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England coach told off by his 93-year-old mother

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At 57, Eddie Jones still isn’t too old to be told off by his mother. Television cameras caught the England rugby coach slamming down his notebook and blurting out swear words during his team’s error-strewn 21-8 win over Argentina on Saturday.

Among the viewers shocked by Jones’ outburst in the Twickenham stands was his mother.

“My mother rang up — she’s 93 from Australia — and said, ‘Please don’t swear.’ It’ll be the last time I swear,” said Jones, who apologized for his language on Monday. “I was frustrated we didn’t play better. I think everyone was frustrated and sometimes you can’t control yourself.”

It was an unusually sloppy display by England, which has won 21 of its 22 games under Jones since his appointmen­t as coach after the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

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