Eddie Jones will be at Twickenham 'with bells on' despite suffering illness

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• Japan head coach unfit to attend Friday press conference
• Jones under scrutiny after accusations of being a 'despot'

Japan have expressed confidence Eddie Jones will take his place in the coaching box against England on Sunday in what will be his first return to Twickenham as an international coach after he on Friday night pulled out of his pre-match press conference due to illness.

Jones, who was sacked after seven years as England head coach in December 2022, is said to be "unwell but nothing too serious". He has come under considerable scrutiny of late after comments made by Danny Care in his autobiography that the Australian oversaw a toxic environment, ran a "dictatorship" and acted like a "despot who disappeared people" by bullying staff members and players.