Lawes has not played for Northampton since sustaining a head injury on September 24th
“I’m worried about his health, at this time; that he gets back to 100 per cent health,” said Jones. “But these things have a natural course – some heal quicker than others. If it takes a little bit of time, the most important thing is his health, and he’ll get back to playing rugby when he’s ready. He needs some rest now rather than feeling like he has to rush to come back. We’re hopeful that he will be back for the Six Nations and ready to go.
“I want us to be angry [against Japan] and play with a certain sort of anger. I am very disappointed in the last game. We weren’t good enough. That’s totally my responsibility, I didn’t coach well enough. I think whenever your team doesn’t play to the potential that you want there’s always something in the message you’re giving the team that’s not quite clear.
“There’s a cluster of teams at the top of world rugby, we want to break that cluster, and to do that we have to have a number of ways to play the game. This next 11 months is to get enough equipment in our armoury so that we can play any way.” Hodgson made over 200 appearances in the NRL and was most recently coach of Hull FC before standing down in September. Jones has previously spent time with Hull FC and Hodgson has been a regular visitor to England camps, with the head coach again turning to rugby league after the recent appointments of Seibold and Jason Ryles.
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