EDDIE JONES has had a week to forget — and now faces the biggest game of his England career.
The Red Rose boss learnt the hard way it is never an easy ride when you are top man at Twickenham.
To call Ireland “scummy” and Wales a “little s*** place” during a talk on leadership last summer was silly and misjudged.
It’s not like he was goaded into saying those things or led down a path, he offered them up off his own back and has paid the price for it.
Eddie’s not the kind of guy who would do anything he felt would harm the team.
Hands-on time with his players is small, with only a few intense bursts throughout the year.
So when he’s not coaching, he’s out researching and networking.
He’s a workaholic and if he feels what he is doing will help and improve England, then good on him.
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I’m sure he’s not going to slip up again after the unwanted attention he’s brought on himself and his team.
England need Kyle Sinckler right now. He’s a prop that can run like a back-row and is a power athlete who reflects modern-day rugby.
Sinckler gives you a contest at the gainline and after a tough year, the timing for him is huge.
Ten tries, eight games, no defeats . . . Jacob Stockdale is living the dream.
Test rugby must feel pretty easy to him right now, so Jonny May and Lions duo Anthony Watson and Elliot Daly have to put him under pressure and make him uncomfortable.
But coming to Twickenham in a Grand Slam game is something he has never experienced.
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