London, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): England lock Jonny Hill is relishing the prospect of facing one of the best second rows in the game when he confronts Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones in Saturday‘s Six Nations clash in Cardiff.
It will be the third time Hill, an English and European double-winner with club side Exeter last season, has gone up against Jones, international rugby union’s most-capped player. “I’m really looking forward to the challenge of playing against him,” the 26-year-old Hill told a conference call on Friday. “He’s a player who has given an awful lot to the game.
“He’s been brilliant for rugby as a whole and for rugby in Wales. He’s single-handedly won games for Wales over the years. “As a second row he’s an all-rounder,” explained Hill, who will be packing down alongside Maro Itoje. “He handles the ball really well, he can carry, he’s a good line-out operator, great in the maul. He’s a good scrummaging second row also.
“There aren’t many faults in his game hence why he has 150-odd caps,” added Hill ahead of a match where a win for reigning champions England would maintain their hopes of a successful title defence and scupper Welsh dreams of a Triple Crown.
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