England plan to take down Australian debutant ‘Three Storey Rory’

England are ready to deal with the threat posed by ‘Three Storey Rory’ when they clash with Australia in Brisbane today.

The Wallabies will give Brumbies second-row giant Rory Arnold his debut in only his second professional season in the hope his 6’10”, 19-stone frame will disrupt a Red Rose line-out that excelled throughout the RBS 6 Nations.

England scrum coach Neal Hatley has revealed that a special plan has been drawn up to negate the tallest Wallaby of all time.

“Arnold poses a definite threat. We’ve watched some of the clips from him from the Currie Cup in South Africa all the way through to the Brumbies,” Hatley said.

“It’s going to be hard work to negate him, but we’ve put things in place that hopefully will be able to sort that out.”

Eddie Jones has declared that England will play ‘Bodyline’ rugby over the three Tests and Hatley insists that intent extends to the collision at the scrum.

“We’ve worked ridiculously hard. It’s going to be confrontational and that’s what it’s about in international rugby, especially at the set piece,” said Hatley.

“We’ll have to be unbelievably tough and hopefully that will set the platform for what’s to come after that.

“We will have a tough and uncompromising approach. Bodyline for us is about changing what we do and presenting a different picture.”

Meanwhile Australia captain Stephen Moore has welcomed England’s promise of an all-out assault.

Jones has evoked the ‘Bodyline’ Ashes series of 1932-33 - in which England defeated Australia by playing a controversial style of cricket - to inspire his Grand Slam champions during the three-match series.

“Test rugby is physical, probably more so than Super Rugby, we know the importance of that, we’ve prepared for that and we want to make sure that part of our game is solid,” Moore said.

“That is one part of the game, but it is an important one. Eddie’s always been a great fan of cricket, which is, I guess, why he used that analogy.”

The most recent meeting between the rivals was at last autumn’s World Cup when Australia left Twickenham with a record 33-13 victory that knocked England out of the tournament they were hosting.

A feature of the game was the Wallabies’ unexpected supremacy at the scrum, but hooker Moore refuses to use that night as a reference point.