Shaun Wane says his England workforce “must be higher” regardless of opening their two-Check collection towards Samoa with a 34-18 victory – saying their show “wouldn’t have troubled Australia”.
The hosts dominated the early levels in Wigan and opened up a 16-0 lead however had been pegged again at numerous levels of the competition by a new-look Samoa aspect containing eight debutants.
Whereas England had been distinctive at instances, they conceded two interception tries and Wane was additionally sad each about their completion price of 82% and by penalties creeping in at hand their opponents a route again into the competition.
And Wane, now in his fourth 12 months as England head coach, advised that his workforce might want to lower out unforced errors to compete with world champions Australia sooner or later.
“All we speak about in camp is our requirements and the way we wish to play. We wish to play a gorgeous model of rugby and defend robust and we went away from that,” he mentioned.
“That efficiency wouldn’t have troubled Australia. We must be higher, if I’m sincere. We all know what we have to repair as employees and gamers. It sounds bizarre saying that after a win and I do not imply it in a disrespectful strategy to Samoa. They are going to say the identical factor.”
Whereas all of the speak pre-match was of whether or not England may avenge their World Cup semi-final defeat by Samoa two years in the past, Wane insisted that it was hardly ever talked about within the build-up.
Nonetheless, having wrapped up a 3-0 collection win over Tonga 12 months in the past, he’s now equally eager guarantee his aspect keep their momentum subsequent Saturday at Headingley (14:30 GMT), the place a crowd of round 20,000 is predicted.
