England backs coach Mike Catt: 'We must ignore criticism'

England backs coach Mike Catt has insisted that the squad must ignore any criticism coming their way ahead of their clash against Australia.

Following the team's 25-28 defeat to Wales, Catt believes that external criticism must be ignored in favour of focusing on beating the Wallabies on Saturday.

"The criticism is pretty much external white noise that is irrelevant to this weekend. Our focus is beating Australia," Catt told reporters on Tuesday.

"Like last week, it is a must-win game. We are massively excited by the fact that we have got Australia at Twickenham. It's going to be an exciting match and everything is on this one game for us.

"If you get concerned about the external effects, you are not in a good place and you lose focus of what your job is. Our job is to beat Australia, not to worry about criticism from ex players."

England, who sit in third position in Pool A, could potentially have Jonathan Joseph back among their ranks for the Twickenham tie.