Five classic Test matches between England and Australia

Ahead of this Saturday's autumn clash between two in-form teams, we look at some of the recent showdowns between England and Australia.

England 26-17 Australia, Twickenham (November 29, 2014)

England appeared to have seized a psychological advantage ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup with a 26-17 triumph over Australia, as the Wallabies suffered successive defeats to Stuart Lancaster's side.

A dominant display from England's pack laid the foundation for victory as Gloucester No 8 Ben Morgan scored two tries.

Tries from Bernard Foley and Will Skelton kept Australia in the game but England held out to record back-to-back home wins over the Wallabies for the first time since 2002.

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Defeats to New Zealand and South Africa had extended England's losing run to five Test matches, but Lancaster's troops followed up their success against Samoa with a rousing victory in front of a raucous crowd.

In a game of missed chances, the England management team visibly breathed a collective sigh of relief when a steely-eyed Ford slotted a fourth penalty late on to seal an important victory.

England 37-21 Australia, Twickenham (December 3, 2016)

England shook off an indifferent first half to beat Australia 37-21 at Twickenham to end 2016 unbeaten with a 14th successive win.

The victories - 13 of which were under Eddie Jones - equalled England's winning streak recorded by the 2003 World Cup-winning team under Sir Clive Woodward.

It was a shaky start from England as Australia sought to avenge their whitewash 3-0 series defeat from earlier in the year. The Wallabies surged into a 10-0 lead after a Bernard Foley penalty was followed by a converted try for wing Sefa Naivalu.

England clawed their way back into the game and somehow found themselves 13-10 up after two Owen Farrell penalties and Jonathan Joseph's converted breakaway try off the back of an Australia mistake.

England were re-energised though in the second half, with Marland Yarde and Ben Youngs crossing the whitewash while Farrell added two more conversions and a penalty.

Australia hit back through prop Sekope Kepu, but Joseph rounded off a brilliant year for England with his second try of the night and an emphatic win for the home team.

England 20-13 Australia, Twickenham (November 2, 2013)

England ended an Australian run of three wins from their last four visits to Twickenham with a closely-fought victory during the autumn internationals in a match that included the debut of a certain Joel Tomkins in the midfield.

Second-half tries from skipper Chris Robshaw and fly-half Owen Farrell - who had earlier shown rare fallibility from the kicking tee - cancelled out Matt Toomua's first-half try for the Wallabies.

Farrell kicked four of seven attempts at goal - including two conversions - while Quade Cooper made all three of his first-half kicks for eight points but missed two second-half penalties.

England had spluttered their way through a first half where they lacked the cutting edge required to win a Test match.

The two sides were then locked at 13-13 after captain Chris Robshaw crossed in the 50th minute, before Farrell gave his side the lead with the third quarter drawing to a close.

Neither side was able to score in the final quarter as England held out for a much-needed win at home.

England 35-18 Australia, Twickenham (November 13, 2010)

Australia came into this game on a high. They had finished second in the Tri-Nations after a rampant, unbeaten tournament from Graham Henry's New Zealand, but the Wallabies had managed to record a 26-24 win over the All Blacks in Hong Kong later in the year.

Robbie Deans' men then beat Wales 25-16 at the Millennium Stadium, but were blown away by England at Twickenham a week later.

Chris Ashton scored both of England's tries, with the second one remembered as one of the great Twickenham scores; England turned the ball over on their own line before Ben Youngs fed Courtney Lawes, who drew and passed to Ashton on the right.

Ashton had just Drew Mitchell in front of him, and he stepped the Wallaby to race in for a 90m effort in front of a delirious Twickenham crowd.

This victory provided welcome relief for the home fans who had seen their side lose three of the previous four encounters at Twickenham.

England 14-20 Australia, Twickenham (November 17, 2012)

In what was Australia's last victory over England in the autumn internationals, the Wallabies were as clinical as England were wasteful as they took their chances and then held England's ferocious and increasingly-frustrated attacks at bay in the final quarter.

Nick Cummins and Manu Tuilagi scored unconverted tries as four penalties and a drop goal from Berrick Barnes proved the difference between the sides, with Toby Flood landing three penalties in response for England.

England had turned down chances to kick three points and had to stick with that tactic into the final five minutes as they sought the converted try which would have won the game.

But after yet another penalty, catch and drive in the corner, they were pinged for offside as the support got in front of the ball-carrier.

It summed up England's afternoon - plenty of commitment and energy, not nearly enough craft or precision.

A 15 point haul from full-back Berrick Barnes for Nathan Sharpe's men proved enough to get over the line for an injury-hit Wallaby team who were thumped the week before by France.