England beat Australia 2-1 on Friday, in an international friendly ahead of the Euro 16 Tournament.
The game, held at Sunderland's Stadium of Light, saw Harry Kane kept on the bench, along with Spurs teammates Dele Alli and Eric Dier. Jamie Vardy was perhaps busy celebrating, with the Leicester City striker tying the knot the very day.
Leading the attack was 18-year-old forward Marcus Rashford. The Manchester United player, who made his club debut just a few months back, performed well enough to make it into Roy Hodgson's provisional squad, hoping to make the final cut for the Euro's.
25 February: Marcus Rashford makes Man Utd debut.
27 May: Marcus Rashford makes England debut. pic.twitter.com/z0SPBNqARj
The youngster has given himself every chance, having opened the scoring for England just two minutes into the match and into his debut. The ball fell to him in the box after Raheem Sterling's cross was deflected; and he made no mistake, tucking it in with a sweeping volley.
He is now England's third-youngest scorer of all time, and the youngest player to ever score for the Three Lions in a debut match.
Heres Rashford's goal vs Australia
RT if Roy should get him on that plane!https://t.co/XUqGkGXf3K
England seemed to relax after the goal, with Australia keeping most of the possession due to the hosts giving it away too easily.
They did get another great opportunity around the 30th minute, however, with Rashford working an impressive pass to find Adam Lallana in space, just in front of the goal. The Liverpool man spun around to shoot, but the keeper, Mat Ryan, got down well to make the save.
Ryan was forced into another save four minutes from halftime, following Jordan Henderson's shot from just outside the box.
The resulting corner produced nothing, and England would head into the half with a 1-0 lead,
Wayne Rooney and James Milner came on for Adam Lallana and jack Wilshere after the half, with Rooney taking up the central forward position and Rashford moving to the left.
The captain put England ahead 2-0 in the 55th minute, belting one in from the edge of the box, following a neat pass from Sterling, who crossed in from the left side after breaking forward.
The goal marked Rooney's 52nd for his country.
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Rashford would give way to Ross Barkley, receiving an effusive applause from the fans as he made his way to the bench in the 64th minute.
Fraser Forster was called into action around 20 minutes from time, using his shin to save Robbie Kruse's shot.
The Aussies pulled to within a goal in the 75th minute, however; all credit to Dier, who had only just replaced Chris Smalling in defence. Alex Wilkinson whipped in a nice-looking cross, and Dier - instead of clearing with his left foot - stooped down in an attempt to head the ball to safety, but could only manage to put it into the back of his own net.
Eric Dier comes on as sub.
Three minutes later...
Eric Dier scores an own goal. pic.twitter.com/Gtd8WyiX9K
Fortunately, England were able to see out the rest of the game, keeping their one-goal advantage until the final whistle. They now look forward to one more friendly, against Portugal next Thursday, before they kick off their Euro 16 campaign.
Lineups
England XI: Forster, Bertrand, Stones, Smalling, Clyne, Lallana, Drinkwater, Henderson, Wilshere, Sterling, Rashford
Substitutes: Heaton, Walker, Milner, Dier, Townsend, Kane, Rooney, Alli, Rose, Barkley, Hart
Australia XI: Ryan, Wright, Milligan, Risdon, Smith, Jedinak, Luongo, Mody, Rogic, Kruse, MaClaren
Substitutes: Benich, Inman, Mauk, Juric, Ikonomidis, Birighitti, McKay, Federici, Goodwin, Degenek, Wilkinson, Irvine