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Will Greenwood said England and Wales both benefited from a tough game ahead of their respective summer tours.England outscored their opponents five tries to one as they ran out 27-13 winners at Twickenham on Sunday.Eddie Jones side were in full flight ahead of their venture to Australia to take on the Wallabies, but the Sky Sports pundit believes both camps will take a lot from the encounter. I think both sides will be chuffed with that, said Greenwood. I thought it was a cracking Test match.Mike Phillips sent out an interesting Tweet before the game saying how happy he was that there was finally a proper Test match before heading to the southern hemisphere. Englands head coach Eddie Jones felt his side showed that they could be tactically flexible If you keep getting battered by southern hemisphere sides you need a proper warm-up game and today those teams got that.Bodies were put through the mill, players like Dylan Hartley, Alun Wyn-Jones and Scott Williams got a proper game of rugby under their belt.A few deficiencies were there from both sides and hopefully that will have helped iron them out because these teams have the ultimate challenge, theyre playing the World Cup finalists.While Wales will be disappointed with the loss, both coaches will take an enormous amount out of todays game to help them hopefully achieve success in the southern hemisphere.It was a great confidence builder, Eddie Jones is now six from six and has beaten Warren Gatland twice. England are in really good shape but there is a big challenge coming in Australia. Dylan Hartley and Joe Launchbury were both concerned with Englands slow start to their match against Wales England took victory despite missing some frontline players. None of the Exeter or Saracens players who took part in the Aviva Premiership final on Saturday were able to play for Eddie Jones team, which means they can still improve.Theres no doubt that the Grand Slam was heavily reliant in key moments of that Six Nations on five or six Saracens players, and Jack Nowell can score wonder-tries so throw him into the mix too. Teimana Harrison was excellent and Jack Clifford will get a lot of headlines. Im also loving what Anthony Watson is doing with his finishing at the moment. Will Greenwood However the World Cup winner says those players have their work cut out for them in getting back into the team after some good performances at Twickenham.Joe Launchbury was brilliant, he took the first lineout, took the first restart and made the first tackle. He was everywhere - a man mountain. Warren Gatland was reasonably happy with aspects of Wales 27-13 defeat to England I thought the second row depth in general for England was outstanding in fact - Launchbury and Courtney Lawes both played well.The challenge has been set by two incredible players in George Kruis and Maro Itoje, but Launchbury is hot on their heels.Teimana Harrison was excellent and Jack Clifford will get a lot of headlines. Im also loving what Anthony Watson is doing with his finishing at the moment.England now head to Australia to take on the Wallabies in a three-match tour, and Greenwood hopes that Jones side can build on Sundays win and compete in a tough series against last years losing World Cup finalists.As a fan I would like the series to be alive in the third Test.If England win one of the first two Tests and head to Sydney with the series still in the balance then theyre not quite back, but theyre starting to get their cutlery out to sit at the top table of rugby.Also See:England ease to Wales victoryLydiate set to miss NZ tourCharles Haley Jersey . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. 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The tribunal, however, also put focus on WADA and the ITF for failing to adequately communicate to its players that it was indeed banned.I think what it has certainly done is brought awareness that there are flaws in the system, Sharapova said.An Outside the Lines investigation this week revealed that tennis has comparatively low instances of positive drug tests -- 1 in 985 tests versus 1 in 274 in track and field and 1 in 520 in swimming -- and that 65 percent of players surveyed in an ESPN Tennis Confidential felt the sport didnt drug-test enough.The ITF issued a statement Thursday saying it did not try to ban Sharapova for four years, as has been suggested.The ITF stated clearly that it was the responsibility of the Independent Tribunal -- and subsequently the CAS Panel -- to determine what the appropriate sanction should be, the ITF statement said. This included the decision as to whether Ms. Sharapova met the requirements set out in the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme - which are the same as those in the WADA Code - for a reduction from the default four-year suspension for the use of a non-specified substance such as meldonium. The CAS Panel confirmed Ms. Sharapovas violation of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme and a 15-month suspension.Sharapovas attorney responded later Thursday, saying that the ITFs claim that it didnt try to ban Sharapova for four years was patently false, citing the letter to Sharapova informing her of her positive test that noted a four year period of Ineglibility would apply.Sharapova plans to return to the court next week in Las Vegas at the World Team Tennis Smash Hits, a charity event co-hosted by?Billie Jean King and Elton John. She cannot return to sanctioned WTAA events until April 2017.ddddddddddddSharapova said she tested positive for meldonium five times while the drug was on WADAs watch list in 2015, but she wasnt warned that she had or that it was going to be banned in 2016 because she was told such results were confidential. Thats why, she said, she was surprised that her positive drug test at the Australian Open was for meldonium.WADA and the ITF said they provided wallet cards and that the information was available in an email sent on Dec. 22, 2015, titled Main Changes to the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.Although it is thought that the drug, which is commonly available over the counter in Eastern European countries, might have performance-enhancing qualities because it is designed to open blood vessels and better serve the heart, the 29-year-old tennis star said theres zero evidence that its a performance enhancer. The drug was recommended to Sharapova after irregularities appeared on her electrocardiograms.Ivars Kalvins, the chemist who designed the drug, met with WADA in September to try to dissuade it from again putting meldonium on the list of banned substances for 2017. But when the list was published Friday, meldonium was still banned.Some of Sharapovas legacy could depend on what is ultimately found out about the drug and its ability to enhance performance.I wont treat it that way, she said. I think the one thing that Id love to see -- and if anyone could show me -- is evidence on the performance-enhancing effect that it has.Nothing, since all these cases have come out, has WADA come out with actual research. And theyve actually said they didnt do exertion research.Sharapova said she has not received much public support from her contemporaries.When you are going through such a tough period and so many ups and downs, thats not really what you are thinking about, she said. Its about when Im coming back. That wasnt something that was a focus of mine.Private support from fellow players means more to her, she said.Sharapova said that going forward, shes looking for a replacement for meldonium. Shes also looking for a doctor to be on her staff who will be the point person for everything that goes in her body and will monitor the list of banned substances. ' ' '