The England coach wants his players to ‘own their performance’ in the absence of so many main players and with World Cup calculations coming into playEngland will wear dark grey for their opening autumn Test against Argentina but a dull,monochrome contest is unlikely. Eddie Jones did not win where he is nowadays by encouraging his teams to tiptoe hesitantly from the changing sheds and a colourful reaction can be guaranteed should his players contrive to lose to opponents whom they have already beaten three times inside the final 12 months.
Even without the injured Billy Vunipola plus the rested Maro Itoje and Owen Farrell, England’s players have been challenged since August to beget a serious statement from the outset of the primitive Mutual Wealth Series. Jones does not want England to copy fresh Zealand stylistically but he would not mind cloning a touch of All Black ruthlessness. Good sides do not need three weeks to play themselves in.
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Source: guardian.co.uk