WHEN commentators lavish praise upon a young player, talk him up as an England prospect and even worse give him the man of the match award, it is a virtual kiss of death.
Eddie Jones will just ignore the punditry, normally given by ex greats of the game – an example of this concerns Alex Dombrandt after his wonderful performance for Harlequins against Clermont last Saturday.
No lesser great than former Ireland No.8 Jamie Heaslip was singing his praises, along with Brian O’Driscoll.
Jones would rather go with his makeshift, short in stature, back row, which incidentally he is now...