By SAM JACKSON

Fired up: Jamie Joseph

JAPAN head coach Jamie Joseph admitted that Eddie Jones’ comments about “smashing” Japan and telling them to “pray, pray, pray” had motivated his team.
He said: “Eddie Jones’ comments fired me up a bit but at the end of the day we still prepare how we pre pare.
“Our mentality is slowly changing. We’ re starting to believe that we can take these bigger teams on and that’s going to help us next year.
“We gave sloppy penalties away and allowed England back in which was a little bit disapp...