Crisis bites England dining options

England players are facing reduced dining options as part of the budget cuts forced upon Eddie Jones in the wake of the financial crisis at Twickenham.

The pandemic is compelling the Rugby Football Union to make a quarter of its workforce redundant amid projections it will lose £107 million in a downturn lasting five years.

The impact is also being felt by Jones, who must undertake a range of cost-cutting measures as a busy autumn looms.

“We’re going to have to run tighter budgets,” said Jones, speaking on behalf of Umbro, the new official technical kit partner to England Rugby.

“We’ll definitely have to be more cognisant of costs because things are tighter. It might be the range at dinner – instead of two dishes