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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mark Staniforth

Danny Cipriani says Eddie Jones ‘not someone that I’d want to lead my country’

Danny Cipriani has criticised former England coach Eddie Jones (David Davies/PA) - (PA Archive)

Danny Cipriani has become the latest former England player to criticise Eddie Jones’ coaching methods, accusing the Australian of an overly confrontational approach and insisting he is “not someone that I’d want to lead my country.”

The comments made by Cipriani, who won just two caps under Jones and was left out of the final 31-man squad for the 2019 World Cup during his tenure, echo similar accusations by scrum-half Danny Care, who described a toxic environment akin to a “dictatorship” in his recent autobiography.

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