Another titanic battle and now an epic series decider locked in for the Sydney Cricket Ground next Saturday night.
The Wallabies had a chance to win at Suncorp Stadium when in full comeback mode but just weren't precise enough.
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It was a 25-17 victory that England deserved by playing better to plan for longer periods with their survival in the series on the line.
England skipper Courtney Lawes had said pre-Test that this wasn't a time to play safe. He wanted to see the potential of a new-look team, especially with young faces everywhere in the backline.
There might have been little attacking craft from those young backs but there was plenty of defensive steel.
Huge credit to England for finding something at Suncorp Stadium that the All Blacks haven't managed on their last two visits to the ground...a win.
1 WRECKING THE ENGLISH TEA PARTY
Taniela Tupou's return was as influential as the Wallabies hoped.
He was every bit bringing to life his "movie star" role in the Stan Sport ad for this series when he crashes as an English tea party.
He won scrum penalties, he carried willingly and his charge produced the try that started the Wallabies' comeback.
Another strong ball-carry nearly got him to the line. The next play got Samu Kerevi there.
New dad Tupou got better and better in his 50-minute effort. The Wallabies only managed one penalty goal in 25 minutes without him on the field.
2 DODGEM DERBY
This series has been brutal in terms of injuries for Australia.
Poor Izzy Perese. He'd been humming all week about how good he felt, on and off the field, this season and was yearning for a chunk of Test time at Suncorp Stadium.
The winger's awkward landing after catching a Samu Kerevi chip kick after half-time will produce a dire diagnosis...knee surgery and a lengthy lay-off.
He was on early for Jordan Petaia who reeled away with a head knock after a clattering attempted tackle caught a bony English hip.
With the concussion return protocols he won't be playing at the SCG in the third Test.
Winger Andrew Kellaway has already been ruled out of the series so backline stocks are really being stretched.
Who is left standing? Experienced Reece Hodge will be on the bench for the third Test.
That's not even counting lock Cadeyrn Neville getting a twist to the knee.
3 GET RID OF THE KNOCKDOWN YELLOW CARD
Seriously, with so many stoppages and cards now in the game you could grab back some commonsense by getting rid of the yellow card for intentional knockdowns of passes.
Isn't it also a sign that the attacker has not been able to get the ball to his support early enough or skilfully enough to avoid a defender.
You have to feel for Perese and Marcus Smith who were both yellow carded for this offence which is starting to look like hitting a fly with a sledgehammer.
4 ELLIS GENGE
What a statement from the big English prop in the opening salvos to get the visiting team's physical supremacy and gainline running rolling when they commanded the opening 30 minutes.
He bumped off Michael Hooper on his opening run and had his teammates backslapping him after earning a scrum penalty against Tupou.
He all but intercepted a pass meant for a teammate he was so eager to keep smashing forward in the Australian quarter on another occasion.
5 TOM WRIGHT
This was one of Wright's best Tests on a big stage and he responded superbly to the pressure applied.
He was sure under high balls whether at wing or fullback. He stirred one of the biggest roars of the night from the crowd of 46,536 when he made a break, kicked ahead and then yanked England's Freddie Steward into touch.
It was a quality Test performance from Wright.
