• Captain dismisses Autumn internationals as ‘friendlies’
• ‘We have to play at a higher level than we did in November’
Signs of weakness were thin on the ground in the Ireland camp on Friday. In response to Eddie Jones’s somewhat half-hearted attempt to turn the pressure up on the Six Nations champions – “praise can make you weak” – the Ireland captain, Rory Best, quipped back: “It’s maybe the lack of praise from Joe behind closed doors that protects us.”
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Written by Gerard Meagher in Dublin
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/02/ireland-best-game-england-rory-best-six-nations-rugby-union under the title “Ireland need to produce best game ever to beat England, claims Rory Best”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
