England and Australia set to renew long-standing scrum battle

Eddie Jones’ and Michael Cheika’s war of words only getting louder with the scrum set to be the centre of attention at Twickenham on SaturdayEngland and Australia have history when it comes to arguments over the scrum. The buildup to their pool match in last year’s World Cup was dominated by Australian accusations that Joe Marler, England’s loosehead, angles in illegally on the tighthead. In a series of articles and counter-articles, which continued after the match, one commentator would authoritatively explain with stills why Marler’s angles were illegal, only for another to use the same scru…