They could force their way into selection by the end of the year.
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Despite New Zealand’s dominance, it’s not all good news for the southern hemisphere. “We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to come out and play the flawless game and I think we can all agree it wasn’t our ideal game today”. “We’ll have a look at that, or pick the times that we need to kick”. They had to get the right man to turn the England team into a side capable of mounting a genuine assault on the World Cup in 2019.
“You can never take your foot off the pedal”.
England do not have that instinct yet. “I’m always grateful to Australia for what they’ve done for me in rugby but it’s certainly nice beating them three-nil”, Jones said.
“I’ve coached in three different countries since then, that hasn’t got a great significance”.
England coach Eddie Jones said he was “grateful” to Australia but delighted to make history here this year. We weren’t at our best, we had a number of players sub-par.
There has been a big southern-hemisphere influence in this.
“There’s a chance, but Cheika will have a lot of work to do”, Reynolds said.
There has, however, been no copying in the style of play. Only perfection will do for but as long as England keep winning, the players, backroom staff and fans will happily join him for the ride.
The Wallabies global season does not get any easier. That is down to attitude and intent, but also training too. “The people I feel for most is our supporters”.
George Ford of England kicks the ball through to set up a try for Jack Nowell during the International Test match between the Australian Wallabies and England at Suncorp Stadium. New Zealand were the same against Wales. It’s just a matter of getting them back here and getting them fit, fit enough to play here in test footy.
That is something that the northern-hemisphere players have not got by way of instinct.
And that is what Jones has done with England.
“They haven’t lost a game since he has been in charge so you can’t really say anything can you?”
“This is going to be a huge hurdle, but I wouldn’t write them off because I think that’s where you like to be sometimes [as underdogs]”, Reynolds said.
It is not inherent in the players.
“I’m going to go on the Tour de France and watch how they prepare”.
“It takes years to develop a world-class player”.
That is why Wales have tried to change their game by playing wider and quicker, with Taulupe Faletau in the wide channels and an attempt to get other forwards out there in those positions.
Gatland will know this and it will influence his selection.
“I thought Dan Cole was absolutely outstanding in the third Test. I got a text from an old Italian hooker saying he was the series MVP”, Jones said. He has to do that. He put that on the table with his approach with Wales in this series. “Ian’s going to try and push that forward to World Rugby”, he said.
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The 44-40 win in the final Test on Saturday condemned Australia to their first home series whitewash since 1971 when they were beaten by South Africa, but England are not due to play the world’s No1 side, New Zealand, until late 2017 at the earliest.
