England have been plotting the downfall of Australia following a brainstorming session with the architects of ‘Bazball’.
Steve Borthwick and his quantity two Richard Wigglesworth met with England cricket coach Brendon McCullum and his assistants in Manchester within the build-up to their autumn marketing campaign.
Each groups face key assignments in opposition to their nice rivals with the Wallabies visiting Allianz Stadium on Saturday earlier than England’s cricket stars head Down Beneath for the Ashes sequence.
McCullum has overseen a nationwide revival by way of using an aggressive, high-risk enjoying model, together with his psychological strategy of explicit curiosity to his rugby counterparts.
“We talked about loads of stuff. There was a lot of mindset stuff. I asked Brendon how he changed that in English cricket, which was really interesting,” defence coach Wigglesworth mentioned.
“Then we obtained into the technicalities of teaching somebody one-on-one, what that appears like, his function as head coach in that versus his assistants.
“We sat for a very good time period and took hundreds from it. They’re onto a very good factor.
“They’ll go out and give it a great dig – as English teams who are playing against Australia want to – and hopefully we stick one on the board on Saturday.
“It is an incredible rivalry with Australia. Each side actually get pleasure from enjoying in opposition to one another as a result of there’s one thing there. Convey on Saturday.”
England are odds-on favourites to launch the autumn with a victory, however they face a resurgent Australia group which were benefitting from the steering of grasp coach Joe Schmidt.
Wigglesworth was a part of Andy Farrell’s British and Irish Lions administration group that oversaw a 2-1 sequence victory in opposition to the Wallabies through the summer season, giving him a transparent image of the menace coming at Twickenham.
“Australia have this level of talent and speed out wide. That’s always been there, but what Joe has done incredibly well is coach the tight game,” Wigglesworth mentioned.
“When they get that bit right, then they’re really hard to stop. I learnt that if they get momentum and they get that bit of the game going through the middle, then it creates space for these great athletes.”
Itoje relishes cousin’s Arsenal debut
Maro Itoje will lead England into battle in opposition to Australia however joked that he was at risk of being eclipsed as his household’s sporting celebrity after his 17-year-old cousin Andre Harriman-Annous made his debut for Arsenal.
Harriman-Annous began for the Gunners of their 2-0 Carabao Cup victory over Brighton on Wednesday night time.
“I have passed on the baton! I want him to fly. He has done amazingly well and long may it continue, not only because he’s my cousin but also because I support Arsenal. It is a double whammy,” Itoje mentioned.
“I did not make the game but I’m incredibly proud and very happy for him. He has worked incredibly hard over the last 10 years.
“They begin so younger, these footballers. I bear in mind going to his home and his older cousins have been placing him by way of his paces as a seven-year-old. I remembered considering ‘that is fairly intense’!”
England squad to face Australia | Edmed starts for Wallabies at fly-half
Starting XV: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12, Fraser Dingwall, 11 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 10 George Ford, 9 Alex Mitchell; 1 Fin Baxter, 2 Jamie George, 3 Joe Heyes, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 5 Ollie Chessum, 6 Guy Pepper, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Ben Earl.
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Alex Coles, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Ben Spencer, 23 Fin Smith.
Australia: 15 Andrew Kellaway, 14 Max Jorgensen, 13 Joseph Aukuso Suaalii, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Tane Edmed, 9 Jake Gordon; 1 Angus Bell, 2 Billy Pollard, 3 Taniela Tupou, 4 Nick Frost, 5 Jeremy Williams, 6 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McReight, 8 Harry Wilson.
Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Lukhan Salakaia Loto, 20 Nick Champion de Crespigny, 21 Ryan Lonergan, 22 Hamish Stewart, 23 Filipo Daugunu.
England’s Autumn Nations Sequence schedule
November 1
England vs Australia – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (3.10pm)
November 8
England vs Fiji – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (5.40pm)
November 15
England vs New Zealand – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (3.10pm)
November 23
England vs Argentina – Allianz Stadium, Twickenham (4.10pm)
