Harrison: England fully focused on Japan match
England forwards coach Tom Harrison rejected the claim that Eddie Jones' remarks suggested England were looking ahead to the New Zealand match. Cadan Murley said he wants to play his best rugby to earn a place in the starting XV against Japan.
England responded to Eddie Jones' comments, in which he suggested they could be caught off guard in Saturday's match against Japan because they may have their eyes on the New Zealand game. Jones aims to unsettle Steve Borthwick's side with unexpected moves and believes the players will be "a bit scattered" because of the All Blacks match at the Allianz Stadium on 21 November.
England forwards coach Tom Harrison flatly rejected this claim. Harrison said the team knows how important this match is and must stay alert at all times to the challenges Japan can pose. Harrison also said of Jones that he had met him several times and described him as a rugby genius.
Cadan Murley will play on the left wing in place of the injured Immanuel Feyi-Waboso. This will be Murley's eighth match but his first at Twickenham. Japan made ten changes to their squad, and Murley is one of them. Murley said his only goal is to focus on this match and do everything he can.
Borthwick said places are open in next year's World Cup squad. Murley, along with Max Ojomoh and Will Joseph, wants to prove himself to the coach.
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