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Published 16:23 8 Aug 2022 BST
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"If you have only been in a system where you get to 15," said Jones, "you have a bit of rugby ability and then go to Harrow. Then for two years you do nothing but play rugby, everything’s done for you. That’s the reality. You have this closeted life." "When things go to crap on the field who’s going to lead because these blokes have never had experience of it? I see that as a big thing. When we are on the front foot we are the best in the world. When we are not on the front foot our ability to find a way to win, our resolve, is not as it should be."[caption id="attachment_247842" align="aligncenter" width="594"]
England head coach Eddie Jones pictured at Twickenham Stadium in 2021. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images)[/caption]
"There is this desire to be polite and so winning is seen as a bit uncouth - 'We have to play the game properly, old chap'. I felt that culture was working against us when I arrived, 100 per cent. It’s never one thing, it’s the whole structure. Players are taught to be compliant. The best teams are run by the players and the coach facilitates that. That’s the key. "Look at Manchester United. At some stage they had [Paul] Scholes, [Roy] Keane, [Gary] Neville, all those guys. The players ran the team and [Alex] Ferguson had iron-clad discipline that kept them all in line."For all the openness and joviality of Eddie Jones during that iNews interview, there was one question that considerably irked him. Jones was asked what southern hemisphere player - from The Rugby Championship sides - he would love to have on his England team. He snapped back:
"You are going down the wrong line here, mate. Talking some shit now. "None, mate. I’m not a fan, mate, so don’t ask me to answer questions like a fan, right? You want me to be a fan, get me after 2023. I don’t see the game that way. I’m here to coach England. I’m happy with what I’ve got."Jones did have a point, of course. Whatever player he said would have been a headline and would, in turn, irk the English stars that play in the same position. Lesson learned for journalists ahead of future chats or risky questions with Eddie Jones.
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