Analysis - England head to Melbourne in fine fettle


  • Rugby
  • Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

England's Maro Itoje (C) celebrates his teams win over Australia's Wallabies at the end of the match. REUTERS/Jason O'Brien

BRISBANE (Reuters) - Barring the first half an hour, when Australia looked like they were going to run rampant, it is hard to think how Saturday’s first test against the Wallabies could have gone much better for England.

Every public utterance from coach Eddie Jones is, of course, made with an eye on the media agenda so after the match he talked about how badly England had performed and how improvement would be necessary for next Saturday's Melbourne test.

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