Eddie Jones and England Rubgy.

[Leekbrookgull]

Well 14 games unbeaten is a cracking return to form from the shambles of what was before. Like many i just read the reports and interviews,however and maybe it is me (?) Jones seems to play a straight bat and keeps his messages simple and to the point.

 

[Icy Gull]

We have always had the players, Jones has given them mental strength and massive believe. Truly amazing turnaround.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Jones has done an amazing job, I like his simple, focused, positive style.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Oh for an Eddie Jones clone to manage the England football team.

 

[crookie]

Massive defensive effort first 20 minutes to keep them to 1 try, as the game could have been gone. Superb second half

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Fantastic win for the South Sea Islanders, oops I mean the England team, against Australia.

 

[Mayonaise]

Oh for an Eddie Jones clone to manage the England football team.

Ah yes but Jones has decent players to work with so just had to sort out the tactics, fitness and confidence.

The England football team would need Harry Potter rather than Gareth Southgate to manage something similar with that shower

 

[London Irish]

Same players. Shows you coaching/management is really key

 

[Normal Rob]

Fantastic win for the South Sea Islanders, oops I mean the England team, against Australia.

Haha. That really is very funny.

 

[chimneys]

Fantastic win for the South Sea Islanders, oops I mean the England team, against Australia.

Can we have some facts to back that up please. Both England and Australia teams today, how many born and bred?

 

[melias shoes]

Shame he wasn't in charge last year.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

You just that you get the line from E/J. You are good player (otherwise you would not be here) Keep it simple,Do your Job and We will Win. No Clutter. No Mind Games. Go out and Play.

 

[1066familyman]

Can we get Gareth Southgate to start every sentence with - " Ah look mate..." ?

No harm in trying, surely.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Can we get Gareth Southgate to start every sentence with - " Ah look mate..." ?

No harm in trying, surely.

Well Southgate with his 4 year contract but gone by August 18 may be on here !!

 

[drew]

Can we have some facts to back that up please. Both England and Australia teams today, how many born and bred?

There you go.

Mike Brown - Southampton
Marland Yarde - St Lucia but lived here since a 9yr old
Jonathan Joseph - Derby
Owen Farrell - Manchester
Johnny May - Swindon
George Ford - Oldham
Ben Youngs - Norwich
Mako Vinupola - New Zealand (but raised in Wales)
Dylan Hartley - New Zealand (English mother)
Dan Cole - Leicester
Courtney Laws - Hackney
George Kruis - Guildford
Chris Robshaw - Redhill
Tom Wood - Coventry
Nathan Hughes - Fiji

Four overseas born players, one qualifies through English mother, two by residency and not sure about Hughes.

Hardly supports the argument it is a south seas team!!

 

[jakarta]

There you go.

Mike Brown - Southampton
Marland Yarde - St Lucia but lived here since a 9yr old
Jonathan Joseph - Derby
Owen Farrell - Manchester
Johnny May - Swindon
George Ford - Oldham
Ben Youngs - Norwich
Mako Vinupola - New Zealand (but raised in Wales)
Dylan Hartley - New Zealand (English mother)
Dan Cole - Leicester
Courtney Laws - Hackney
George Kruis - Guildford
Chris Robshaw - Redhill
Tom Wood - Coventry
Nathan Hughes - Fiji

Four overseas born players, one qualifies through English mother, two by residency and not sure about Hughes.

Hardly supports the argument it is a south seas team!!

Well I suppose it is a variation on when we win the Ashes and they say that most our team are actually Saffers...

 

[LlcoolJ]

Well I suppose it is a variation on when we win the Ashes and they say that most our team are actually Saffers... [emoji38]ol:

Can't do that any more either can they. Twats! Ha ha.

 

[Steve in Japan]

Personally I think Jones is fantastic. Would love to be a fly on the wall as he navigates the RFU hierarchy, not to mention the one-on-one "pep" talks with the players. Must be pure gold.

 

[jakarta]

Personally I think Jones is fantastic. Would love to be a fly on the wall as he navigates the RFU hierarchy, not to mention the one-on-one "pep" talks with the players. Must be pure gold.

He got your boys over the line vs. the Springboks in one of my favourite ever games of Rugby, don't think he needed anything else on his cv. Top Rugby Coach in the World?

 

[chimneys]

There you go.

Mike Brown - Southampton
Marland Yarde - St Lucia but lived here since a 9yr old
Jonathan Joseph - Derby
Owen Farrell - Manchester
Johnny May - Swindon
George Ford - Oldham
Ben Youngs - Norwich
Mako Vinupola - New Zealand (but raised in Wales)
Dylan Hartley - New Zealand (English mother)
Dan Cole - Leicester
Courtney Laws - Hackney
George Kruis - Guildford
Chris Robshaw - Redhill
Tom Wood - Coventry
Nathan Hughes - Fiji

Four overseas born players, one qualifies through English mother, two by residency and not sure about Hughes.

Hardly supports the argument it is a south seas team!!

Many thanks. Makes a joke of the snide insinuation.

Any idea of the Aussie equivalent today as a lot of those Aussie names sound like islanders?