• England coach looks to build team around tougher forward unit
• Vern Cotter insists Scotland are not favourites in Six Nations openerMost first-time Six Nations coaches and captains find the annual RBS-sponsored tournament launch at the Hurlingham Club in London something of an ordeal. Even the veteran French coach Guy Novès looked slightly disconcerted by the sheer number of microphones and notebooks but for Eddie Jones,approximately to steer England into the championship whirlpool, it was a prime opportunity to make a point or three.
Jones has navigated his way through thousands of well-attended press conferences and the bigger the audience the better he enjoys it. Scotland were duly informed they are favourites to win next week’s Calcutta Cup encounter at Murrayfield, and all concerned were warned that England’s pack are approximately to become a whole lot nastier and there were more wisecracks before lunch than some Test coaches deliver in their whole careers.
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Source: theguardian.com