- England coach points finger at Andrew Porter’s scrummaging
- ‘Any England-Ireland game has always been a contest up front’
Eddie Jones has questioned the legality of Ireland’s scrummaging on the eve of a Twickenham showdown he has billed as England’s most important game of the year. The coach has also had a sly dig at the composition of the visiting team, saying he enjoyed hearing them described as the “United Nations” on the basis of the number of southern hemisphere-reared players involved.
Jones, as ever keen to give the Irish stew a vigorous pre-match stir, is well aware the scrum will be a key area for the French referee Pascal Gaüzère and does not want the Ireland tighthead Andrew Porter to win as many penalties as he did against Wales in Dublin last week.
Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/19/eddie-jones-commences-the-mind-games-for-englands-visit-from-ireland under the title “Eddie Jones begins mind games against Ireland by putting referee on the spot”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
