On the eve of Australia's clash with England, the Wallabies' last Test of 2016, Cheika said the week had been a lot of fun but insisted the sideshow of verbal barbs was over.

It was a cartoon that quickly pricked the interest of English journalists, as a number of websites picked up on it and ran subsequent stories on their websites.

England coach Eddie Jones. Credit:David Rogers

"From my point of view, it's concentrating on the match now, it's right in our sights," Cheika said. "All those sideline things, it's a bit of a giggle and everything like that but the real focus behind the scenes is making sure that we've got the right tactics. We're ready physically and our team is in a good space to play rugby. It's all a bit of a laugh but the real focus is there."

Jones was more interested in talking about the game but made a note that Cheika had bought out his machine gun since the England series when he was a little more reserved compared to his more senior coaching opponent.

"This has been a normal week for us," Jones said. "We did our press conference on Saturday and spoke about the next game. I made some comments that were justified and Michael has decided to get the machine gun out. That's his choice.

"Everyone makes a choice in life; what they say and how they behave. If he wants to behave like that, that's entirely up to him and we're comfortable the way we've behaved this week. We're comfortable with the way we present for rugby. I think rugby's a respectful game and we represent all the clubs, all the kids playing rugby, supporters, we represent all of those and we want to behave in a respectful way."