ENGLAND were comprehensively beaten 33-13 by Australia to become the host nation to ever be knocked out of the Rugby World Cup in the group stages.

Stuart Lancaster's men were booed at the end of the match by a very unhappy Twickenham crowd after a rampant Bernard Foley managed 28 points with two tries and his boot to add to Matt Giteau's final-minute try.

The hosts could only muster two Owen Farrell penalties and a converted Anthony Watson try.

Owen Farrell was the first to launch an attack only to be swallowed by Michael Hooper who knocked on the tackle.

From the scrum, Australia were penalised for an early shove and Ben Youngs set off from the tap.

Seconds later his kick was too heavy as it dribbled dead and from the resulting scrum Bernard Foley knocked a kick deep into England's 22.

Mike Brown had a brain-dead moment as he carried the ball into touch to give the Wallabies a perfect attacking position 5m out, but he made up for it with a big hit on his opposite number Israel Folau to prevent a certain try with just five minutes on the clock.

England conceded the scrum and when Owen Farrell strayed offside his counterpart Foley opened the scoring with a penalty two minutes later.

The hosts' first threat came on nine minutes as Jonathan Joseph fed Owen Farrell off the top of a lineout and his sweet offload released Anthony Watson up the middle.

Eventually Australia won the turnover inside their own 22 through their formidable back row, but when the ball didn't emerge from the ruck England were given the scrum.

Referee Romain Poite pinged Scott Sio for collapsing as the front rows went head-to-head and Owen Farrell nailed the easy three points to level.

Tom Youngs lauched a breathless phase of play from the restart with a half break and Joe Launchbury burst up the touchline to feed Watson.

England made it to Australia's 22 when Mike Brown fended David Pocock but the attack broke down with a sloppy pass to Jonathan Joseph.

The full-back was in the game again - but once more for the wrong reasons - when he fumbled a Foley grubber to give the Wallabies a good attacking scrum inside the England 22.

It led to a frantic onslaught on England's line and having defended a string of Australian half-chances, the damn eventually broke.

Sekope Kepu's audacious no-look offload put England on the back foot and Bernard Foley took the ball flat, broke the line and skipped round Brown to score before adding the extras.

England were getting plenty of change from their strike moves from their lineouts, but the scrum was struggling.

Sussex's Joe Launchbury was having a storming game in the loose and after he made a linebreak and sat Will Genia down, he was again on hand to charge the scrum half's kick down on 31 minutes only for Farrell to slip as he went in search of England's opening try.

Instead, it was Australia who added to their tally when a stunning switch of play by Bernard Foley saw him slip the ball inside to Kurtley Beale before getting it back off the replacement to slide in for his second with five minutes left of the half.

England turned around facing a 14-point deficit and George Ford replaced Jonny May.

He couldn't do anything about a 48th minute scrum which saw Marler concede his third penalty and receive a warning from Frenchman Poite.

Foley took his personal tally to 20 and Marler was replaced by Mako Vunipola as Ben Youngs left the field for Richard Wigglesworth.

With 25 minutes to go, England set up camp outside the Australian 22 and after finally finding some structure, Anthony Watson burrowed his way over for a try having been released by Kieran Brookes now on for Dan Cole.

Australia looked in cruise control just after the hour, but Nick Phipps - who had replaced Will Genia - threw two horrid passes that found nothing but the turf.

The second was hacked upfield by George Ford and when Kurtley Beale went down to gather the ball 30m out in front of his own posts, Matt Giteau sealed the ball illegally and Owen Farrell knocked over three points to bring his team to within seven.

He went from hero to zero on 70 minutes when he was sin-binned for tackling Matt Giteau without the ball.

England might've felt aggrieved by the decision as the centre was in front of Michael Hooper who had the ball, but Sam Burgess could easily have been sent for 10 too for his swinging arm across the flanker's cheek.

Foley knocked over three more to take the lead to 10 and three minutes later added another penalty after England were once again adjudged to have collapsed the scrum.

The Wallabies finished with a flourish with a stunning Matt Giteau score, but half of Twickenham didn't see it having left early accepting their country's fate of being dumped out of their own World Cup with a whimper.