Joseph double as England down Wallabies for unbeaten 2016

Jonathan Joseph scored two tries as England beat Australia 37-21 at Twickenham on Saturday to complete an unbeaten 2016. Their fourth victory over the Wallabies this year, following a 3-0 series win in Australia in June, was especially sweet for England coach Eddie Jones. England's Australian boss had been depicted as a clown in Saturday's edition of The Australian newspaper. But he was the one smiling at the end as England equalled their national record of 14 successive Test wins -- a mark set in 2003 when they won the World Cup final against an Australia side coached by Jones. This win, England's 13th under Jones in 2016, saw England record their first perfect year since they won all six Tests in 1992. Saturday's success was all the more impressive as England were 10-0 down early on against a fired-up Australia side. Bernard Foley's penalty was followed by a converted try for wing Sefa Naivalu, one of four changes from the Australia side beaten 27-24 by Ireland last weekend. England, however, recovered to lead 13-10 after two Owen Farrell penalties and Joseph's converted breakaway try. But two more Foley penalties gave Australia a narrow interval advantage. Early in the second half, England hit back with a Marland Yarde try before Ben Youngs's quick-thinking dart saw the scrum-half go over as well. Inside centre Farrell kicked 15 points as he landed all six of his goal kicks. Sekope Kepu pulled a try back for Australia with 15 minutes left but Joseph's intercept score sealed England's victory. - 'Terrible in first half' - "We were terrible in the first half," Jones told Sky Sports. "We rebounded very well to get back into the game and, conversely, in the first 20 minutes of the second half we were outstanding," added Jones, who took over from the sacked Stuart Lancaster following hosts England's first-round exit at last year's World Cup. Australia captain Stephen Moore paid tribute to England by saying: "You don't win that many games in a row without being a good team." Australia were on top early on but saw fly-half Foley skew a penalty wide. It then looked as if Tevita Kuridrani had grabbed a try but it was disallowed by the television match official for a knock-on by David Pocock. England then lost the ball against the head at the ensuing scrum and a floated pass sent in Naivalu for a try. Foley added the difficult conversion. Australia then twice came close to a try only for referee Jaco Peyper, after consulting the TMO, ruling he could not see the grounding when both prop Kepu and Kuridrani were driven over. The second near score did lead to a simple penalty in front of the posts, which Foley kicked to make it 10-0. England eventually got out of their own half and Farrell kicked a long-range penalty in the 18th minute. Australia were threatening again when England forced a ruck turnover near their own line. Fly-half George Ford broke clear on and his kick was chased down by Yarde for a five-metre attacking scrum before Farrell's penalty cut the Wallabies' lead to 10-6. England went ahead against the run of play when, after Kepu knocked on at a ruck, Farrell hacked the ball downfield and centre Joseph outsprinted the cover for a try under the posts. Farrell converted and England were 13-10 up in the 27th minute before two Foley penalties before the break edged the Wallabies 16-13 in front at half time. But four minutes into the second half, England were on front as wing Yarde, in after Elliot Daly was suspended for a red card in last week's 27-14 win over Argentina, beat Wallaby fullback Israel Folau in the race to touch down Joseph's kick. Farrell landed the sideline conversion and England led 20-16. England's forwards were getting on top of the Wallaby pack and Youngs caught Australia napping with a quickly-taken tap penalty that saw him dummy opposing scrum-half Nick Phipps for an opportunist try. Farrell converted and his subsequent penalty extended England's lead to 14 points. Folau then set up Kepu's try but Foley missed the conversion. Australia's Dane Haylett-Petty was yellow-carded for a late tackle and Joseph completed England's victory when he intercepted a pass from Pocock seven minutes from time.