Forward coach Richard Cockerill has reacted to complaints from the Wallabies about England’s abrasive approach by insisting ‘it’s been pretty tame so far’
by calling the former Exeter scrum-half, “the biggest niggler of all-time”. Asked about comments from the Wallabies camp, Cockerill said: “I didn’t see one of our blokes getting sent off for a headbutt. I keep hearing about the niggle that England have brought. I don’t know how Aussie rugby is but I don’t see that as niggle. It has been pretty tame so far.
“You want rivalry don’t you? You want spikiness to games. I don’t watch rugby league but I watched Origin because they were going to run into each other like mad men. The first 15-20 minutes on Saturday let’s bring it on because that’s what it is all about. It is great isn’t it? They have talked themselves up so we are going to have to match that and more.
“We are going to come with more physicality. We are going to come with even more purpose in how we play because every time we play we get better. That’s the challenge for us. I expect them to come hard at us. They’ll have a reaction because in that first 30 minutes or so [in Brisbane] we beat them physically. So they’re going to come with more physicality, well no surprise so are we.”
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