The bizarre reason why Eddie Jones dropped one of his most talented players during last year’s Six Nations has finally been clarified 11 months later. Wing Max Malins was brutally axed before England’s final game with France in Paris and has now revealed it was because Jones disliked his body language.
Teammates say the 26-year-old, who scored two tries against Scotland last weekend on his return to Test match rugby, was in tears after being told his naturally relaxed demeanour was not good enough. Jones subsequently omitted the Saracens player from the summer tour to Australia and the Calcutta Cup fixture was Malins’ first England appearance since the incident.
