Has England coach Eddie Jones backed off from his war of words with All Blacks counterpart Steve Hansen? "To me, Steve Hansen has a lot to say about everything and he's entitled to when he's winning 90 per cent of his Test matches," Jones told the Daily Telegraph when asked about comments Hansen made during England's 3-0 whitewash over Australia in June. At the time Hansen said Australian coach Michael Cheika was "happy to be bullied" by Jones. "I'm not going to comment on anything Steve says," Jones added. "You can't beat the All Blacks by copying their style, you've got to back the Australian way as Cheik calls it."

Source: New Zealand Herald October 06, 2016 18:45 UTC