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England Beat Australia 45-22 With Record Points Haul

sportNov 11, 2026·358 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. According to the Daily Mail, it was the most points England have ever scored against the Wallabies, as Australia's national side is known. The standout performer was 21-year-old Henry Pollock, a back-row forward who came off the bench to play on the wing after Immanuel Feyi-Waboso injured his ankle, and who scored twice.

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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