England's Jones wants Springbok 'scalp' after Wallaby win

NAMPA/AFPEddie Jones urged England to claim a South African "scalp" after they warmed-up for next week's repeat of the 2019 World Cup final with a 32-15 victory over his native Australia at Twickenham on Saturday.England recorded their eighth successive win over the Wallabies since Jones took charge after a 2015 World Cup where they were knocked out by Australia.A penalty-strewn encounter saw England score the only two tries of the match. Full-back Freddie Steward crossed in just the seventh minute before Jamie Blamire went over in the last play of the game, with the replacement hooker now having scored in all four of his Test appearances.England will now finish their 2021 season against South Africa, the team that beat them in the World Cup final in Japan two years ago, at Twickenham next week with the Springboks coming into the game on the back of a 30-15 win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday."It's the final game and we want to go into the Six Nations with a South African scalp," said Jones.England prevailed against Australia despite being without loosehead props Joe Marler and Ellis Genge after the pair tested positive for Covid-19 earlier in the week.And they suffered further problems during the match itself with hooker Jamie George going off at half-time. "We've had a fairly disrupted week," said Jones. "We have had two Covid positives and a young prop (Bevan Rodd) come in on Thursday. We lost Jamie George at half-time, Kyle Sinckler got a bad dead leg early in the first half so we had to battle,” added Jones.

England's Jones wants Springbok 'scalp' after Wallaby win

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