Brumbies Rock Darcy Wine was fired in the first half of Wallaby’s 30-28 comeback victory at Optus Stadium in Perth and head-butted Johnny Hill during each second row of ugly exchanges.
Sale’s Hill was shown a yellow card for his part at a flash point to pull his hair.
But Australia should not have been thwarted by considerable setbacks and injuries such as Quade Cooper, Tom Banks and Allan Alaalatoa. And Owen Farrell’s boots extended their English advantage back to 14-9 with 20 minutes remaining.
Dave Rennie’s side scored three scores through Jordan Petaia, Folau Fainga’a and Pete Sammu.
England made two final attempts through their debuts Henry Arundel and Jack Van Portriette, but saw four consecutive defeats and a miserable run in 2022. It wasn’t enough.
It was the second time in a few weeks that Jones’ team lost to a team of 14 boys who played most of the match. The same thing happened last month in Twickenham. The team, who lost their Premiership finalists from Saracens and Leicester, was embarrassed by the defeat of 52-21 in Barbarian costumes when Australian rock Will Skelton was sent off for a dangerous tackle half-time before.
And Jones believes New Zealand referee James Dollman was looking for things for the wallaby after Swain’s dismissal.
“You look at the history of the game and whenever you get a red card, the referee evens it out. He helps the team with a red card,” Jones said.
“It’s social reciprocity, it happens, it’s normal and we have to be good enough to handle it.
“It happens in every match of rugby I’ve seen. The team receives a red card and the opponents are equal. The referee because they are great guys.
Billy Vunipola’s yellow card evened the team towards the second half of Perth
/ / AP“I haven’t criticized the referee. I haven’t used it as an excuse. That’s the reality of rugby.
“I’ll say it again. When playing against 14 men, I think the referee has a big impact on the game and needs to fully understand what it is.
“We paid a price because we weren’t enough to understand what it was.”
Jones named London Irish starlet Alandel (labeled the “apprentice player” for this tour, which wasn’t expected to be capped) and Leicester’s scrum-half Van Portriette. In his leadership after another disappointing campaign by Six Nations, who praised but was responsible for carrying out the disillusioned form of England, winning only two out of five games in a row for two years. ..
England will hold two more tests on Saturday to preserve the three-match series in Brisbane and Sydney before the fall match against Argentina, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. Jones is desperate to regain his momentum before the World Cup in France next year, after which he is expected to leave his role.
“I’m disappointed that we lost. The result isn’t enough. I accept it and that’s my responsibility,” Jones said. “We work hard to turn it around. We have a group of enthusiastic players, an enthusiastic coaching group.
“We started the game well. We were in a position to win the game, but that day wasn’t enough to do it.”
A quote provided by the Press Association.