England rugby union coach Eddie Jones swapped the oval ball for a spherical one on Tuesday as he paid a visit to Newcastle United’s academy.
Jones spoke to youngsters at the north-east club about how to succeed in a professional sporting career, as well as to coaches and staff at the club.
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ones, England coach since 2015, paid tribute to Newcastle, calling it ‘one of the greatest football clubs in England.’
He told the Newcastle club website: ‘We can always learn something, it’s a great opportunity for me to learn something too today. There are things we can learn from in football, and possibly vice versa.
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‘The thing that really impresses me about football, which hasn’t really happened in rugby so much, is that the players are individually highly skilled.
‘Rugby has improved a lot – having only been professional for 20 years – but the skill level has not improved so much and that is something which really interests me.’