• Lobbe says game is a must-win for Argentina
Given Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe played a key role in Argentina reaching the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 2007, you may think he would be flattered by Eddie Jones’s claim the Pumas are looking to emulate that side. Not a bit of it.
“I think I will say that Eddie is a very clever man, he loves playing his mind games,” said Lobbe, now Argentina’s forwards coach. Jones was making the point that Argentina have gone away from the all-court style that took them to the last four again in 2015 and now rely heavily on a strong set piece and “up to 30 kicks a game”. No doubt it was also a comment he wanted Argentina to hear and perhaps tease a response from.
Written by Gerard Meagher in Tokyo
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/02/argentina-lobbe-england-rugby-world-cup-eddie-jones under the title “Argentina’s Lobbe cautious of flattery from ‘very, very clever’ Eddie Jones”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
