No compromise as Jones holds his course

AUSTRALIAN coach Eddie Jones is determined to brazen out the criticism and follow his own instincts as he bids to halt a depressing run of international defeats at Lansdowne Road tomorrow.

Jones has selected two rookie props to face Ireland and insisted: “I believe in what I’m doing; we have had our problems with injuries, we’ve had a run of defeats, but I’m still confident we can get to where we want to be.”

Helping him get there is Alan Gaffney, who can provide microscopic details on the Irish, but he shied away from the front-line as Jones named his starting XV yesterday.