Rob’s Irish World plea
Cipriani’s moment of magic helps England to a confidenceboosting win after six defeats in a row
EDDIE JONES has been told there are no guarantees he will stay in charge through to the World Cup.
England arrive home today buoyed by beating South Africa in Cape Town, but still on the wrong end of a series defeat.
His bosses have backed Jones (right) for now, but RFU chairman Andy Cosslett said: “You’re asking for unconditional support – only my children get that. And, even then, not always! It’s not something you give because you’re under assessment the whole time.
“Eddie has tremendous credit at the union for what he’s done, and the win in Cape Town was great, but you have to keep a sense of proportion about this.”
Scott Wisemantel will be offered the attack coach role full-time after England matched the Springboks try for try across the series.
SOUTH AFRICA - Try: Kriel. Con: Jantjies. Pen: Jantjies.
ENGLAND - Try: May. Con: Farrell. Pens: Farrell 6. IRELAND hooker Rob Herring believes the best is yet to come from Joe Schmidt’s side as they build towards the World Cup.
The 20-16 victory over Australia in Sydney brought the curtain down on Ireland’s most successful season as they added a first series win over one of the southern hemisphere’s traditional big three since 1979 to their Grand Slam success.
Herring said: “The last year has been massive for us. But we know as a squad we still have more to give.
“We have tough autumn internationals coming up and then the Six Nations, leading into a World Cup.
“These next 18 months are going to be huge but we’ve shown we can come back and hold out in big moments. There’s a lot of belief in the squad and you need that going into a World Cup.”