Eddie Jones’s players find a way to win 19-16 after France’s Guy Novès inspires a revival that almost forces a Six Nations major reversal
England’s 15th win, the one that broke the record set by the squad that won the World Cup in 2003, was the tightest yet. There were only three points in it, though you would never have known that from the way the head coach, Eddie Jones, told it after the match was over. “I thought we were awful,” Jones said, “but I always thought we were going to win.”
Sports journalists are usually a thirsty lot, but Jones’s press conferences leave people feeling particularly parched because you have to take so many pinches of salt with what he says. But this line seemed, and sounded, straight. Or at least, as close to it as his public utterances tend to get.
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