“The dunderhead approach is over”
AT THE start of July, Eddie Jones named an England training squad to continue preparations for the World Cup. I may be wrong but it seemed to be the 500th squad he has announced. Since he arrived as coach, he has astonishingly called up 128 players for England training, including five players in a bizarre category he calls ‘apprentices’.
The official squad for the big one in Japan has to be announced by 6 September. There is plenty of time for other players to be drafted, so any able-bodied males between the ages of 18 and 38 should stay optimistic. At least Eddie could not accuse we amateur selectors of incoherence, without inviting a retort about the pot and the kettle.
He may have discarded some of the old contemptibles to whom he insisted on staying loyal to and he may even have chosen a great player or two he had studiously ignored,
