Ireland coach Andy Farrell expecting ‘galvanised’ England in Six Nations as Eddie Jones compares Saracens fiasco to family fights
Ireland coach Andy Farrell believes Eddie Jones will use Saracens' Gallagher Premiership relegation to galvanise England.
Premiership Rugby announced last weekend that the reigning English and European champions will be relegated from the Premiership at the end of this season in response to their failure to comply with salary cap regulations for the current campaign.
They were docked 35 league points and fined £5.36million in November for breaking the salary cap in the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, but the dossier of an investigation led by Lord Dyson into those breaches has so far not been released.
Farrell's son Owen captains England and is one of seven Sarries players in Jones' squad for the Six Nations. Jones himself admitted he would hold talks with his squad before the start of the tournament.
However, the former England defensive coach does not believe the World Cup finalists will be detracted from their task at hand ahead of their Six Nations opener against France on February 2.
"As far as players are concerned, they have lots of ups and downs to deal with," said the senior Farrell.
"When you make the change into another environment, I think that's really refreshing.
"I see Eddie using it to galvanise England."
Speaking to talkSPORT’s James Savundra, Jones played down the issue amongst his players and revealed he would be working with his coaching staff to come to a resolution.
"You’ve been part of a family,” he said. “You can have a great dinner and then at breakfast something changes.
“Someone’s had a bad sleep or the dog’s eaten someone’s food and the family isn’t the same as it was. We’ll be a different team when we come together."
“Some players are dealing with issues off the field," he added. "We’ll need to get together and work out how we can go forward.”