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England Beat Australia 45-22 With Record Points

sportNov 11, 2026·297 words·3 min read

England's rugby union team beat Australia 45-22 on 8 November 2026, scoring seven tries in a Nations Championship match at Allianz Stadium. The Daily Mail reported that it was the most points England have ever scored against Australia. The star of the game was 21-year-old Henry Pollock, who came on as a substitute after Immanuel Feyi-Waboso hurt his ankle, and then scored two tries.

Rugby union started at Rugby School in England, where students wrote the first rules in 1845. Each team has 15 players, and the ball is oval. A try is when a player puts the ball down behind the other team's goal line. It is worth five points. Players can only pass the ball sideways or backwards, so they must run or kick to move forward. A match lasts 80 minutes.

World Rugby, the group that runs the sport, says more than 7 million people play it. Another report says the number is over 10 million. The Rugby World Cup takes place every four years, and South Africa has won it four times. But rugby is a rough sport. Australia's Angus Bell was sent off for a short time after a dangerous tackle that injured Feyi-Waboso. Now Feyi-Waboso and another player may miss England's next game, against Japan.

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