We can mix with the best, says Jones

FEW things annoy a rugby coach, particularly a former hooker like Eddie Jones, as much as having his team’s forward prowess questioned.

Against Romania in Brisbane tomorrow, he expects his Australia players to show again that they have the goods to win physical matches.

The Wallaby pack were unexpectedly dominant in defusing Argentina's vaunted power game, and Jones expects the Romanians to provide a similar style of forward-dominated play.

Jones said: "People are underestimating Romania, but they're a very physical side and they really took it to Ireland last week. Certainly it's going to be a strong physical workout early and then we'd like to get some fluency in our game.

Jones has named a full-strength team to face the Oaks, although he admitted to having one eye on the Ireland match on November 1 a match shaping up as the likely decider for who wins the group.

"We need to be at our best against Ireland," he said.

Romanian coach Bernard Charreyre has one injury problem, but has selected an otherwise full-strength team.

Biarritz prop Petru Balan, a veteran of the 1999 World Cup, will miss the match because of an ankle injury and has been replaced on the loosehead side of the Oaks' scrum by the 23-year-old Petrisor Toderasc.