Keep it tight! Jones puts his faith in power game

PAUL REES ON WHY ENGLAND NEED TO CONVERT OPPORTUNITIES INTO TRIES AND EXPLOIT THE RARE TALENTS OF MARCUS SMITH

EDDIE Jones has not been seduced by the sense of adventure that has floodlit the Gallagher Premiership this season. Try bonus points have abounded and a tournament that had tilted towards the Roundhead has become decidedly more Cavalier.
Jones’s England team for the opening autumn international against Argentina at Twickenham today has the artful Marcus Smith at outside-half, but otherwise it is a selection in keeping with the approach he has taken since he succeeded...

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