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Eddie Jones bags Scottish crowd in post-match BBC interview
By Ian Cameron
England head coach Eddie Jones couldn't resist a parting shot at the Scottish crowd, describing the thousands in attendance as lacking 'manners'.
The men in white came away 13 - 6 winners in what was a rain-soaked and error-strewn encounter.
Jones gave a hot take to the BBC immediately after the game and was happy to fire off in what has become a trademark of the fiery Australian coach.
Abuse had been hurled at the English team as they got off the bus and the failure of the crowd to remain quiet during Owen Farrell's kicks irked Jones.
"It was an old fashioned Calcutta Cup game, swirling wind and an aggressive crowd without manners," said Jones. "I thought you were supposed to show kickers respect."
Prior to the game a beer bottle struck the England coach and manners supporters made hand gestures Jones and his men as they entered the stadium.
The pot had been stirred earlier in the week, by both sides. England flanker Lewis Ludlam said that the sides were ready to go to 'war'.
“It’s just another place to go. It’s a battle. It’s going to be a war and it’s something we’re excited for and we’ll be ready for.
“We are going out to get stuck into them and they are going to do the same to us. I don’t think there is any difference in the passion between the two sides.
“Whenever you pull on the shirt, it is a proud moment, it is a passionate experience. They won’t be any more revved up than we are for it.”
“We’re going to come out fighting. We’re revved up. We want to be brutal. We don’t want to give them an inch to breathe. We’re coming for them.”
WATCH: Ireland head coach Andy Farrell and captain Johnny Sexton press conference following their victory over Wales in the Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
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It is if he thinks he’s got hold of the ball and there is at least one other player between him and the ball carrier, which is why he has to reach around and over their heads. Not a deliberate action for me.
Go to commentsI understand, but England 30 years ago were a set piece focused kick heavy team not big on using backs.
Same as now.
South African sides from any period will have a big bunch of forwards smashing it up and a first five booting everything in their own half.
NZ until recently rarely if ever scrummed for penalties; the scrum is to attack from, broken play, not structured is what we’re after.
Same as now.
These are ways of playing very ingrained into the culture.
If you were in an English club team and were off to Fiji for a game against a club team you’d never heard of and had no footage of, how would you prepare?
For a forward dominated grind or would you assume they will throw the ball about because they are Fijian?
A Fiji way. An English way.
An Australian way depends on who you’ve scraped together that hasn’t been picked off by AFL or NRL, and that changes from generation to generation a lot of the time.
Actually, maybe that is their style. In fact, yes they have a style.
Nevermind. Fuggit I’ve typed it all out now.
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