Thursday 1 October 2015 17:22, UK
Japan coach Eddie Jones says captain Chris Robshaw is a weak point in England's team which Australia will exploit on Saturday.
Australian Jones says flanker Robshaw will not be able to compete with Wallabies back-row duo Michael Hooper and David Pocock in the Twickenham showdown, which England realistically must win to have any chance of advancing to the World Cup quarter-finals.
Jones, who was in charge of the Wallabies when they lost to England in the 2003 World Cup final, believes Australia's ability at the breakdown will be too much for Stuart Lancaster's side to handle.
"The breakdown will be a key area of the game on Saturday and Australia can dominate there because England simply don't have the specialist skills to compete with them," Jones wrote in the Daily Mail.
"David Pocock is an out-and-out 'fetcher'. At the moment, there is no one in the world better than him over the ball. Stuart Lancaster doesn't have that sort of fetcher in his team.
"Australia will have two opensides in their back row, so they are expected to dominate the ruck contest and I can't see it going any other way with the teams that are going to be selected.
"Ben Morgan and Tom Wood don't play over the ball, and Robshaw only half does it, so it looks like an uphill battle for England.
"To me, Robshaw is an outstanding club player, but at international level he just doesn't have that point of difference," he added.
"He carries okay, he tackles okay, but he's not outstandingly good in any area. I think that is his limiting factor. He's a good workmanlike player, but he does not have the specialist skills and the instinct as an openside that Pocock has."
Jones, who masterminded the biggest shock in the tournament's history against South Africa, also suggested that Toulon's Steffon Armitage should be England's openside.
Armitage was left out of the England squad because he plays in France - Lancaster can only pick players based abroad in 'exceptional circumstances'.
"Steffon Armitage is pretty hard and handy over the ball and would definitely bring that quality to the England side," Jones said.
"I reckon needing a specialist openside at a World Cup should count as an exceptional circumstance, to allow Lancaster to pick him."
