Jones helping to put focus on players and not game-plans

The splendour of the exclusive Hurlingham Club on the banks of the Thames, where such is the demand for membership that the waiting list has been closed, served as the backdrop for the launch of the Six Nations Championship. A foggy morning served to disguise the black eye being sported by the England head coach Eddie Jones as he reluctantly posed for photographs, and if there were conflicting reports about how he acquired the injury, it was not down to the refinement of Dylan Hartley's tackling technique taking longer than anticipated.