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Eddie Jones learns from Navy Seals in boost to England’s World Cup mission

In Eddie Jones’s mind the race to win next year’s Rugby World Cup is similar to a classic steeplechase. “In the Cheltenham Gold Cup there would probably be Ireland and France, nose and nose, just in front. New Zealand and South Africa would be one and two back and we’re just behind that. But we’ve got a tight rein on at the moment so we’ve got plenty to go in the last 400. Can you see the vision?”

Few would dispute his assessment of a tightly bunched field but, as Jones is well aware, the key for his England team is how fast they can accelerate up the hill between now and next September. His first training squad of the season offered a few pointers but, because of injuries and temporary unavailability to others, his formal autumn squad announcement on 17 October will be a better selectorial gauge.

Whoever is picked, though, Jones is more preoccupied with working on how his side think under pressure. Recent months spent watching an intriguing Rugby Championship and a hectic opening to the Premiership, have further emphasised to him that a well-grooved Plan A, on its own, is not enough for sides with lofty ambitions.

He was particularly struck by the recent National Rugby League game between his old favourite team, the Rabbitohs, and their Sydney rivals the Roosters. “They had eight sin-bins, five HIAs [head injury assessments] and five of the eight tries were scored by the undermanned team. This is the sort of landscape we’re going into.”

Factor in the increasing number of breaks in play: “It’s a poor part of our game at the moment – there are just too many stoppages,” and it is Jones’s belief that coaches and players need to become more flexible than ever.

“Probably 25% of the game now is uncontrollable, through

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