England rugby coach Eddie Jones on 'hilarious' Roy Keane and 2019 pep talk

England rugby coach Eddie Jones has described Roy Keane as "one of the funniest blokes" he's met.

Keane came into England camp prior to the 2019 World Cup to give a talk.

And England supremo Jones admitted the former Manchester United captain is "one of the funniest blokes I've ever met", reports the Irish Mirror.

Jones added: "Like, he's inspirational but his stories are incredible, mate.

"I remember our coaching staff spent about an hour with him and he had us just laughing and laughing and laughing, he spoke to the players and he was equally as funny.

"He's certainly one of the most memorable guys we've had in.

"Obviously a very good player and a tough guy in terms of the way he played the game, but a great raconteur of football stories.

"So we'd be happy to get him in again."

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Ireland face a trip to Twickenham to face England in March and the Red Rose have been hit by the news that Owen Farrell is out of the entire tournament having undergone surgery.

Jones knows that his team will be facing a more dangerous Ireland outfit on the basis of the November internationals where the men in green beat Japan, New Zealand and Argentina in impressive fashion.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm not too worried about Ireland at this stage," said Jones, who was speaking at today's Six Nations launch.

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"The only game we're worried about is (the opening game against) Scotland.

"So I obviously watched the games and our coaching staff watched the games in Autumn and we're pleased they're doing well, Andy Farrell is a good mate of mine and I'm glad he's doing so well.

"But we're just going to to make sure that he doesn't do so well against us."