With the Wallabies rocked by the loss of David Pocock for the final two matches after he fractured eye socket, Jones and his players were seeking an emotional edge to ram home their advantage.
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And there was plenty to talk about after a fine win for England, their first ever victory over Australia in Brisbane, which came 18 years after they were beaten 76-0. I’m not anxious about myself. We set out at the start of the Six Nations to be the most dominant team in Europe.
“You’ve seen the promotions and the kind of questions we get”.
I’m sorry if I have a little bit of fun in the media, maybe I should say nothing?
“We have made history today but it’s not good enough for us – it’s all about next week”. When I look at the back-row stocks they’ve all been going well.
Jones himself was on duty in Australian colours in 2001, coaching an A team against the Lions in a midweek game in Gosford, showing his pedigree back then by inflicting the only midweek defeat on that party with a 28-25 victory.
The former Australia coach, who took over the England side past year, “took exception to a crude question that appeared to contain sexual innuendo from former Wallaby flanker Stephen Hoiles”, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The 28-year-old, who has earned over 56 worldwide caps, will now miss the final two Tests as the Wallabies aim to turn round the early 1-0 deficit against Eddie Jones’ men.
THE Wallabies have declared they will show the same fighting spirit they displayed at the World Cup when they face England in the do-or-die second Test in Melbourne on Saturday. “I’m more of a carrot man”.
England’s Marland Yarde, right, crosses over to score a try against Australia, during their rugby union test match in Brisbane, Saturday, June 11. “So here goes, let’s swing the bat and see how we go”.
“We can’t get too excited”, Jones said.
England tourists past might have crumbled after going two tries down in the first 30 minutes to an Australia side playing running rugby at pace and with an accuracy that northern hemisphere sides can still only dream of. “It just gives us another game next week and that’s the great thing about it”.
“All credit to England, they played well and deserved the win”.
“The extra pressure is going to come from ourselves”. We have a young squad with an average age of 24 so we are still developing and improving.
Hoiles said he didn’t intend to disrespect his former coach and it was all done in good humour.
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Jones asked for a leader and Haskell was his man, with the Wasps captain taking on Wallaby breakdown weapons Michael Hooper and David Pocock – the latter of which Haskell put a memorable hit on early in the contest.
