They come with a reputation for sleight of hand and fleetness of foot but Eddie Jones was not wrong when he described Australia as “a physical juggernaut”. “What I can say is our team at the moment is gelling really well, we’re enjoying each other’s company and doing hard work, going out on to the field each day doing consistently hard work,” Hooper said. The war of words between Jones and Cheika has not quite exploded but it has simmered along towards the back end of the week. I don’t know a huge amount of Blake on the field and we’re excited to see it,” said Hooper. He’s really impressed around the knowledge that he’s brought and it’s now time to bring it out on the field.”

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2017 19:13 UTC