“I think their lineout has really been under pressure”, he said.
Advertisement
Jones took over in the wake of England’s terrible group-stage exit at the 2015 World Cup, sealed by a loss to Australia at Twickenham, and guided the squad to the Six Nations Grand Slam in his first series in charge.
“We made history tonight, but that’s not enough for us”.
More brilliance from Ford played in Jack Nowell, who made no mistake in the left corner to give the English the flawless series start. “Pocock is a special player but Haskell did some things defensively that gave us momentum in the game”, Jones said.
By beating the Wallabies, England secured their first ever win in Brisbane and just their fourth ever against the Southern Hemisphere nation on Australian soil.
“We’ll have another look at the game today and see how we want to play next Saturday”, he added.
Pocock, rated one of world rugby’s best players, was replaced in the 69th minute of the first Test under the blood rule before scans later confirmed the injury.
Owen Farrell finished with three conversions and six penalties, giving England the ascendency.
Jones reacted angrily to what he called a “disgusting” promotional video aired by Fox Sports before the first Test in Brisbane and took exception to post-match questions posed by the former global Stephen Hoiles, who is employed on a rugby show on the same network.
Pocock fractured an eye socket in the 39-28 defeat by England in Brisbane and he will be out for up to six weeks. The momentum shifted quickly to England.
Australia coach between 2001 and 2005, Jones said after being in the inner sanctum he knew how the Wallabies worked. Cheika also disagreed with the decision to disallow the first-half try by Foley.
“It’s not obstruction, the (defender) went to the wrong guy”, he said. “He clearly went to the wrong attacker by his choice”.
Last night in front of 48,735 fans the Wallabies started well, putting on two unconverted tries to Michael Hooper and Israel Folau, to take a 10-nil lead in the first 15 minutes.
Folau himself then got the hosts’ second try of the day courtesy of a stunning run from deep, with England caught cold. To get the result was a good way to start our campaign.
Cheika says that he is relishing the chance to get back at England quickly as the teams meet again on Saturday in Melbourne. “They have improved massively under (Mario) Ledesma and the Australian scrum has come on in leaps and bounds, so it” s going to be a tough contest.
A Foley penalty closed the gap to 32-28 but England held firm for a famous victory.
Advertisement
On Saturday, Ford demonstrated exquisite skill in creating tries for Marland Yarde and Jack Nowell.
