EDD COLD

Jones: England means nothing to me now

- ALEX SPINK

EDDIE JONES says that England are now just another opponent and he feels no emotional attachment to them.

The Australian, who came within 80 minutes of winning the last World Cup, is back at Twickenham for the first time since being sacked as England coach last December.

On Sunday he coaches the Barbarians against a World XV, before returning to his new job as boss of Australia – who are England’s prospective World Cup quarter-final opponents.

Given the abrupt nature of his departure after seven years, in the wake of England’s awful autumn campaign, Jones might be expected to harbour bitterness.