Australian Eddie Jones, who was coach of Japan during the tournament, wrote in a British newspaper column that Robshaw was “an outstanding club player but at worldwide level he just doesn’t have that point of difference”.
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England produced a sustained and outstanding defensive effort to keep Australia at bay before a late Owen Farrell try clinched a 23-7 win to secure his team a first series win on Australian soil on Saturday.
“Australia are desperate to win, we’re desperate to win, and this is a game where players either grow or shrink”, Jones said.
Avoiding a series whitewash is all the motivation the Wallabies need going into the third Test against a resurgent England.
“I don’t know if that’s because they know each other that well, that there’s a pecking order from old days”.
But England went into the break 10-7 ahead, confident and comfortable with where they had the Wallabies.
“They’ve played very smart, they’ve played in the right areas, they’ve played well in the ruck and spoiled a lot of good ball for us. If we want to be the best team in the world, we have to think 3-0”.
‘And there will always be the concept of (we’re) naive not kicking more or playing to the way we want to play the game and backing ourselves.
“Our squad has changed a fair bit, I think there’s 10 or 11 changes from the World Cup, but that’s the opportunity for us to grow our depth”.
“Wales have really contributed to this test series, they’ve played some great rugby and just haven’t had the ability to finish it off”.
Eddie Jones insists the moment has come for England to “grow or shrink” as they attempt to build an unassailable lead in their Test series against Australia.
England moved to No. 2 in the world rankings with the win, leapfrogging World Cup finalist Australia and moving closer to the world champion All Blacks.
Television replays also showed the Australian flanker Michael Hooper throwing a handful of sand in the face of his opposite number James Haskell as they packed down at a scrum.
“We’ve got to be in the situation where we don’t give penalties away and not even leave those things open to interpretation”.
A series loss to England probably wasn’t what Wallabies coach Michael Cheika had in mind.
Former Wallabies fullback Glen Ella says that England’s midfield pairing George Ford and Owen Farrell can develop into “legends of the game” of Rugby.
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The Wallabies started the game in the same fashion as they did in Brisbane, with attacking intent, but unlike last week they were unable to register any points during their period in charge. He’s a young guy and I’m really pleased with the way he has gone. “We’re just going to have to suck it up and use the scars later on”.
