England flanker Tom Wood feels Eddie Jones critical post-World Cup comments of him were blown out of proportion.The Northampton back-row forward has been named in Jones starting line-up for Saturdays opening autumn international against South Africa at Twickenham, live on Sky Sports.It is the first time Wood has been selected since Jones took over the national job and comes nine months after he was labelled distinctly average by the head coach. Any damage done by the comments seems to have been repaired, with Jones happy to compare Wood to Rambo due to his long hair and beard and restore him to his team for what is a key fixture.I think an awful lot was made of that and I just gave an easy headline, Wood told Sky Sports News HQ. Eddie just said that I hadnt been good enough and that I needed to improve if I wanted to get back in.I knew myself that I needed to do that as well and I got my head down and worked hard. We were in contact throughout. Wood has been in fine form for Northampton in the Aviva Premiership Eddie told me the door was never closed on me and that I was getting closer as I was improving and working hard and so I just kept doing what I was doing.Woods international exile has lasted more than a year and he accepts his chance to restore his reputation with England has come through injuries elsewhere.Jones will be missing James Haskell, Jack Clifford, Sam Jones, Mike Williams and Maro Itoje and Wood is happy to be the beneficiary. Wood was labelled average by Eddie Jones Ive just been quietly working away so that I was ready, he said. The back row is an attritional area of the pitch and there is always a chance there will be injuries.So I knew if I kept working hard and making improvements that Id get a chance but I know this is a real opportunity for me to make my mark.Also See:ODriscoll backs DalyDaly to start for EnglandEngland v SA: Memorable matchesThe Jones factorBarry Bonds Pirates Jersey . 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Their announcement came two days after Bosh revealed in the first chapter of a documentary series about his saga that he had multiple clots in February.The Miami Heat regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities, and there is no timetable for his return, the team said Friday.Late Friday, Bosh released a statement, saying little setbacks happen.But that doesnt change my intentions and what I want to accomplish, Bosh said.That statement was distributed by LeBron James digital platform called Uninterrupted, the same site that Bosh worked with for the documentary. In a video posted there earlier this week, Bosh said a small clot was found in his leg this past February when he was in Toronto for the All-Star break, and that a CT scan later found the existence of at least one other clot.Typically, CT scans are administered when clots are expected of having traveled to a lung -- a very serious condition called a pulmonary embolism, which Bosh also had in February 2015 in his first bout against the problem that now threatens his career.I wouldnt be a friend if I didnt express to him my concerns, former Heat guard Dwyane Wade, now a member of the Chicago Bulls, told The Associated Press. To me, the biggest thing is Chris has five kids and a wife and a family that depends on him being there. To me, thats always most important. I told him, `Make sure you focus on that first.The next step for Bosh is unclear. The Heat will hold media day on Monday and their first practice of the post-Wade era in the Bahamas when training camp opens on Tuesday.Bosh wont be on the floor for that practice, and likely not anytimee soon -- if ever.dddddddddddd That means the Heat are for now down to just one player left from the team that played in the NBA Finals just two years ago, that being veteran forward Udonis Haslem.Hate to hear that about Chris Bosh, Oklahoma Citys Enes Kanter tweeted Friday. Im sorry brother. Praying for you my man.Everything about Boshs future remains murky, and the Heat are unable to shed any light on their perspective, either. The team said it cannot comment further on Boshs status because of a rule in the NBAs Collective Bargaining Agreement which precludes a team from releasing certain medical information without a players consent.What figures to come in the next days, weeks and possibly months is more tension between the Heat and their highest-paid player, wholl make $76 million in the next three years whether he plays or not.Im ready to play, Bosh said last week .The Heat -- as well as doctors in Miami and New York, where Bosh was earlier this week -- do not agree.There are mechanisms in the CBA that would allow Miami to get Boshs salary off its cap number sometime next year if he cannot continue to play. But the Heat reiterated Friday that their goal for months has been to get Bosh back on the floor as quickly as possible.Boshs first bout with a clot was in February 2015, when one that was believed to have formed in one of his legs traveled to a lung and caused problems so severe that he needed to be hospitalized for several days.He recovered and was averaging 19.1 points last season when the second bout with clots began this past February.Bosh, in the podcast with Uninterrupted last week and the video on the site earlier this week, made minimal attempt to hide his frustration with Heat doctors -- saying they work for the team and not the player, then adding that they told him in February that his career is likely over.I think that I have the right to disagree, Bosh said.For now, any sort of agreement seems a long way off. ' ' '