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Last Updated: Sunday, 21 November, 2004, 12:06 GMT
Jones schemes on England downfall
Australia coach Eddie Jones
Australia coach Eddie Jones said his side will have to play "smart" and "physical" if they are to beat England.

Jones' Wallabies beat Scotland 31-17 on Saturday and has since watched England's demolition of South Africa.

"England were extremely impressive," Jones told BBC Five Live's Sportsweek programme. "We're going to have to be physical and to use our ball smartly.

"But we believe we've got the game to beat England. We've certainly got a very good chance if we play well."

And Jones added: "[South Africa coach] Jake White commented after the game that they were mauled physically, and it certainly looked like that on the video.

"England did a number of little things very well that resulted in a good victory for them.

We're 80 minutes away or one play away from our best
Australia coach Eddie Jones

"We just need to pick up on a few of these points. But we're 80 minutes away or one play away from our best."

The two sides will meet again at Twickenham on Saturday almost a year to the day that England won the World Cup - on 22 November - in Sydney.

England triumphed 20-17 that day courtesy of Jonny Wilkinson's famous drop-goal, though referee Andre Watson has told The Sunday Telegraph he was about to award England a penalty for offside anyway.

But Australia reaped their revenge with a 51-15 victory over an England side depleted of a host of World Cup winners in Brisbane in June.

Sir Clive Woodward
Woodward's England beat Jones' Australia on 22 November 203

Jones' adversary at the World Cup, Clive Woodward, has since been knighted and left the England side to focus on managing the Lions in New Zealand next year and begin his qualifications for a new coaching career in football.

And the Australian admitted he was not surprised that Woodward stepped down.

"These sorts of jobs are fairly high pressure and Clive had been in the job about seven years. That's a long stint for a national coach and I'm not surprised he moved," said Jones.

"He's got the Lions tour to look forward to and then I suppose he'll reassess where his priorities lie."

And Jones speculated that Woodward may be able to make a success of a future role in football.

"It depends on the role and certainly to be a head coach in rugby you need to have a pretty good knowledge of the game and I would suppose to be a manager of a soccer team you'd need the same," he said.

"But I believe teams are structured in different ways in soccer and in some cases a manager is only involved in management of the staff and players off the field, so yes, it could be possible."


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