England will stick with emerging five-eighth George Ford for this weekend’s clash with Australia, adding an element of the unknown to the Wallabies’ preparations.

Ford, 21, impressed on his starting debut in a 28-9 win over Samoa and England coach Stuart Lancaster confirmed he would stay in the No.10 jersey at Twickenham ahead of Owen Farrell.

Wallabies five-eighth Bernard Foley admits he knows little about Ford and plans to dig up footage of him playing for Bath as part of his pre-match analysis.

“I don’t know too much about him. We were probably thinking a couple of weeks ago that Owen Farrell would be starting,” Foley said on Monday.

“I suppose it’s a bit of unfamiliarity there for them and a bit of the unexpected.

“I’ll scrounge through the tapes and try and find footage of him wherever I can.”

Ford threatened the line, kicked smartly and withstood some ferocious defence against Samoa and his rise is creating excitement among England fans ahead of next year’s World Cup.

“At the time I felt it was a good performance and a good first start for England, and after looking at it again it definitely was,” Lancaster said on Monday.

“George has earned the right to start again. He’s played well enough for that.”

Lancaster suggested the experiment of moving Farrell to inside centre may be abandoned after just one match, with the coach giving serious consideration to recalling Billy Twelvetrees.

Gloucester centre Twelvetrees impressed off the bench against Samoa and is locked in a two-way duel with Farrell to face the Wallabies.

Like the Wallabies, England have endured a rocky November campaign and are looking to end 2014 on a high.

The match carries added significance ahead of the teams meeting in the group stage at the World Cup but Foley cheekily suggested a win would mean more mentally to England.

“I think the English always do, when they beat us, think there’s a big thing there,” Foley said.

“Next year is going to be totally different sort of beast (for us).

“There’s a lot of players to come back in, there’s another eight months of other players developing, as well as the team getting used to how it wants to play.”