ENGLISH MEDIA FLIP-FLOP ON POOR EDDIE

EDDIE JONES (right) is not the easiest character to warm to but his spiky relationship with the English rugby media seems more understandable based on the fallout from their loss in Paris. Having hounded the English coach over his perseverance with Dylan Hartley as hooker and captain and with Mike Brown at full-back, the haranguing is now centred on the unconvincing performances of their replacements against France. Jamie George was comprehensively outplayed by French hooker Guilhem Guirado while Anthony Watson’s yellow card was the key factor in France’s victory. No wonder Jones is frazzled.