Eddie Jones bites tongue over officiating after England loss to Wales
England coach Eddie Jones tried to make his frustration clear while refusing to criticize referee Pascal Gauzere following the reigning Six Nations champions' 40-24 loss to host Wales on Saturday. Defeat in what Jones had labeled a "make-or-break" third-round fixture all but ended England's hopes ...
Japan to face Eddie Jones' England in second match of World Cup pool stage
Japan will open its 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign in France against the second-ranked team from the Americas qualifying tournament before clashing with heavyweight England and former coach Eddie Jones, World Rugby announced Friday. The Brave Blossoms will play their opener on Sept. 10 in ...
Eddie Jones pins England's lack of aggression on playing behind closed doors
Eddie Jones believes England's lack of aggression at the start of its Six Nations title defense may be the result of playing behind closed doors. England began the tournament with a lackluster effort in an 11-6 loss against Scotland, a match that saw England's oldest ...
Kyle Sinckler happy to get second chance with England during Six Nations
Kyle Sinckler was just grateful to be playing for England again as coach Eddie Jones suggested he could be the world's best tighthead prop following Saturday's man-of-the-match display against Italy. The Bristol Bears front rower made his first appearance of this year's Six Nations in ...
Eddie Jones hails Jonny May's spectacular 'rugby league' try
England coach Eddie Jones said that Jonny May's extraordinary try in Saturday's 41-18 Six Nations victory over Italy reminded him of a rugby league finish, though the flying up-and-over dive would have probably been more at home in last week's Super Bowl. May received the ...
England's 'mad chemist' Eddie Jones opts for familiar formula against Italy
Eddie Jones may be something of a self-confessed "mad chemist" but he has avoided any wacky experiments as England looks to revive their Six Nations title defense against Italy at Twickenham on Saturday. What little prospect there was of the veteran Australian blooding a few ...
That reigning champion England is the team to beat heading into a Six Nations is not unusual. That the entire 2021 tournament is scheduled to be played without spectators, however, makes it like no other before it even kicks off. Rugby Union got used to staging ...
England faces contrasting RWC challenges from Argentina and Japan
England should go into the 2023 World Cup confident but wary after being grouped with Argentina and Japan, plus probably another Pacific island nation, in a pool coach Eddie Jones has described as the most contrasting of the four in terms of style. Although the ...
Japan seeks top-level competition ahead of 2023 reunion with Eddie Jones
The Brave Blossoms head coach wants to recreate the preparations that led to Japan's quarterfinal run on home soil in 2019.
Some players will come out of lockdown in 'terrible' condition: Eddie Jones
Players not committed to maintaining their fitness and improving their skills during the COVID-19 lockdown will return in "terrible" condition when the sport is set to resume, England coach Eddie Jones has warned. Rugby, like many other sports, has come to a standstill due to ...
Former Springboks scrum coach Matt Proudfoot growing under England's Eddie Jones
After watching the South Africa pack demolish England in last year's Rugby World Cup final, coach Eddie Jones' next step was obvious — get the coaching brains behind the Springbok scrum, Matt Proudfoot, to jump ship and head to Twickenham. The deal was done in ...
Jamie Joseph expecting Japan's summer tests against England, Wales to be called off or postponed
With Japan's summer test matches against Wales and Rugby World Cup runner-up England almost guaranteed to be called off as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Brave Blossoms coach Jamie Joseph is hoping the games can be played at a later date. Talking recently to ...
