Billy Vunipola and Danny Care recalled as England prepare for "aggressive" Aussies

Eddie Jones has turned to old timers Billy Vunipola and Danny Care to help deal with the “really aggressive environment" awaiting England in Australia.

The pair are long-term strangers to the Test arena with scrum-half Care last capped in 2018 and No.8 Vunipola dropped 15 months ago.

But both are in top form and with England in a hole after another dismal Six Nations and Sunday’s stuffing by the Barbarians, Jones feels the time is right to tap back into their 145 caps worth of experience.

“Australia will have really hard, flat tracks and abusive crowds,” warned the head coach, naming a 36-strong squad for the three-Test series.

“They are in your face, the Australians. The media is going to be in our face. They are aggressive. It is a really aggressive environment.

“Australia-England, for Australians, is the biggest tour. I think they’ve sold out every game. It’s going to be huge.

“We’ve gotta go after them and that’s our whole intention.”

Jones has won all eight Tests against the land of his birth since taking charge of England, including a 3-0 sweep of the last series played Down Under in 2016.

But this is a tough ask, with Alex Dombrandt, Sam Simmonds, Kyle Sinckler, Henry Slade, Manu Tuilagi, Joe Launchbury, Anthony Watson, Joe Marler and Ben Youngs all missing.

Jones claims not to see it that way, saying: “This is probably the strongest I have seen an English squad.”

That smacks of wishful thinking given current form and the absence of so many key players. On Sunday they conceded six tries against 14 men.

“That was an England XV side, not a Test match,” Jones countered. “It was a practise match.”

Undoubtedly England will benefit from the power carrying of Vunipola, the only specialist No8 in the squad, providing he