Peter Jackson: Sympathy in short supply for Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones ought to have known better, that the rugby Gods have their own way of dealing with those deemed to have been too clever by half.

Peter Jackson: Sympathy in short supply for Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones ought to have known better, that the rugby Gods have their own way of dealing with those deemed to have been too clever by half.

If all that gratuitous guff warning the French of ‘absolute brutality’ sounded crass before the match, it will sound a whole lot worse this morning now that an English Grand Slam has gone down the drain for the 16th time in 17 seasons.

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