James Slipper expects tough series against new-look England
Queensland Reds captain James Slipper expects England to compete hard during the upcoming three-Test series against the Wallabies which starts on 11th June.
When both the teams met during the World Cup 2015 at Twickenham, it was Michael Cheika's men, who dominated it with a 33-13 victory over England as they failed to make to the knock-out stage for the first time in the mega-event.
In the overall 44 encounters between the two teams previously, England have managed victories in just 18 games while they went on to lose 25 and they are yet to register a Test series victory down under.
When asked whether England can upstage Australia this time around, Slipper responded: "They say that every year. We want to do the same thing to them.
"It was the same sort of chat before the World Cup, but at the end of the day you have to go out there and do it. I'm sure both teams will be trying to do it. It's setting up to be a good series."
However, under Eddie Jones, England are on an unbeaten streak after clinching the Grand Slam in the Six Nations 2016 for the first time in 13 years and also defeated Wales in the Old Mutual Wealth Cup.
Australia's scrum has been the talking point of the series and Cheika is planning to field all four of their props - Sekope Kepu, Scott Sio, Greg Holmes and Slipper.
Admitting that Wallabies need to work on their scrum, the 26-year-old is expecting England to come hard at them.
"I think we've come a long way in the last couple of years. We're confident, but we understand that we still have to work pretty hard on our scrum," Slipper said.
"We're happy with where we are but we know that we'll be coming up against a strong England pack and it's going to be a tough series.
"This is a different England team to the one we played at the World Cup. They played really well in the Six Nations with a new coach and some new players.
"They are a proud rugby nation and are coming down here to play Australia and there's a lot of history there."
