point, but the Wallabies added two more penalties in the second half in reply to England's one, before Adam Ashley-Cooper dived over the line in the right corner and Matt Giteau converted with 12 minutes to go. Johnson's men gave away 10 penalties in all, six of which were slotted over by fly-half...
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
England held the momentum at half-time, having just scored a Nick Easter try to trail by a point, but the Wallabies added two more penalties in the second half in reply to England's one, before Adam Ashley-Cooper dived over the line in the right corner and Matt Giteau converted with 12 minutes to go. Johnson's men gave away 10 penalties in all, six of which were slotted over by fly-half...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
England held the momentum at half-time, having just scored a Nick Easter try to trail by a point, but the Wallabies added two more penalties in the second half in reply to England's one, before Adam Ashley-Cooper dived over the line in the right corner and Matt Giteau converted with 12 minutes to go. Johnson's men gave away 10 penalties in all, six of which were slotted over by fly-half...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
... other points came from the boot of captain Stirling Mortlock and a late converted try from Adam Ashley-Cooper which sealed victory.Adding to England's woes was the sight of their flyhalf Danny Cipriani, who had an off-target day with the boot, going off seven minutes before full-time with what looked like a recurrence of his ankle injury.England, who scored the game's first try through...
