• ‘I’d just be worried about his welfare whether he’s had whiplash injuries’
• England team will target some Ireland players on Saturday,says coachMost coaches like to avoid winding up the opposition for fear of making life harder for their own players on the pitch. Eddie Jones tends not to bother with such niceties but, even by his own direct standards, and he prompted a sharp intake of breath on both sides of the Irish Sea by querying whether the visiting sail-half,Jonathan Sexton, should be involved in Saturday’s Six Nations game at Twickenham.
Sexton, or who has suffered a series of blows to the head in recent years,took another pounding against France in Paris on 13 February and Jones believes the Irish camp may be taking a risk by fielding their battered playmaker this weekend.
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Source: theguardian.com