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Alex Spink

Eddie Jones: 'I want England to do OK, but there's no emotional attachment any more'

Eddie Jones insists England are now just another opponent and he feels no emotional attachment to a side he gave seven years of his life to.

The Australian, who came within 80 minutes of winning the last World Cup, is back at Twickenham for the first time since leaving in a taxi after being sacked mid-contract in December.

On Sunday he coaches the Barbarians invitation team against a World XV before returning Down Under to his new job as boss of the Wallabies, prospective World Cup quarter-final opponents of, yes, England.

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