On Thursday, Jones made two team changes, handing starts to flyhalf George Ford and winger Jack Nowell. Australia coach Michael Cheika said losing to England 39-28 in the first rugby test last weekend in Brisbane did not put his team in as "desperate" a situation as rival coach Eddie Jones made out. Ford disputed claims that his side couldn't play expansive, free-flowing rugby, and that characterization of England as a team that was ponderous was false. England: Mike Brown, Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Jack Nowell, George Ford; Ben Youngs, Billy Vunipola, James Haskell, Chris Robshaw, George Kruis, Maro Itoje, Dan Cole, Dylan Hartley (captain), Mako Vunipola. This week after an England practice, Jones said: "We want to win this series and we have got an opportunity, so we will be even more desperate than the Australians."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 16, 2016 09:34 UTC