Dan Cole warns Australia that England’s scrummaging has regained its edge

• Cole: We’d be stupid to play like the Australians and fling it around• Roman Poite, criticised by England last year, is to referee the first TestRegardless of the composition of England’s starting XV against Australia on Saturday there is no avoiding one pivotal individual. The touring team have not forgotten their last meeting with the Wallabies during the World Cup pool stages, when their scrum came under conspicuous strain. The same referee – France’s Romain Poite – will be in charge again in Brisbane on SaturdayPoite is renowned for his firm-handed adjudication of the scrummage, but Engl…

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