RUGBY MATTERS

So Eddie, where have your bullying forwards got to?

BRENDAN GALLAGHER
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points

WHEN Eddie Jones clocked on as England coach, nearly three years ago now, he was quite adamant that the thing he wanted more than anything was an old style, domineering, bullying, nononsense England pack capable of intimidating the opposition.
He wanted England to revert to type and put some stick about. That was the cornerstone on which England would build and his atavistic sentiments seemed to strike a chord.
But here we are less than a year out form the World C...

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