Wallabies vs England second Test – kick-off time, date, TV schedule

18th June, 2016

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18th June, 2016

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The Wallabies will host England in the second Test of a three-match series at AAMI Park in Melbourne at 8pm AEST on Saturday June 18.

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The match will be televised on free-to-air TV and on Foxtel. It will be on Channel Ten and Ten HD on free-to-air, and on Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 2HD on Foxtel.

Fox Sports’ coverage will begin at 7:20pm AEST, 40 minutes before kick-off. Ten’s coverage begins slightly later, at 7:30pm AEST.

Both broadcasts are scheduled to wrap up at 10pm AEST, after the game finishes.

The first match of the series was played last week at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane with the Wallabies suffering a disappointing loss.

Things have been made a little harder ahead of this encounter too with David Pocock ruled out for the remainder of the series with a finger injury.

However, the Wallabies will soldier on and look to draw level in the series by taking a win over England and their friend-turned-foe coach, Eddie Jones.

If they can win tonight, it will set up a series-deciding match next week at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

The Wallabies are the favourites to win with betting companies, priced at $1.77 while England are out to $2.10.

James Slipper, Sekope Kepu, Sam Carter and Sean McMahon have come into the starting side ahead of the Test, McMahon as a replacement for Pocock. Slipper, Kepu and Carter started among the replacements in the first Test, McMahon is a new addition to the side.

Scott Sio, Rob Simmons and James Horwill have been dropped from the side and Pocock as mentioned will miss through injury, while Greg Holmes has been demoted to the replacements.

Toby Smith, Ben Calman and Luke Morahan have been named in the replacements after not playing in the first Test.

Wallabies team to play England
1. James Slipper, 2. Stephen Moore (c), 3. Sekope Kepu, 4. Rory Arnold, 5. Sam Carter, 6. Scott Fardy, 7. Michael Hooper (vc), 8. Sean McMahon, 9. Nick Phipps, 10. Bernard Foley, 11. Rob Horne (vc), 12. Samu Kerevi, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 14. Dane Haylett-Petty, 15. Israel Folau

Replacements: 16. Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17. Toby Smith, 18. Greg Holmes, 19. Dean Mumm, 20. Ben McCalman, 21. Nick Frisby, 22. Christian Lealiifano, 23. Luke Morahan

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