Eddie Jones insists England are too intelligent to be outwitted by Argentina’s claim that his side play dull rugby.
Pumas hooker Agustin Creevy created the quip ahead of the Pool C showdown where success will see England progress to the quarter-finals of the championship.
Jones recalls the 1991 World Cup final when the team of Will Carling deviated in favour of a much grand game after being calmed.
“It’s the old two-card suggestion, yet another one of the amazing old coaches, Bob Dwyer in 1991, threw out that one and that there was a response then from the England side,” Jones said.
“Maybe if they hadn’t played that they would have just two World Cups in their sleeves. There are lots of different ways to play with the sport.
“I give you a book and you think it’s interesting, I give it to somebody else and that he believes it’s crap, so what is right? Nothing is suitable.
“Find a way to play the match effectively – that is the wonderful thing about our sport. We all know what we’re good at.”
Mako Vunipola and wing Jack Nowell are all set to create their Japan 2019 debuts off the bench against Argentina having recovered from hamstring and shoulder injuries .
Vunipola has played just 17 minutes of rugby since May 11 following his comeback against Ireland during the warm-up Tests was aborted because of damaged scar tissue, but he is now prepared to join his brother Billy from the bunch.
“Mako, at his best, is possibly the very best loosehead on the planet and to have the calmness that he brings,” Jones added.
“He’s a senior counsel for our team. We’ve a group and Mako has that calmness.
“You have always got two sisters from Mako and Billy and one’s a bit more volatile, the other is a bit more settled, therefore Mako was always up in the front with the parents and Billy was at the back, crying.
“Billy is good for us since he has got that fire and character and you want that from the number eight.
“You examine the history of the World Cups and they’ve been won by large number eights.”
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