NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE THINKING BEHIND EDDIE JONES’ TOUR SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA

IF Eddie Jones is as successful at sending mixed messages to the Springboks as he has been with his squad announcement for next month’s South Africa tour then England should have the hosts in a confused state come the first Test.
Given that it has just been confirmed that South Africa have scrapped their ban on overseasbased players – as predicted in The Rugby Paper in February when we broke the news of Rassie Erasmus being appointed Springbok coach – that might be handy.
The danger is ...