Controversial coach Eddie Jones supports France’s deployment of a 7-1, forward-dominated Bomb Squad in their heavy defeat of Ireland last week, a tactic their coach Fabien Galthie unashamedly drew from the Springboks.
Opinion on the use of Bomb Squads has polarised opinion in the rugby world but it seems that the critics come from the “have nots,” in terms of forward depth, while there are no complaints from the “haves.”
But Jones, a former coach of Australia (twice), England and the current coach of Japan (his second stint) said in his column on an online rugby website that teams like France and South Africa would be silly if they didn’t cut their suits according to their cloth.
Both countries have forward depth that their rivals envy and Ireland is not…
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Star South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2025-03-13