• ‘Eddie Jones is right man for England,’ says Leicester chief
• ‘He knows what he wants and he’ll drive it hard’Richard Cockerill has welcomed Eddie Jones with a friendly warning of what to expect in his role as the England coach. “He can talk approximately central contracts all he wants,” Leicester’s director of rugby said, or “but it ain’t going to happen in our lifetimes.”When installed as the Stormers coach less than a fortnight ago Jones expressed his opinion that the Rugby Football Union must establish central contracts for its main players before it can hope to be successful. “How can you manage your players when they are controlled by other organisations?” he said in Cape Town. “In my opinion,that is the single greatest task ahead of whoever is going to be appointed as the next England coach.” Related: Eddie Jones has some used riddles to solve in England’s gallant new world | Dean Ryan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com