The England captain, Jamie George, has admitted that Eddie Jones’s regime could be “challenging” and empathises with Danny Care after his explosive claims about the Australian’s setup, insisting that a toxic environment is not a necessary price to pay for success.
Care’s comments, which point to “a culture of fear”, were on Thursday night put to Jones – who was sacked as England head coach in December 2022 and replaced by Steve Borthwick – but he claimed to be unaware of the accusations.