• Forwards coach says Jones ‘loves playing his mind games’• Lobbe says game is a must-win for ArgentinaGiven Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe played a key role in
Argentina reaching the
World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 2007, you may think he would be flattered by Eddie Jones’s claim the Pumas are looking to emulate that side. Not a bit of it.
“I think I will say that Eddie is a very clever man, he loves playing his mind games,” said Lobbe, now Argentina’s forwards coach. Jones was making the point that Argentina have gone away from the all-court style that took them to the last four again in 2015 and now rely heavily on a strong set piece and “up to 30 kicks a game”. No doubt it was also a comment he wanted Argentina to hear and perhaps tease a response from.