• 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”.
Written by Gerard Meagher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/22/eddie-jones-england-tom-curry-sam-underhill-ireland under the title “Eddie Jones picks ‘Kamikaze Kids’ Curry and Underhill to face Ireland”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
