England 45-22 Australia - Nations Championship result and reaction as Henry Pollock scores two of seven tries

Henry Pollock claimed a pair as England scored seven tries against a poor Australia side.

England raced into a 19-3 lead after their forwards took control of the game, with Jamie George, Ollie Chessum and Joe Heyes on the scoresheet.

But Australia were given a lifeline right before half-time through a Max Jorgensen interception to reduce the deficit to 19-10.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, who was everywhere for England in the first half, had to go off with an ankle injury at half-time and he was replaced by Pollock.

The Northampton Saints back row did not seem remotely phased by playing on the wing, making a gainline break to get the move started for Jack van Poortvliet's try, before scoring twice for himself in the right corner.

The Wallabies scored two of their own through Filipo Daugunu and Jeremy Williams to suggest a fightback was on the cards but a Ben Spencer interception put the gloss on a great English performance.

That is now one win and three defeats for them and they sit on eight points.

And that result means that both South Africa and New Zealand, who are both four from four and have a maximum 20 points, are guaranteed to be the top two teams in the Southern Hemisphere division.

With that bonus point win, England moved up to second in the Northern Hemisphere table, ahead of Ireland on points difference and just two points behind France.

They face Japan next week in another match they will be hoping for maximum points, before a challenging end to the autumn campaign against New Zealand.

They could yet find themselves in the final at Twickenham, but they will need France to slip up against either South Africa or Argentina.

That was a majorly impressive performance by England today and they will be delighted.

The forwards did the bulk of the work in the first half, with tries coming from Jamie George, Ollie Chessum and Joe Heyes.

Then the backs took over, with Jack van Poortvliet, Henry Pollock (who came on as a winger at half-time) and Ben Spencer completing an excellent second half performance.

Australia meanwhile were pretty poor on the whole, and even with the tries in the second half, they were always on the back foot.

And that is that!

Oh another intercept!

This time replacement scrum-half, who had literally just stepped onto the field in place of Jack van Poortvliet reads Filipo Daugunu's attempted offload and runs it in unopposed from 22 metres out.

That is now England's record score against Australia and they are not necessarily done yet...

Oh that is not one that Maro Itoje will want to look at this evening...

He takes the lineout but his elbow hits Will Stuart's back and he drops the ball, with Australia flanker Jeremy WIlliams scooping up the loose ball and dives over.

A brilliant tackle from Henry Slade denies Max Jorgensen a second in the corner and England have a lineout five meters out.

Things not quite clicking for England suddenly and Marcus Smith spills a pass to hand Australia another scrum.

It has been a very intriguing encounter on the whole but the last five minutes have not been quite as impressive.

Another error from Australia at the breakdown and they are penalised.

England go to the corner... but Henry Slade is held up in the midfield and Australia will have a scrum.

England make several changes as Seb Atkinson goes off with what looks like a knee injury, he is replaced by Marcus Smith.

Will Stuart replaces Joe Heyes and George Martin comes on for Alex Coles.

Something back for Australia!

It really has not been a very good display today for the Wallabies but that is more like it.

Filipo Daugunu gets the ball in space on the left hand side and he is too strong for George Furbank as he dives into the left corner.

They couldn't could they?

It's Pollock again!

This time this is an absolutely brilliant England move as Henry Slade's slick hands free up the backline and create and overlap and Pollock receives it in a lot of space.

He shows his pace and runs under the posts.

Now can he add a third?

It had to be him didn't it!

Henry Pollock dives over for yet another England try but this time when he is on the wing.

That you feel, is enough for England to be pretty comfortable out there, even with the missed conversion from Fin Smith.

England win another penalty in the Wallabies 22 and they go to the corner and back to their bread and butter and the driving maul.

Meanwhile, Declan Meredith is replaced by Ben Donaldson at fly-half for Australia.

England win a penalty in their 22 at the breakdown after Australia made an initially good break.

Joe Heyes needed some seeing to but he looks to be okay now.

Rob Valetini is on for Australia, replacing Lukhan Salakaia-Loto in the pack.

Taniela Tupou also on for Allan Alaalatoa in the front row.

Well that did not take long!

Henry Pollock makes a great carry down the left hand side for England and the ball then comes back the other way to Tommy Freeman, who passes inside to Jack van Poortvliet.

The England scrum-half runs under the posts unopposed and the conversion is successful - bonus point secured!

We are back for the second half and there is an interesting substitution...

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is replaced by Henry Pollock and the Northampton back row will play for the duration of the second half on the wing - certainly interesting!