Australian Tour Party Arrive.

The touring Australia team arrived in England safe and well, touching down at London Heathrow yesterday afternoon.

They arrived in the wake England’s shock defeat to Ireland but Australian coach Eddie Jones refused to accept that the challenge his side faced in the November 10th test would be an easy one. Jones said on his arrival: “Up until yesterday’s result England were the form side in international rugby, certainly Saturday’s result was a bit of a shock but every team has its ups and downs.”They’re still a very good team,”

Australia open their tour against an England National Divisions XV at Leicester’s Welford Road ground on October 28.

Wallaby squad: Forwards: Nick Stiles, Bill Young, Ben Darwin, Rod Moore, Michael Foley, Brendan Cannon, David Giffin, Justin Harrison, Mark Connors, Tom Bowman, Owen Finegan, Matt Cockbain, George Smith, Phil Waugh, Toutai Kefu, David Lyons.

Backs: George Gregan (capt), Chris Whitaker, Stephen Larkham, Elton Flatley, Manuel Edmonds, Nathan Grey, Daniel Herbert, Steve Kefu, Graeme Bond, Scott Staniforth, Ben Tune, Joe Roff, Matthew Burke, Chris Latham.

Tour dates: October 28 v England National Divisions (Welford Rd, Leicester)

November 1 v Spain (Madrid)

November 4 v Oxford University (Iffley Rd, Oxford)

November 10 v England (Twickenham)

November 17 v France (Marseille)

November 24 v Wales (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)

November 28 v Barbarians (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff).