{"id":40278,"date":"2018-05-08T15:35:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/05\/08\/eddie-jones-needs-fresh-minds-as-well-as-fresh-legs-for-englands-tour\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:35:25","slug":"eddie-jones-needs-fresh-minds-as-well-as-fresh-legs-for-englands-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=40278","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Jones needs fresh minds as well as fresh legs for England\u2019s tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The head coach faces a dilemma over how many to rest and how many to blood with a revived South Africa lying in waitWhen Eddie Jones was asked the other day about England\u2019s disappointing Six Nations campaign he admitted that, in retrospect, he might have handled things differently. \u201cI think I should have refreshed the side,\u201d he told Sky Sports, reflecting on his side\u2019s lowly fifth-placed finish. \u201cI should have probably brought some fresh blood in, sharpened things up.\u201dIt is every head coach\u2019s recurring dilemma, particularly in a post-Lions season. Stick with the tried and tested, the players who in this case have barely lost for the two preceding years, or cast the net slightly wider? Sometimes there is little other option, particularly with a busy World Cup year looming. Which is basically the scenario facing Jones as he prepares on Thursday to unveil a rejigged England squad for next month\u2019s tour to South Africa. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/blog\/2018\/may\/08\/eddie-jones-england-tour-south-africa\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie Jones needs fresh minds as well as fresh legs for England\u2019s tour<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head coach faces a dilemma over how many to rest and how many to blood with a revived South Africa lying in waitWhen Eddie Jones was asked the other day about England\u2019s disappointing Six Nations campaign he admitted that, in retrospect, he might have handled things differently. \u201cI think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}