England coach Jones gives Crystal Palace team talk

England rugby head coach Eddie Jones on Thursday visited Crystal Palace to give Alan Pardew’s team a motivational talk for their season run-in that concludes with the FA Cup final.

Palace on May 21 face Manchester United at Wembley Stadium but before then have a further three Premier League fixtures that could yet end with them in the bottom three.

Though it would take an unlikely run of results to relegate them, a return to the Championship remains a mathematical possibility, and in an attempt to maintain his team’s focus for Saturday’s trip to his former club Newcastle, Pardew invited Jones to talk to the players.