Even before things turned ugly on his Sunday morning train, this was always going to be a bumpy week for Eddie Jones. If there had been an emergency cord available, England would have yanked it after 20 minutes. Jones being Jones, of course, this could just be his crafty way of -winding up his forwards to the point where they come steaming out at the Stade de France determined to flatten everyone and everything. “The reality is that the more games you win, the closer you are to a game like this. We think we’ve prepared well, they get a few things going their way, the crowd gets excited, the referee gets excited, and we get a bit disappointed.

Source: The Irish Times February 28, 2018 22:52 UTC