The Wallabies are fully focused on returning to winning ways when they take on England in Sunday’s Nations Championship Test at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.

That was the word from Wallabies winger Max Jorgensen and prop Angus Bell after they suffered back-to-back Bledisloe Cup defeats against the All Blacks last month.

This, after Australia were on a six-game unbeaten streak earlier this year which started in their former boss Joe Schmidt’s final game against Italy before Les Kiss took over the coaching reins and continued the good work in Tests against Japan, Argentina and South Africa.

However, following those Bledisloe Cup losses in Auckland and Sydney, the Wallabies held a series of “harsh review” sessions as they aim to bounce back against the Red Rose this weekend.

‘There were some harsh learnings’

“We reviewed those two games pretty hard,” Jorgensen said. “There were some harsh learnings which we definitely needed. But we’ve overcome that now and implemented those learnings into training and going forward with the week.”

Bell concurred and said: “There were never any questions about our defensive systems. We didn’t learn the lessons from the first Test.”

The burly front-row said the Wallabies have addressed the problems sustained in those losses to New Zealand and are now looking to rectify those mistakes when they take on England.

“The training week we had prior to coming over here and also now today has been really good and we’ve actually addressed and fixed those issues,” he added.

“It’s been awesome to get over here. It’s something as a rugby player and as a Wallaby you look forward to all year. Our main focus is on England and we know how classy they are as a team and as individuals.”

Although England secured a 25-7 victory over Australia at Twickenham last year, the Wallabies clinched a shock 42-37 win in the corresponding fixture in 2024 at the famous venue with Jorgensen finishing as that encounter’s hero after scoring the match-winning try in the 83rd minute.

‘It was pretty cool to win at Twickenham’

“Two years ago was a pretty special night. It was pretty cool to win at Twickenham, the home of rugby and to do it in that fashion was pretty cool,” revealed Jorgensen.

Jorgensen is looking forward to the challenge of facing England this weekend particularly their distinctive playing style.

“Every team plays a bit differently around the world, so we know England likes to kick, likes to box kick, likes to play running rugby as well,” he said.

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Australia’s players will also have to adjust their tackle technique with the new hip drop law coming into effect from November 1.

“We spoke about it yesterday, as well as the knee drop tackle,“ said Jorgensen, who missed the second half of the Waratahs’ Super Rugby Pacific campaign in 2025 due to a hip drop tackle sustained against the Hurricanes.

“I have done my ankle in a hip drop before which wasn’t pretty. Having those two laws makes our game safer. We’ve definitely spoken about it and brought in ways that we can work around it and not get penalised.”