Eddie Jones has stirred the pot ahead of England’s clash with Ireland by labelling Andy Farrell’s team the ‘United Nations’.
A third of the starting XV picked by Farrell for tomorrow’s Twickenham clash were not born in Ireland and qualify through rugby’s controversial three-year residency rule. “I heard someone calling them the United Nations,” Jones said after naming his “strongest team possible” for the Autumn Nations Cup showdown. “I had a quick chuckle. “I can understand how Irish people would be upset about Irish-born players missing out.” Farrell’s Ireland were dubbed the by Argentina star Matias Moroni after they beat Wales last week with players drawn from as far afield as New Zealand, South Africa and Australia.
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