England have levelled the series after a comprehensive 25-17 win over the Wallabies at Suncorp Stadium.
The visitors dominated the first half as man of the match Owen Farrell slotted penalty after penalty.
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Dave Rennie's men struck either side of the half but couldn't manage to pull back another gutsy victory as they were struck heavy by injuries.
Jordan Petaia (concussion), Izaia Perese, Cadeyrn Neville (both knee) and Scott Sio (neck/shoulder) are all in doubt for Sydney after picking up injuries.
In the end, Farrell's 20 points powered England to victory, setting up the decider at the SCG next week.
The English started strong as Marcus Smith put Ellis Genge through a hole inside two minutes. This set the tempo for the first half as the visitors dominated the collision battle and territory.
The Wallabies were struck down early by injury as Jordan Petaia was dazed after a tackle went awry.
Billy Vunipola opened the scoring in the fifth minute as they charged over from the rolling maul.
Two penalties from Owen Farrell kept the scoreboard ticking as they raced out to a 13-0 lead.
Genge found himself lucky to not receive further sanctioning after drawing the ire of the Suncorp faithful as he pinned down Nic White’s head with his elbow.
Izaia Perese wasn’t as lucky five minutes later as he saw himself yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-down.
This allowed Farrell and England to build further pressure as they kicked two penalties with the Waratah in the bin.
Needing a response, the returning Taniela Tupou proved unstoppable from close as he barged over, reducing the margin to 19-7 at the break.
The Wallabies would suffer a further blow as Perese was carted from the field with a knee injury, landing awkwardly as he chased a chip kick.
This failed to stop their momentum as Samu Kerevi sliced through the defence and crossed.
It went from bad to worse for England as Marcus Smith was sent for ten for his own deliberate knock-down inside the 22, with Lolesio making no mistake with the resulting penalty.
From here, the hosts hunted for a response, however, struggled to finish off their chances as the English survived promising attacking efforts from Tom Wright and Marika Koroibete.
Struggles at lineout time came back to haunt them as Eddie Jones' men kept themselves in the fight as time ticked down.
In the end, the English held on to level the series as Farrell kicked his seventh penalty of the night to seal the 25-17 victory.
ENGLAND 25
TRIES: B. Vunipola
CONS: Farrell 1/1
PENS: Farrell 6/7
WALLABIES 17
TRIES: Tupou, Kerevi
CONS: Lolesio 2/2
PENS: Lolesio 1/1
WALLABIES (1-15): Angus Bell, Dave Porecki, Taniela Tupou, Matt Philip, Cadeyrn Neville, Rob Leota, Michael Hooper (c), Rob Valetini, Nic White, Noah Lolesio, Marika Koroibete, Samu Kerevi, Hunter Paisami, Tom Wright, Jordan Petaia
Reserves: Folau Fainga'a, Scott Sio, James Slipper, Nick Frost, Pete Samu, Jake Gordon, James O'Connor, Izaia Perese
ENGLAND (1-15): Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Will Stuart, Maro Itjoe, Jonny Hill, Courtney Lawes (c), Sam Underhill, Billy Vunipola, Jack Van Poortvliet, Marcus Smith, Joe Cokanasiga, Owen Farrell, Guy Porter, Jack Nowell, Freddie Steward
Reserves: Luke Cowan-Dicke, Mako Vunipola, Joe Heyes, Ollie Chessum, Lewis Ludlam, Will Joseph, Danny Care, Henry Arundell
