Gareth Southgate visits England's rugby training base in Surrey

England football manager Gareth Southgate paid the national rugby union side a visit
England football manager Gareth Southgate paid the national rugby union side a visit
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England football manager Gareth Southgate attended Tuesday's training session of the rugby union team in the Surrey training base ahead of their Six Nations encounter against Wales at Principality Stadium on Saturday.

Southgate was seen interacting with Eddie Jones and the other backroom staff part of an exchange of ideas.

The 46-year-old was accompanied by Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander and Jones stated that the meeting with the duo was highly informative.

"We've had a brilliant learning day today with Gareth and Lisa," said England head coach Jones.

"As we've always stated our aim is to get better everyday and we want to get people into camp who have knowledge and great experience to learn from them.

"The staff shared a very interactive hour with them at a lunchtime meeting where we learnt a lot, reinforced some principles and also discovered some new things that we need to do to keep moving forward."