Eddie Jones joked that his wife would need a half-and-half shirt after England drew Japan in the 2023 Rugby World Cup. A year after losing the final to South Africa, England were handed as favourable a pool schedule for the tournament in France as they could possibly have hoped.
Jones’ team avoided the host nation as well as Australia, Ireland and Scotland. Instead they will face Argentina and his former team Japan, the darlings of the last two tournaments. “I had this strong gut feeling that we were going to get Japan and I wasn’t disappointed,” he said. “I think my wife has already bought a half-English, half-Japanese shirt! “I will do some work on her over the next two years to make sure she has got the right shirt on.” England, the only
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