Jones slams England
Dec 10,2012
Japan coach Eddie Jones has criticised Manu Tuilagi and England for the Leicester centre's celebration after scoring against New Zealand.
Tuilagi appeared to slow down as he neared the line after intercepting a pass from Kieran Read, with Jones regarding it as a mark of disrespect towards the world champions.
"England are still very young," Jones told The Daily Star.
"If they can keep it together and go on and pick up 600-odd caps then they could potentially have a very good team.
"But there were already signs of arrogance at the weekend with their centre [Tuilagi] walking over the line."
"That's disrespectful to the world champions - and if they don't control that kind of thing they will not go forward as a team."
"You don't want to see that sort of thing creep into the game because it's not good for rugby.
"It doesn't wind up other teams but the game of rugby is about respect - and that's one thing we simply must keep in the game."
"New Zealand have scored numerous points against numerous teams and you never see any of their players do that. They run hard and try to get under the posts to make the kick as easy as possible.
"So why didn't the England boy do that? That's what the game is about. It's very important to keep a tight lid on that kind of attitude.
"The only guy I really know in the England management is Andy Farrell and I know he certainly will not tolerate that sort of thing. He'll be disappointed by what Tuilagi did."
Comments (7)
Dec 10, 2012 at 21:52:17
he's too short for the All Blacks bok2011!
Dec 10, 2012 at 22:43:22
He is an awsome player hakwa. We could do with him in the bok side.
Dec 10, 2012 at 22:01:10
Its typical English. Chris Ashton diving over the tryline is even more disrespectful.
Dec 10, 2012 at 22:45:13
Yeah i know. Wish Ashton would either drop the ball or wind the f£ck out of himself. Did you guys ever see the Klap Tuilagi gave ashton in the leicester game? halarious
Dec 11, 2012 at 10:38:20
Silly stuff from Eddie Jones. Why waste energy if you dont have to. You play the game as you see it not to further inflate huge ab egoes. If ths action deflated ab egoes all to the good I say. Hahahahahaha
Dec 10, 2012 at 19:57:38
A bit petty mr jones. They were just enjoying spanking the world champs. Must admit tuilagi should go play for his own nation ( Samoa) lol maybde then the Abs could have him playing for them????