Tonight's rugby news as England star praises players for speaking out over brain damage and Eddie Jones seeks Man Utd inspiration

Here are your rugby evening headlines for Saturday, 6 August.

England coach Eddie Jones is hoping his players can imitate Sir Alex Ferguson's dominant Manchester United side by running the team themselves.

Jones' tenure with England has largely been a success, having won three Six Nations titles and reached a World Cup final. But there have been setbacks, with fifth-place finishes in the Six Nations in 2018 and 2021.

And with the 2023 World Cup in France on the horizon, Jones suggested that some of the players who have been to fee-playing schools might struggle to deal with adversity, adding that he wishes to emulate Ferguson's Manchester United team of the 90s and 00s that won multiple trophies.

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“If you have only been in a system where you get to 15, you have a bit of rugby ability and then go to Harrow. Then for two years you do nothing but play rugby, everything’s done for you. That’s the reality. You have this closeted life,” Jones told inews.

“When things go to crap on the field who’s going to lead because these blokes have never had experience of it? I see that as a big thing. When we are on the front foot we are the best in the world.

“When we are not on the front foot our ability to find a way to win, our resolve, is not as it should be… There is this desire to be polite and so winning is seen as a bit uncouth. ‘We have to play the game properly, old chap.’

“I felt that culture was working against us when I arrived, 100 per cent. It’s never one thing, it’s the whole structure. Players are taught to be compliant. The best teams are run by the players and the coach facilitates that. That’s the key.

“Look at United. At some stage they had (Paul) Scholes, (Roy) Keane, (Gary) Neville, all those guys. The players