The All Blacks will be wary of Japan's 'flair' under Eddie Jones when the two sides meet in Yokohama on Saturday, centre David Havili said.
The All Blacks will be wary of Japan’s “flair” under Eddie Jones when the two sides meet in Yokohama on Saturday, centre David Havili said.
“I think just the Japanese flair is what we’ve got to look out for this weekend,” Havili told reporters in Tokyo on Monday.Jones, the former England and Australia coach, is “definitely an innovative coach and you’ve seen that in the teams he has been a part of”, Crusaders star Havili, 29, said. “It’s all about us making sure that we execute in the right areas of the field. We don’t want to give them the ball and silly little turnovers that are making us play in our own part of the field.Scrumhalf Cam Roigard battled back from injury to make a squad announced earlier this month that also features soon-to-retire veterans Sam Cane and TJ Perenara.
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