Gareth Southgate follows Eddie Jones' lead in referring to substitutes as 'finishers'

[ASFN Admin]

Gareth Southgate met with Eddie Jones during his preparations for the European Championship and has now adopted his use of “finishers” instead of substitutes. The England rugby head coach coined the term for his replacements during a match, rather than seeing his non-starting squad as “the bench”. Southgate has used the fewest subs of the Euro quarter-finalists but can point to Jack Grealish in particular as having a positive impact. Southgate met virtually with Jones every few weeks as part of

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