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* EDDIE JONES: “WE HAVE TO BE DARING” * ENGLAND KICK OFF THEIR 2017 CAMPAIGN AGAINST FRANCE ON FEBRUARY 4TH * JONES’ SQUAD FOR THE COMPETITION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 20 JANUARY ENGLAND HEAD
COACH EDDIE JONES INSISTS THE MEN IN WHITE MUST BE DARING IF THEY ARE TO CLAIM BACK-TO-BACK GRAND SLAM TITLES IN THIS YEAR’S RBS 6 NATIONS. If Jones’ men can clinch a Grand Slam in 2017,
they’ll be only the third English side in history to accomplish the feat of winning back-to-back titles. “You don’t defend a Grand Slam, you have to win it again,” said Jones. “That is why
we have to be absolutely daring going into this Six Nations. ------------------------- [embedded content] ------------------------- “It is about courage to play a game really well,
regardless of the situation.” But the Aussies main focus remains on France, and a session-by-session approach to England’s preparations. “If you look back through 2016, the teams that won
the most in England – in terms of complex team sports – were Leicester City and us,” he added. ------------------------- ------------------------- “In our first meeting, we went through the
example of what has happened to Leicester City and asked: ‘do we want that to happen to us?’. “We’ve come up with some strategies that we believe will help us to overcome any complacency and
any tendency to be comfortable.”