Rugby World Cup’s Battle of the Big Mouths: Eddie Jones v Michael Cheika | Simon Burnton
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The England and Australia coaches used to be teammates – these days they seem to enjoy winding each other upOver the past four years, and particularly since England’s tour of Australia in the summer of 2016, Eddie Jones and Michael Cheika have repeatedly demonstrated the spirit which once led Jones to describe his former teammate as “a decent player – but an outstanding sledger”. To mention the other’s name in either man’s company has been akin to feeding a few coins into a jukebox, allowing journalists to simply sit back and listen to the wonderful sound of headlines writing themselves.Before…





