NO RESPECT!
Angry Jones lays into Scots after England f ight to a win
ENGLAND beat Scotland to lift the Calcutta Cup before an angry Eddie Jones laid into the Scottish yob who threw a beer bottle at his right-hand man.
Jones lashed out at the ‘disrespectful’ Murrayfield crowd who consistently booed his players in the atrocious conditions in Edinburgh. But the England coach was particularly annoyed with the supporter who aimed a bottle at the head of high performance coach Neil Craig as the team were getting off their bus.
The missile was launched at Craig from a 15-metre-high gantry but the 64-yearold Australian was unhurt.
‘We weren’t expecting beer bottles to be thrown, that’s a new trick,’ said Jones. ‘It’s a pretty good achievement, throwing beer bottles, you’ve got to be brave to throw a beer bottle. Neil has a hard head, I know that and there’s not much inside it… He will be alright.’
Asked if he would make a formal complaint, Jones said: ‘It’s not going to do anything, is it? Everybody knows about it, so someone can do something about it. It’s not good behaviour is it? Rugby did
have a culture of respect and if there is a new level of respect in Scotland then we have to put up with it. Obviously they think there is. If that’s how the Scottish fans will be respectful then we have to acknowledge it and get on with it.’
Prop Ellis Genge sealed the win with a 70th-minute try that eased the pressure on his boss. Former England scrum-half Kyran Bracken had called for Jones to be sacked during the week and Genge hit back at the critics.
‘We had a bump in the road last week and everyone was writing us off saying that we weren’t good enough, saying that our coach should be sacked and the boys were a different team from the World Cup,’ said Genge.
‘It’s classic, a lot of sausages saying things that just come into their head. What are they on about? We go out and win in Scotland away in the rain and now everyone’s singing our praises. We’re on to the next job and I’m sure we’ll have more critics. It’s good to get the win.
‘It happens every week. You lose a game and suddenly you can’t play rugby any more. I hope we’ve shut all the critics up and I hope they watched that game as well.’
Will Carling @willcarling Tough week for the England camp. Always tough at Murrayfield. Unbelievable weather. So all in all, gritty, committed, brave win. So pleased for them. Maybe people might admire the selection of the bench too #clever