Eddie Jones gets a glimpse of England’s nasty side in Dublin victory | Andy Bull

A visiting side full of burly, bruising bullies showed they have the game to beat the best with their win in IrelandSo this is England. Three years in, this felt like the first good look at the side Eddie Jones has been dreaming about, the one he had always imagined he would pick when everybody was fit, the one he’s been whipping and hounding his players in training for, the one that, he believes, can win the World Cup for him later this year. They are an ugly bunch, nasty, brutish and sharp, a pack of burly bullies with a couple of whippet‑quick sidekicks making mischief around the fringes. T…

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