Eddie Jones will allay any security fears among England’s players and families by mapping out any heightened measures for Sunday’s Barbarians clash at Twickenham.
The terror threat level has been raised to critical in the wake of last weekend’s Manchester bombing and will lead to increased security around Twickenham this weekend.
Supporters are urged to add extra travel time for increased checks, with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) liaising closely with all authorities.
Head coach Jones said he will wait until the RFU has collated any and all alterations to England’s routine, before detailing that to his squad.
Asked if he would look to reassure his players, Jones said: “Definitely. Everyone is concerned.
“But we know the RFU and we know the police force, the army or whoever will look after security at the ground will be absolutely diligent in getting it right.
“Once we know the details we will give it to the players and their families so they have it to fall back on.”
Kaizer
Roar Rookie
Dear Sir Eddie Jones Would you like the Wallabies job? It's yours. Here take it. We understand that we cannot match the £ with the flailing Aussie dollar, but we are willing to give you Tasmania and the Sydney Opera House. In return, we're not asking for much (RWC19, Bledisloe Cup, Grand Slam, Rugby Championship). Help a brother out, We Got A Thing, Going On. Warmest of Regards, ARU CEO Nick Farr-Jones
Old Bugger
Guest
No better time than this match, for the Baa-baa's to score, a winner....!!
Atlas
Roar Rookie
England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Nathan Earle 13 Sam James, 12 Alex Lozowski, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford , 9 Danny Care; 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Jack Singleton, 3 Will Collier, 4 Charlie Ewels , 5 Nick Isiekwe, 6 Chris Robshaw, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Josh Beaumont. Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19 Tom Ellis, 20 Ben Curry, 21 Mark Wilson, 22 Richard Wigglesworth, 23 Mike Haley
Atlas
Roar Rookie
Barbarians team to face England: 15 Alex Goode (Saracens & England) 14 Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier & Fiji) 13 Yann David (Toulouse & France) 12 Frans Steyn (Montpellier & South Africa) 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Bordeaux-Begles & Australia) 10 Ian Madigan (Bordeaux-Begles & Ireland) 9 Kahn Fotuali’i (Bath Rugby & Samoa) 1 Mikheil Nariashvili (Montpellier & Georgia) 2 Richard Hibbard (Gloucester & Wales) 3 Census Johnston (Toulouse & Samoa) 4 Patricio Albacete (Toulouse & Argentina) 5 Jeremy Thrush (Gloucester & New Zealand) 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse & France, captain) 7 Steffon Armitage (Pau & England) 8 Facundo Isa (Lyon & Argentina) 16 Schalk Brits (Saracens & South Africa) 17 Ben Franks (London Irish & New Zealand) 18 WP Nel (Edinburgh & Scotland) 19 Joe Tekori (Toulouse & Samoa) 20 Gillian Galan (Toulouse) 21 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster & South Africa) 22 Robbie Fruean (Bath Rugby) 23 Horacio Agulla (Castres & Argentina)
The Neutral View From Sweden
Roar Guru
All this is damn shame, but I am afraid things are only gonna get worse - a lot worse - before we can see any light in the end of tunnel in Europe and the Middle East. No one is completely safe from terror attacks, but NZ gotta be one of safest places on earth if one wants to avoid this kind of terror now. Far away from everyone and no open borders. But it is no safe bet.
taylorman
Roar Guru
Fair enough. Europes a little hotbed for this stuff now and this type of bizo must be terribly resourceful to both detect and prevent all for the ultimate gain of 'nothing happening. Interesting Grande has apparently announced resuming her tour in France of all places after missing a few. Some view is that it is her type of act that typically offends more. The world we live in...?