- Title: Six Nations captains and coaches gather for launch
- Date: 25th January 2017
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (JANUARY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SIX NATIONS CAPTAINS LINED UP AROUND SIX NATIONS TROPHY ENGLAND CAPTAIN, DYLAN HARTLEY VARIOUS OF RUGBY CAPTAINS POSING BESIDES TROPHY (FROM LEFT) IRELAND CAPTAIN, RORY BEST / SCOTLAND CAPTAIN, GREIG LAIDLAW POSING BESIDES TROPHY PHOTOGRAPHERS ENGLAND HEAD COACH, EDDIE JONES, WITH PLASTER ON FACE (FROM LEFT) ENGLAND HEAD COACH, EDDIE JONES / FRANCE HEAD COACH, GUY NOVES / WALES HEAD COACH, ROB HOWLEY VARIOUS OF HEAD COACHES POSING BESIDES SIX NATIONS TROPHY PHOTOGRAPHERS VARIOUS OF ENGLAND CAPTAIN, DYLAN HARTLEY / ENGLAND HEAD COACH, EDDIE JONES, POSING BESIDES SIX NATIONS TROPHY VARIOUS OF IRELAND CAPTAIN, RORY BEST / IRELAND HEAD COACH, JOE SCHMIDT, POSING BESIDES SIX NATIONS TROPHY VARIOUS OF SCOTLAND CAPTAIN, GREIG LAIDLAW / SCOTLAND HEAD COACH, VERN COTTER, POSING BESIDES SIX NATIONS TROPHY WALES HEAD COACH, ROB HOWLEY PHOTOGRAPHERS WALES CAPTAIN, ALAN WYN JONES / WALES HEAD COACH, ROB HOWLEY, POSING BESIDES SIX NATIONS TROPHY CLOSE OF WYN JONES VARIOUS OF ITALY CAPTAIN, SERGIO PARISSE / ITALY HEAD COACH, CONOR O'SHEA, POSING BESIDES SIX NATIONS TROPHY FRANCE CAPTAIN, GUILHEM GUIRADO / FRANCE HEAD COACH, GUY NOVES, POSING BESIDES SIX NATIONS TROPHY VARIOUS OF CAPTAINS TALKING TO EACH OTHER
- Embargoed: 8th February 2017 13:39
- Keywords: Six Nations rugby sport
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Rugby Union,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA00160KXJCV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: England coach Eddie Jones arrived at the official launch of the Six Nations championship on Wednesday (January 25) looking like he had been getting a little too involved in their warm weather training as he sported a large bandage over a cut and black eye.
However, the explanation for the injury was a little more mundane as the Australian said he fell in his hotel bathroom earlier in the day.
"We've had judo then MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) - we're going through the martial arts," he joked when asked about the injury at the Hurlingham Club in London.
"Actually I slipped over in the hotel this morning. I walked out of the shower, I forgot to shave, and I went over."
Jones was accompanied at the launch by hooker Dylan Hartley, who was confirmed as captain and is set to start England's opener with France on Feb. 4 despite not playing a match since being banned for a high tackle in a club game last December.
"I feel fresh, fit and focused," said Hartley. "I've had some time out - I know where I need to be."
When Hartley was asked if he had had much previous experience of preparing for a big game after a long spell on the sidelines, Jones interrupted. "Sixty weeks mate," he said, laughing, in reference to the hooker's accumulated ban time. "He's a world expert."
Jones, who oversaw a perfect year of 13 wins having taken over from Stuart Lancaster, is seeking a second successive Six Nations Grand Slam.
The captains and head coaches of the competing nations were also present at the official launch, posing beside the trophy they hope to lift at the end of the tournament. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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