A year after the then captain and his team were booed at the Rugby World Cup there is respect for his doggedness and not only because of their winning runOdd little memories stand out crystal clear from the great mêlée of Saturday’s match, which was otherwise one long blur of flying bodies, boots and balls, reset scrums, rolling substitutions, red and yellow cards. One is from 25 minutes in, when Facundo Isa leapt to catch Ben Youngs’ box kick. Isa spilled the ball forward and it landed slap in the lap of Chris Robshaw. He puffed out his cheeks, punted it 30 yards downfield and set off in pursuit. Robshaw galumphed along like a happy labrador chasing a stick on...
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The recently recalled flanker says England, who chase their 13th straight win against Los Pumas on Saturday, are a different beast under Eddie JonesEddie Jones knew precisely what he was doing when he suggested Argentina could pose England their toughest challenge of this autumn series. As well as alerting his own side to the perils of complacency it also delivered a jagged little dart to Australian posteriors before their Test against Ireland. Even if the Wallabies do not respond in kind when they reach London next week, Jones’s calculated jibe will have found its fleshy target.It also had the additional virtue of being potentially true. Argentina did, admittedly, end up bottom of the Rugby Championship and lost to Australia at...
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