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England have accused Australia of persistent illegal play at the breakdown ahead of this weekend’s crucial Test match at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.
Both teams will come together on Saturday to start autumn international With a bombshell, and tensions will rise after news of England’s efforts to make match officials aware that the home team continues to see violations go unpunished.
England head coach steve borthwick According to The Daily Telegraph, met with match referee Nika Amashukeli to bring to his attention a number of side entries into the ruck by Wallabies players during this year’s Rugby Championship.
Coaches are allowed to meet officials before international Test matches. It is said that England have expressed concern about the safety of their players in the clear-out and have also expressed concern about the potential match advantage from their inclusion in the team.
The rules of the game state: “The approaching player must be on his feet and engage from behind his own offside line; a player may engage alongside but not in front of the player at the rear.”
Neither Rugby Australia nor the Rugby Football Union have commented.
Borthwick and his No. 2 Richard Wigglesworth also met With England cricket coach Brendon McCullum and his assistant in preparation for his autumn campaign in Manchester. Both teams face significant challenges against their great rivals, with the Wallabies visiting before England’s cricket stars head to Australia for the Ashes series.
McCullum has overseen a national resurgence through the use of an aggressive, high-risk playing style, with a mental approach of particular interest to his rugby counterparts.
Defense coach Wigglesworth said, “We talked about a lot of things. There was a lot of mentality stuff. I asked Brendon how he transitioned to English cricket, which was really interesting.” “Then we got into the technicalities of coaching someone one-on-one, what it looks like, his role as a head coach versus his assistants. We sat down for a long time and learned a lot from it. They’re on to a good thing.
“They’ll go out and take great criticism of it – as English teams playing against Australia will – and hopefully we’ll put a point on the board on Saturday. It’s a great rivalry with Australia. Both sides really enjoy playing against each other because there’s something to bring on Saturday.”