6N 2018
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... and a bit more of the wheels falling off:
*England head coach Eddie Jones has "apologised unreservedly" for offensive comments he made about Wales and Ireland.
At a sponsors' talk in July 2017, the Australian described Wales as a "shit little place" and spoke about how disappointed he was by a recent defeat by the "scummy Irish".
Jones, 58, said he was "very sorry for any offence caused" and added: "No excuses. I shouldn't have said what I did."
A spokesperson for English rugby union's governing body said the remarks were "inappropriate" and the RFU would apologise to its counterparts in Ireland and Wales.
England's next match is against Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday.
Referring to their 13-9 defeat by the same opponents in the 2017 Six Nations, Jones said: **"We've played 23 Tests, we've only lost one Test to the scummy Irish.
"I am still dirty about that game. We'll get that back, we'll get that back don't worry. We've got them next year at home, we'll get them back."**
The video of Jones' talk was uploaded to YouTube by Fuso - the Japanese parent company of England sponsors Mitsubishi - in July last year but has only now gained wider public attention.
Earlier in the talk, Jones discussed Japan Under-20s losing to their Welsh counterparts 125-0 shortly after he took over as Brave Blossoms head coach in 2012.
"Who knows Wales? Are there any Welsh people here? So it's this little shit place that has got three million people. Three million!" he said.*
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What’s funny about the clip in the scummy Irish reference is he’s talking to the guy who’s seated - a former SAS commander, Mike Lynch, who is Irish.
But that detail may not get reported as much...
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I think the funniest part of the speech is his coaching brilliance in selecting 13 "7/10" type players and 2 brilliant but inconsistent ones.
Hey Eddie, when your 7/10 guys don't play at their max levels you get a majority of 5 or 6 out of 10 performances in your team. -
I think the funniest part of the speech is his coaching brilliance in selecting 13 "7/10" type players and 2 brilliant but inconsistent ones.
Hey Eddie, when your 7/10 guys don't play at their max levels you get a majority of 5 or 6 out of 10 performances in your team.Yeah, yeah but look at the percentages
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@nzzp Storm in a tea cup. He's clearly just taking the piss. The same bloke who said New Zealand was just a shitty little island off the south coast.
If anyone's getting upset about his comments, they're showing they have remarkably thin skins.
@pot-hale said in 6N 2018:
What’s funny about the clip in the scummy Irish reference is he’s talking to the guy who’s seated - a former SAS commander, Mike Lynch, who is Irish.
Who laughs.
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It's the fucking 6 Nations!! We're constantly told how we can ignore the "quality" of the rugby on display because of the "history" and the "hatred".
So a coach totally buys in to it, says what every fan says, and you get "outrage"?
Fuck me dead.
I like Eddie, i really do, he's a funny bugger.
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@mariner4life said in 6N 2018:
It's the fucking 6 Nations!! We're constantly told how we can ignore the "quality" of the rugby on display because of the "history" and the "hatred".
So a coach totally buys in to it, says what every fan says, and you get "outrage"?
Fuck me dead.
I like Eddie, i really do, he's a funny bugger.
Joe should stick it on the shed wall and say is that the best he can do. Let’s give him something to really moan about.
Then he can use it again for the Australian tour.
Two for the price of one. 😏
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@pot-hale said in 6N 2018:
@mariner4life said in 6N 2018:
It's the fucking 6 Nations!! We're constantly told how we can ignore the "quality" of the rugby on display because of the "history" and the "hatred".
So a coach totally buys in to it, says what every fan says, and you get "outrage"?
Fuck me dead.
I like Eddie, i really do, he's a funny bugger.
Joe should stick it on the shed wall and say is that the best he can do. Let’s give him something to really moan about.
Then he can use it again for the Australian tour.
Two for the price of one. 😏
it's not the fucking 1980s, international teams don't need "psyching up" to win tests.
"well, it was just another Test, but then Eddie called us "scummy", so then we just knew we had to win".
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
@nzzp Storm in a tea cup. He's clearly just taking the piss. The same bloke who said New Zealand was just a shitty little island off the south coast.
Was it Eddie? Or are you confusing your abusive Ockers? Scott Johnson and "poxy islands"?
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@booboo
“Sorry, I meant to say two shitty little islands.”
Eddie Jones, England rugby union head coach, when asked to apologise for calling New Zealand “a shitty little island off the south coast of Australia”.
When all’s said and done
Since Boxing Day is a time for reheating favourite morsels, I asked Grant, the TMS hobbit, to burrow around in the Diary cuttings folder and pull out some of ou
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
“Sorry, I meant to say two shitty little islands.”
Eddie Jones, England rugby union head coach, when asked to apologise for calling New Zealand “a shitty little island off the south coast of Australia”.Not only can he not count but his geography is appalling.
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
“Sorry, I meant to say two shitty little islands.”
Eddie Jones, England rugby union head coach, when asked to apologise for calling New Zealand “a shitty little island off the south coast of Australia”.Not only can he not count but his geography is appalling.
As a New South Welshman, it's off our South Coast and that's what matters.
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
@booboo
“Sorry, I meant to say two shitty little islands.”
Eddie Jones, England rugby union head coach, when asked to apologise for calling New Zealand “a shitty little island off the south coast of Australia”.
When all’s said and done
Since Boxing Day is a time for reheating favourite morsels, I asked Grant, the TMS hobbit, to burrow around in the Diary cuttings folder and pull out some of ou
Hmmm ... so not only is he abusive he is derivative.
Scott Johnson 2004:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3611506
http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/55614.html
So Jonesy is only 13 years late to the joke (... or The Times is wrong ...)
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All good comedians steal jokes.
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
All good comedians steal jokes.
Absolutely. Most of my upvotes on here are lame jokes/memes I've pinched from elsewhere. Very rarely is it for sporting knowledge.
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
All good comedians steal jokes.
Absolutely. Most of my upvotes on here are lame jokes/memes I've pinched from elsewhere. Very rarely is it for sporting knowledge.
Typical Scotsman.
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Oh FFS
Need massive games off Biggar, S Williams and L Williams
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It will be interesting to see if Wales fall into the same trap as England and are thinking to much about what they will do with the ball rather than concentrating on getting/retaining the ball in the first place. Disrupt that and all other plans disappear.
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Eddie J, has gone and done it. He finally dropped Ford. And put Brown on the bench.
Should be interesting.
Watson, May, Joseph, Te'o, Daly, Farrell, Wigglesworth, Simmonds, Haskell, Robshaw, Kruis, Itoje, Sinckler, Hartley, Mako
George, MArler, Cole, Launchbury, Armand, Care, Ford, Brown
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Also (in case they are facing the right direction)
M Vunipola,
Hartley,
Sinckler,
Itoje,
Kruis,
Robshaw,
Haskell,
Simmonds.
Wigglesworth;
Farrell,
Daly;
Te'o,
Joseph,
May,
Watson;Replacements: George, Marler, Cole, Launchbury, Armand, Care, Ford, Brown
Johnson jokes over Kiwi apology
