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England v Australia: Wallabies plan Phillip Hughes tribute at Twickenham on Saturday

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Michael Cheika says his Australia team want to pay tribute to cricketer Phillip Hughes at tomorrow's game against England at Twickenham.

Australia's rugby team will pay their own tribute to cricketer Phillip Hughes at Saturday's match against England at Twickenham.

Australia coach Michael Cheika said his rugby players want to honour opening batsman Hughes who died on Thursday at the age of 25, two days after being struck on the neck by a bouncer during a match in Sydney.

Cheika said: "I just want something to happen so that his family back home know that we care and support - I'm sure everyone in Australia is supporting them, and I suppose because being in a professional sports game you can really identify with that.

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"We just want to show that we care and support in any small way we can.

"Some of the lads will have crossed paths [with Hughes] and I don't know why there's some connection. I never met Phil but when I heard about it I cried because there's something that touches you about it, unfortunately.

"We're praying for the family. Any type of respects we can show, we're going to do it."

Australia face England having had a mixed run of results in the autumn internationals, beating the Barbarians and Wales but losing their last two games against France and Ireland.

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England have lost to world champions New Zealand and to South Africa but defeated Samoa last weekend.

Watch the England v Australia game live on Sky Sports 2 from 1.30pm on Saturday.

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