That’s all from me. Congratulations to England on a much-needed win and thanks for reading. See you next time.
Is Jones close to knowing who will be in World Cup squad? “We came back from Australia with 36 players who played a good series. We lost 20 before we started. You’ve just got to ride with the punches. We’ve got ideas of what we’d like, of who our best players are. You look at the locks we’re missing: Isiekwe, Ewels, Chessum, Lawes. So Ribbans and Coles are, what does that make them, are sixth and seventh choice locks? So we’re building depth so that whatever happens at the World Cup … Look at the final of the women’s today, you got a red card in the 20th minute. You’ve just got to adapt to the game now.”
Will England play their best XV and 23 come the Six Nations? Will the ‘tinkering be done’ then, asks Durden-Smith?
“No, no. Definitely not, mate. But we’ll have the idea [of the best team] in our head. You never show all your cards, mate.”
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