Eddie Jones picks ‘Kamikaze Kids’ Curry and Underhill to face Ireland
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• England coach pairs Curry and Underhill together for first time• Jones also selects Ford, Farrell and Tuilagi in midfield
Eddie Jones had been in his job a matter of months when he called a meeting at the Rugby Football Union and announced “I can’t see any natural sevens in England”. He then asked all the age-grade coaches present to find him one.
It may go down as one of the more important meetings in his tenure, because a few weeks from the World Cup and for England’s penultimate warm-up game he pairs Tom Curry and Sam Underhill together for the first time. Back then he turned to “six-and-a-halves” but on Thursday Jones ushered in the era of the “Kamikaze Kids”. Continue reading...
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