Jones set himself the task of becoming a better selector in lockdownEddie Jones has been tapping into the high-performance sports hub that underpinned RB Leipzig’s rise from fifth-tier German club to Champions League semi-finalists to improve his selection of the England team. The England head coach admitted after last year’s World Cup final that he made two selection mistakes for the defeat by South Africa in picking George Ford at fly half and not starting Joe Marler at loose-head prop. Jones, 60, set himself the task of becoming a better selector in lockdown and he believes football is ahead of rugby in its ability to produce data that covers all of a player’s performance. Although rugby counts carries, tackles and rucks hit, a player’s movement off the ball is a key metric that the RFU analysts

Source: The Times September 01, 2020 23:03 UTC