Fiji head coach John McKee warns England over resurgent Australia
Thursday 24 September 2015 11:04, UK
Fiji head coach John McKee has warned England they will face a vastly-improved Australia side when they meet at Twickenham on October 3.
England overpowered Australia last autumn with Stuart Lancaster's side using their dominance in the scrum to ease to a convincing 26-17 victory.
That setback for the Wallabies followed defeats to France and Ireland in the November internationals as head coach Michael Cheika struggled to put his stamp on the team after succeeding Ewen McKenzie shortly before the tour.
Cheika vowed to fix the Australian scrum after the tour and McKee feels the Wallabies are much improved, even though they failed to match England's feat of securing a bonus point against the Fijians.
When asked how he sees the game going, McKee said: "I see two quite different styles of games and it will be very interesting.
"England certainly had the wood on them last November and dominated that game, but from I what saw of the Wallabies against us they're a much-improved side than they were then."
Fiji are almost certainly out of the World Cup after losing their opening two games but they can take huge credit after testing both England and Australia throughout.
"We want to be competitive at the top level and we've just got to keep chipping away and working at it," McKee said.
"We want to get to the situation when we come up north to play England and Wales and we're on an equal footing and we don't know who's going to win the game.
"Our aim is that it's not like tier one versus tier two. These things don't happen overnight but I think we're heading in the right direction."
