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Jones: Ireland have psychological advantage over vulnerable England
By Sacha Pisani
England head coach Eddie Jones claimed Ireland have an "enormous" psychological advantage over his record-equalling but "vulnerable" side.
It was a night to remember for England, who secured a second successive Six Nations title with a 61-21 rout of Scotland on Saturday.
The demolition was England's 18th consecutive win, equalling New Zealand's record for the most victories in succession by a tier-one Test side.
England now have the opportunity to set a world record for consecutive Test wins as they also eye a Grand Slam in Dublin next week but Jones is wary of Ireland.
"Ireland, psychologically, are in a very strong position," Jones said.
"They're beaten, they're out of the tournament and they love spoiling parties.
"And the party they'd love to spoil the most is the England party. They've got an enormous amount of psychological advantage.
"We're vulnerable, because we've won, we're champions of the Six Nations. We're going to have to work really hard to get ourselves right for the game. And we will."
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The prem games this season have mainly been great to watch , with the exception of Sale. So boring and predictable.
Let's have more of Bristol, Bath , Quins etc style of play.
Rugby needs expansive play to put more bums on seats . Not the dirge of rolling forward mauls constantly trying to bully their way over the line.
It has its place yes to draw the defence but the fans want to see more running rugby . Not win at any cost and sod the entertainment .
Go to commentsSo Borthwick should drop Marcus Smith? He's the odd one out, forcing the rest of the English backline into a gameplay they don't know. Replacing him with Fin or Ford makes everyone more likely to succeed.
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