- Title: England to douse Latin fire with ice-cool thinking
- Date: 4th October 2019
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (OCTOBER 4, 2019) (REUTERS) ENGLAND PLAYERS ARRIVING AT TRAINING ENGLAND HEAD COACH EDDIE JONES CATCHING BALL AND LAUGHING PLAYERS ARRIVING PROP JOE MARLER ARRIVING AT TRAINING WINGER JACK NOWELL RUNNING VARIOUS OF FLANKER TOM CURRY BOUNCING BALL OFF NET ENGLAND TRAINING NUMBER EIGHT BILLY VUNIPOLA LAUGHING JONES SPEAKING TO CENTRE MANU TUILAGI JONES ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, EDDIE JONES, SAYING: "I think you have got to be smart about things. Rugby is a physical game, a tough, physical game. We have seen that already at the World Cup. The passion and pride come out in the toughness whenever you play. But then there is also emotional control because when you have a lot of passion and pride it tends to multiply your strengths and multiply your weaknesses. We obviously want to multiply our strengths and attack their weaknesses." MAKO VUNIPOLA AND NOWELL WARMING UP CAPTAIN OWEN FARRELL KICKING BALL THEN SPEAKING TO JONES (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, EDDIE JONES, SAYING: "You play against Argentina and they base their game on the scrum, it is their manlihood, so you have got to take them up front. To beat Argentina you have got to take them up front, which is the scrum, the maul, the ruck attack and ruck defence. That is where it is going to be won." PROP KYLE SINKLER WALKING MARLER STRETCHING JONES SPEAKING TO TUILAGI (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, EDDIE JONES, SAYING: "We have worked hard on creating training situations to equip the players for it (big games). The players have worked hard off the field to handle situations well but, like anything, it is a bit like a teabag isn't it? You don't know how good it is until you put it in hot water." VARIOUS OF ENGLAND TRAINING BILLY VUNIPOLA WITH BALL ENGLAND TRAINING SCRUMHALF BEN YOUNGS RUNNING ARGENTINA KICKERS TRAINING AT TOKYO STADIUM FULLBACK EMILIANO BOFFELLI PRACTICING KICK BOFFELLI AND FULLBACK SANTIAGO CARRERAS PRACTICING KICKS BALL BEING KICKED FLYHALF BENJAMIN UDRAPILLETA KICKING BALL VARIOUS OF PLAYERS ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA FLYHALF, BENJAMIN UDRAPILLETA, SAYING: (OFFICIAL TRANSLATION) "I don't want to use the word 'to lose'. It is a very crucial game so I feel a lot of pressure for this game but we are trying to transform this pressure into motivation. It is a magnificent game coming up and so we are very motivated to put out a good performance on the pitch. It is a big game and with a big game comes pressure but it makes for an amazing game." RUGBY WORLD CUP FLAG / BOFFELLI KICKING BALL BOFFELLI AND UDRAPILLETA TRAINING UDRAPILLETA KICKING BALL RUGBY WORLD CUP FLAG / BOFFELLI KICKING BALL (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA FULLBACK, EMILIANO BOFFELLI, SAYING: (OFFICIAL TRANSLATION) "I forgot about what happened against France. If there is a penalty, depending on where it is awarded, I would like to put my hand up and take it. What I need to do is what is expected of me. I want to do my part for the team." ENGLAND AND ARGENTINA FLAGS
- Embargoed: 18th October 2019 09:16
- Keywords: Argentina England Eddie Jones rugby union Rugby World Cup Japan
- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Rugby Union,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZOK9BZ
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- Story Text: England will give everything they have to match Argentina's physicality in their World Cup clash on Saturday (October 5) but they also plan to show something of a stiff upper lip in the face of what they expect to be a fiery and emotional Puma side.
Argentina have been cranking up the passion play for a game they have to win to stay in the competition but coach Eddie Jones said on Friday that his players would have to keep their cool and avoid being dragged into a heated battle.
"I think you have got to be smart. Rugby is a tough, physical game and the passion and pride come out in the toughness whenever you play," he told journalists at the Tokyo Stadium.
England's chief weakness over the last couple of years has been an inability to stem the tide when rivals get up an emotional head of steam - seen most notably in this year's Six Nations in the 21-13 defeat by Wales in a seething Cardiff bearpit and in Scotland's amazing second-half comeback from 31-0 down as England froze in the headlights en route to an incredible 38-38 Twickenham draw.
The "new England" Jones has spent almost four years honing to be judged on the next five weeks need to find a way to be cool, calm and calculating and trust that their power and skill will bring them through even if things are looking tricky for a while.
Opponents Argentina are feeding off the emotion of what they know will be a monumental challenge and are determined to express themselves despite the quality of the opposition and their own World Cup hopes being on the line.
After losing their opening game to France, defeat by England at the Tokyo Stadium will ensure a pool-stage exit for the team who reached the semi-finals of two of the last three tournaments.
The odds are stacked against them - they lost 10 games in a row before beating Tonga last week and have lost nine in a row against England - but with their backs against the wall and still stinging from the perceived injustice of the French defeat, they have no option but to fight for their lives.
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