RUGBY TESTS
England coach Eddie Jones is under pressure from all sides
Where most will flee the eye of the storm‚ England coach Eddie Jones is more likely to raise an eyebrow. Trust him to court controversy or impart sense to imbroglio. The garrulous Australian is certainly partial to some verbal jousting but you have to feel for him in the lead-up to the three-Test series against the Springboks starting on Saturday. Jones is under pressure for a variety of reasons. After a stellar start to his England coaching career — in which England won 18 consecutive Tests (17 under Jones), including successive Six Nations crowns — the English have fallen on hard times of late. Defeats in the Six Nations to Scotland‚ France and Ireland were followed by humiliation at the hands of the Barbarians, who put 60 points on England in their most recent outing. England’s most recent record has had some observers wondering whether the team‚ having hit the highest peaks‚ is not on the same slippery slope Jones’s previous sides found themselves on. Injuries have not helped‚ b...
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