Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 13, 201979
Age: 29 Born: Gravesend
Club: Northampton
Caps: 5 Height: 6ft
Weight: 14st 2lb
Previous RWCs: nonePIERS FRANCIS
CENTREAge: 26 Born: Plymouth
Club: Exeter
Caps: 22 Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 15st 1lb
Previous RWCs: 2015HENRY SLADE
CENTREAge: 21 Born: Suva, Fiji
Club: Bath
Caps: 5 Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 17st 13lb
Previous RWCs: noneJOE COKANASIGA
WINGAge: 27 Born: Tenterden
Club: Bath
Caps: 0 Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 14st 9lb
Previous RWCs: noneRUARIDH McCONNOCHIE
WINGAge: 25 Born: Ashford
Club: Bath
Caps: 34 Height: 6ft 1in
Weight: 15st 1lb
Previous RWCs: 2015ANTHONY WATSON
WINGAge: 28 Born: Derby
Club: Bath
Caps: 41 Height: 6ft
Weight: 14st 4lb
Previous RWCs: 2015JONATHAN JOSEPH
CENTREAge: 28 Born: Fogapoa,
Samoa Club: Leicester
Caps: 33 Height: 6ft
Weight: 17st 4lb
Previous RWCs: 2011MANU TUILAGI
CENTREAge: 29 Born: Swindon
Club: Leicester
Caps: 45 Height: 6ft 2in
Weight: 14st 2lb
Previous RWCs: 2015JONNY MAY
WINGAge: 26 Born: Newlyn
Club: Exeter
Caps: 33 Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 15st 3lb
Previous RWCs: 2015JACK NOWELL
WINGAge: 26 Born: Croydon
Club: Saracens
Caps: 31 Height: 6ft
Weight: 15st 6lb
Previous RWCs: noneELLIOT DALY
FULL BACKAge: 26 Born: Sydney,
Australia Club: Saracens
Caps: 42 Height: 6ft 2in
Weight: 20st 6lb
Previous RWCs: 2015
BILLY VUNIPOLA
No 8
Age: 29 Born: Kendal
Club: Sale
Caps: 13 Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 17st 8lb
Previous RWCs: none
MARK WILSON
No 8
Age: 32 Born: Christchurch,
NZ Club: Gloucester
Caps: 1 Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 14st 0lb
Previous RWCs: noneWILLI HEINZ
SCRUM-HALF
Age: 29 Born: Cawston
Club: Leicester
Caps: 86 Height: 5ft 10in
Weight: 13st 12lb
Previous RWCs: 2011, 2015BEN YOUNGS
SCRUM-HALF
Age: 26 Born: Oldham
Club: Leicester
Caps: 56 Height: 5ft 10in
Weight: 13st 7lb
Previous RWCs: 2015GEORGE FORD
FLY-HALFAge: 27
Born: Wigan
Club: Saracens
Debut: 2012
Caps: 74
Tries: 10
Height: 6ft 1in
Weight: 14st
10lb Previous
RWCs: 2015
n MISSED
Saracens’
European
quarter-final win
over Glasgow in
March to attend
the birth of
his first child,
Tommy.CAPTAIN
Jones: We are a
family, we will
have problems
years, I’ve never been
confident in a team being
smooth.
‘We’re like any family —
everyone sits around the
dining table, everyone
enjoys good conversation
but you know there are
problems and we’re exactly
the same.
‘We’ve got 31 sitting around
the table, we can have nice
conversations, but you
know potentially there’s a
problem.
‘All I can do is trust the
players. They are adults,
they’re responsible, they
want to play for
England, but we could
have some
problems. If we do,
we’ll deal with
them. Every team
has problems.’
Many national
teams have an
emphasis on
senior players
taking charge of
many internal
disciplinary
matters and
Jones claimed it
would be no
different within
the England squad— although the
management may
intervene if they consider it
is necessary.
‘It’s always a fluid situation,’
he said. ‘When us older
guys played, the senior
players ran the team.
‘Nothing’s ever changed —
the senior players run the
team, but sometimes the
coach has got to come in
and tell them to pull their
socks up, or pick up the
bottles.
‘It seems like there’s this
new phenomenon called a
leadership group.
‘Ever since I’ve been
involved with rugby, there
have always been guys
leading the team.
‘That’s the nature of rugby
and nothing’s changed.’
England captain Owen
Farrell, whose appointment
was a ‘straightforward
decision’ according to
Jones, will be expected to
set the tone for standards
of behaviour within the
England squad and he
added: ‘We want to police
ourselves as much as we
can. Being part of that
means making sure that
we’re being good lads and I
think we have a good group.’From Back PageOWEN FARRELL
FLY HALFTHE ROAD TO JAPAN
WORLD CUP POOL GAMES
v WALES (a)
Saturday, 2.15pm
Cardiffv IRELAND (h)
Sat Aug 24, 3pm
Twickenhamv ITALY (h)
Fri Sep 6, 7.45pm
Newcastle2
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v TONGA
Sep 22, 11.15am, Sapporov USA
Sep 26, 11.45am, Kobe Cityv FRANCE
Oct 12, 9.15am, Yokohamav ARGENTINA
Oct 5, 9am, Tokyo1
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