Nic White claims Australia are ready for potential 'wind-up tactics'

Australia scrum-half Nic White claims the Wallabies are on red alert for any ‘wind-up tactics’ ahead of Saturday’s series decider against old rivals England after run-in with Ellis Genge

  • Australia’s Nic White was pinned down by the throat by England prop Ellis Genge
  • White went on to suggest the Wallabies were preparing for ‘a fair bit of niggle’  
  • But Courtney Laws claimed England were embracing the darker arts of the game
  • Lawes ironically revealed that England were wary of Australian mind games 

Australia are on red alert for more English wind-up tactics in Saturday’s series decider but insist they will not rise to any baiting.

The Wallabies have been on the wrong side of the referees in the opening Tests after they twice retaliated. Lock Darcy Swain was sent off for a head butt after having his hair pulled, before scrum-half Nic White was warned for remonstrating after being pinned down by the throat.

Asked about that run-in with Ellis Genge, White said: ‘Leaning on me with an elbow is a nice way to put it. Ellis has that in his game. 

Scrum-half Nic White was warned for complaining after a confrontation with Ellis Genge

‘He is a good man, a great player and a real talisman for England. I knew if he got a chance to get his hands on me he would have a crack at me. 

Genge pinned White down by the throat in Saturday’s win for England

‘We won’t be baited into that off-the-ball stuff. We will leave that to those boys. You have to be careful in how you retaliate. We know there will be a fair bit of niggle.’

Captain Courtney Lawes denied White’s claims that England have a plan to wind up the Australians. ‘I think we just wind them up in general because they don’t like us,’ said Lawes. 

‘No, I’m skipper and I haven’t heard anything about trying to wind them up.

‘We actually talk about not letting them wind us up, so that’s quite funny he said that! It’s pretty ironic.

‘Boys get pretty up for it and sometimes emotions boil over and you do silly things.’

Eddie Jones has granted his players two days off to recover after their victory on Saturday




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