Sir Clive Woodward has defended Eddie Jones after the England coach came in for criticism following injuries to Sam Jones and Anthony Watson on their Brighton training camp.Jones broke his leg in judo training earlier in the week while Watson broke his jaw in an on-field collision.The injuries drew criticism from Saracens boss Mark McCall who views the timing of the three-day camp on the south coast as flabbergasting and madness due to its proximity to the opening round of European rugby while Premiership Rugby says the intensity of the training was not in keeping with the club-country agreement.But Woodward, who coached England to the 2003 Rugby World Cup, has leapt to Jones defence in his Daily Mail column.For Eddie Jones, now is absolutely the right time to try different things in training, Woodward wrote. It might have been better to have preliminary judo sessions at clubs, so players were not tackling anything they had not done before, but thats easy to say in hindsight.Eddie is looking ahead three years to winning the World Cup. Injuries five weeks before the 2016 November internationals are not a huge deal.Woodward adds his condolences for the injured duo and says while it would be unacceptable for England to be introducing new training methods -- referencing their judo training -- close to a World Cup, they have simply been unlucky in this instance. Custom Atletico Madrid Jerseys . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Lucas-Hernandez-Jersey/ . The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in the other semifinal. 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The new WNBA playoff format began with a protest and ended with Phoenix and Atlanta advancing.It also produced the final game of Tamika Catchings illustrious career when the Fever lost to the eighth-seeded Mercury 89-78 on Wednesday night.Even though she lost, Catchings was proud of her teammates and the stand they took before the game when the entire squad knelt during the national anthem, locking arms and lowering heads in a show of unity. Players in several sports are protesting social injustice, racial oppression and police brutality in the United States.This game of basketball is important for a lot of reasons, Catchings said. One of them is bringing people together. Even uniting people. Well, we thought it was important to have a voice about something greater than basketball. But the good thing is, we were together. (The gesture) was something that was very impromptu, but I am very proud of our team -- as people -- to be able to stand together for something we believed in.Two members of the Mercury joined the Fevers protest, as Mistie Bass and Kelsey Bone also took a knee. There wasnt much reaction from the crowd.The national anthem kneel-down started in San Francisco with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and has spread to other teams and leagues. This was the first time an entire professional team took a knee.WNBA President Lisa Borders backed the players pregame demonstration.I support our players expressing their views on important social issues, she said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. Standing for an anthem is a sign of respect and a demonstration of unity across many cultures throughout the world. The call to action is for all of us to invest time and resources to help rebuild and strengthen our communities. And we have been actively working with the players on this next impactful effort.This wasnt the first time that Indiana had been involved in a protest this year. The Fever were one of a few WNBA teams to wear shirts in pregame warmups during July in support of the Black Lives Matters movement.dddddddddddd Indiana was initially fined by the league, along with New York and Phoenix, before that penalty was later rescinded.Something like this creates conversation, and thats how we create change, Fever coach Stephanie White said. We dont create change by seeing it on the news and waiting until next time. People who have the platforms have the ability to affect change, and Im proud of our group for using the platform in a respectful manner.The Mercury advanced to face New York on Saturday by winning the single-elimination game.In the other first-round contest, Angel McCoughtry scored 37 points to lift the Dream to a 94-85 win over the Seattle Storm.The Dream will head to Chicago to play the Sky on Sunday. They will have Tiffany Hayes back for that game. She was suspended for the Storm game after accruing a seventh technical foul in the regular-season finale.Here are a few other takeaways from Wednesday:POSITIVE METRICS: The league drew its highest attendance since 2011 with a 4.6 percent increase over last season. Fans also tuned in to watch games on ESPN, which saw an 11 percent increase in viewership, or on the league pass where subscriptions increased 24 percent from last year. 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