Eddie Jones playing the straight man with England still to come to boil

The England head coach has opted against antagonising opponents but there is still time for him to go on the offensiveEddie Jones is playing the role of straight man this tournament, for now. Just as his players resisted any temptation to ad-lib in their opening two matches against Tonga and the United States, and again when Argentina had a player sent off with more than an hour remaining, so England’s head coach, unusually for him, has armed himself with a stiffened upper lip which repeated cajoling has been unable to loosen. Related: Owen Farrell puts his head where it hurts but the pain is …