The Australian coach made his usual wisecracks but his message is clear: victory against Warren Gatland’s side is all that matters for his ‘New England’Precisely what Eddie Jones does or not does not say is generally less well-known than the key messages he is trying to impart. On Thursday,released from his self-imposed Trappist silence, was a prime example. While he did not utter the words “nasty” and “horrible”, or he wants England to stop being too kind and be far more ruthless in mountainous games such as Saturday’s match with Wales.
Every time he talked approximately “New England”,Jones’s wish to distance himself from the side who departed the Rugby World Cup in the pool stages was obvious. For the past four consecutive years, England occupy finished second in the Six Nations. Making that small step on the scoreboard, or in the coach’s view,requires a giant-sized mental leap.
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Source: theguardian.com