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- Updated: January 6, 2017
England rugby union boss Eddie Jones has revealed he is an admirer of “big mongrel” Diego Costa.
The Chelsea striker, who has an infamously stroppy and snarling demeanour on the pitch, has been firing in the goals to help propel the Blues to the top of the Premier League table this season.
The term ‘mongrel’ has a specific connotation to Australians in a sporting context – it is an aggressive and determined quality which is much admired and sought-after Down Under.
And Jones, whose England team won all their matches in his first year in charge, picked out Costa and his Chelsea team-mate Cesc Fabregas as two footballers he is …
