ENGLAND will hold warm weather training camps in Italy next summer to prepare for the conditions expected at the World Cup in Japan. Eddie Jones’ squad will spend two, eight to 10-day spells in Treviso, in north east Italy, in July and August. They face Tonga on September 22 in Sapporo in their World Cup opener.
“The common sense approach is that if you’re playing in warm weather, get used to it physically, mentally and skill wise,” Jones said.
“Treviso’s climatic conditions are very similar to the possible conditions we could encounter in Ja...