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If you are looking for a little hint of Eddie Jones’s lingering influence on Japanese rugby, have a read of what the flanker Masakatsu Nishikawa had to say about the England pack he will be playing against on Saturday.
Nishikawa said he was not too familiar with the two rookie back-rowers, Mark Wilson and Zach Mercer, but it did not matter because “we just need to smash them whoever is on the field”.
Written by Andy Bull
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/15/japan-fast-emotionally-smash-england-autumn-internationals under the title “Japan plot fast route to ‘emotionally smash’ Eddie Jones’s England”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
