Eddie Jones stated he was abused by a fan on his return to Twickenham and shrugged off the criticism of his teaching model made in Danny Care’s autobiography.
Jones’ Japan fell 59-14 to England at Twickenham on Sunday. It marked Jones’ return to Twickenham after he was sacked as England head coach in December 2022.
Jones had stored a low profile this week, delegating his pre-match information convention to Neal Hatley, however stated he was abused as he walked down from his teaching field to the tunnel at half time.
“[The return to Twickenham] wasn’t unhealthy till some clown abused me taking place at half time,” Jones stated. “If there’s just one clown in 81,364, it is not too unhealthy. Clearly upset with the consequence however it all the time good to return to the house of rugby.”
When requested what the person stated, Jones answered: “Effectively he stated one thing, clearly I am not going to repeat it. I might get into hassle.”
Jones’ return got here in the identical month the place ex-England scrum-half Care revealed his autobiography. Jones coached England from after the 2015 Rugby World Cup by way of to 2022 and Care stated the England gamers have been “terrified” of Jones and stated it was like “dwelling in a dictatorship.”
Jones was requested about Care’s feedback on Sunday, and stated: “Acquired a brand new ebook deal popping out, simply signed it right now. It is referred to as ‘Caring About Care.’ So bought all the small print in that mate, so I’ve bought pre-order varieties. If you wish to examine it then there you go. It’s going to be one.”
He added: “That is the way you get headlines, proper? So I will put a chapter, complete chapter about ‘Caring about Care’.”
When requested about Jones, Steve Borthwick described him as a “improbable coach who we’ve huge respect for.”
Jones’ Japan scored two tries, however shipped 9 in opposition to England. The consequence may but be a key victory for England as they construct for the Six Nations after a difficult autumn internationals the place they misplaced to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
“It is a kind of troublesome durations,” Jones stated of England.
“The staff’s clearly in transition. You’ve got bought some younger guys coming by way of. There are some good younger gamers there.
“Chandler Cunningham-South seems a prospect. [Tommy] Freeman’s beginning to come by way of and [Tom] Roebuck’s beginning to come by way of. Ollie Lawrence is getting some consistency in his play.
“It is the moulding of the staff the place you’ve got numerous the fellows from the 2015, 2019 and 2023 World Cups, so that you all the time get that little sticky interval the place within the large video games it would not fairly work and also you get crushed by a degree or two factors or a penalty aim. I believe they are going in the suitable route.
“The best way they need to play, right now they gave a lesson in strain rugby. Each time they bought on to the entrance foot they put the ball behind and chased exhausting. We bought suffocated they usually performed rather well.
“Figuring out Steve pretty nicely I believe that is how he desires to play. It is going to take a while however they are going in the suitable route they usually placed on show of rugby right now.”
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