- Tuilagi and Daly will start for England in Six Nations opener
- England coach expecting ‘tough old match’
England have flown into a wintry Dublin firmly believing they can kick off the Six Nations by overpowering Ireland on the opening weekend. With Manu Tuilagi set to start in the championship for the first time in six years, their head coach, Eddie Jones, insists the visitors can upset the defending champions and register a first victory at the Aviva Stadium since 2013.
No one in the England setup expects anything but a brutally tough contest on Saturday but Jones, having retained Elliot Daly at full-back and opted for the Saracens lineout specialist George Kruis in the second row, insists his team should not be cast as underdogs in Dublin. “I’d hate to go into a game thinking we weren’t better than the opposition, that we need surprises or tricks to win the game,” said Jones. “We don’t need that. Praise can make you weak but the good teams always expect to win and play well and that’s what we are.”
Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/31/england-ireland-six-nations-manu-tuilagi-elliot-daly-rugby-union under the title “Eddie Jones says England have power game to shock Ireland in Dublin”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
