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Eddie Jones apologises 'unreservedly' as footage emerges of offensive remarks
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Eddie Jones has apologised 'unreservedly' as footage has emerged of the England coach referring to the Irish as 'scummy' in a seminar.
The embattled coach also described Wales as a 'little shit place'.
The comments were uploaded to the Fuso youtube channel and Jones has this evening apologised for the comments.
Earlier in the same speech Jones refers disparagingly to Wales.
“Wales. Who knows Wales? Are there any Welsh people here? So it’s this little shit place that has got three million people. Three million!”
The video has since been removed.
Jones apologised in a statement: “I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused - no excuses and I shouldn’t have said what I did. I’m very sorry.”
The RFU have also said that they would apologise to both the Irish and Welsh Unions.
The apology is the latest controversy involving the England coach, who himself was the victim of verbal and physical abuse outside a train station in Manchester.
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Hmmmm….not so sure about Edinburgh!
Go to commentsDisastrous result for conaught almost an impossible task to make top 8 now
The fixture may have been overly friendly recently, and connaught appeared to be a bit unstuck by the venom and vitriol from Ulster. Doak had an amzing game shooting out with perfect timing to disrupt onnaught on every attacking phase. On paper connaught should have had this. Well done to Ulster. connaught were suckered a bit.
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