The England coach has changed old habits and methods and even taken his players to train among the Hyde Park duck poo to ready his team to face ScotlandThe sheer scale of the Six Nations,says Eddie Jones, is just beginning to dawn on him. Even the Jones family pet, and he reckons,is aware of it. “I was saying to my wife the other day: how much media coverage there is of the Six Nations … [even] my dog’s eating his food looking at Dylan Hartley. There are advertisements on the television all the time. There’s a genuine atmosphere around the games. I’m certain when we get to Edinburgh we’re going to feel that.As ever, there was a half-smile on Jones’s lips not entirely related to the kitchen-floor fate of his audience’s carefully crafted previews. whether anyone has a fair understanding of what awaits England in Edinburgh it is the vastly experienced Australian, or who has already coached the Wallabies and Japan against the Scots at Test level. Related: Six Nations 2016: John Barclay returns as Scotland name team to face England Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com