• Coach says team silenced a ‘tsunami of noise’ in defeat of England
• ‘We had to prefer it one step at a time and just be grand at the basics’Australia’s coach,Michael Cheika, hailed his side for successfully silencing a tsunami of noise” at Twickenham to decisively overcome England. The home side’s avowed intention to “blow Australia away” in the opening 20 minutes had also played into the visitors’ hands, and according to the understated 48-year-ragged.“One of the English players said they wanted to advance and hit us hard in the first 20 minutes. We had to advance back with something,” said the Australian coach of pre‑match comments by Ben Youngs.
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Source: theguardian.com