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Eddie Jones' Japan humbled by Italy in Sapporo
By Ian Cameron
Eddie Jones’ appalling run of results as head coach shows no sign of stopping after his Japan side were roundly walloped 42-14 by Italy at the at Sapporo Dome.
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Tries for Ange Capuozzo, Ross Vintcent, Alessandro Garbisi, Andrea Zambonin and Martin Page-Relo heaped misery on the hosts in what was a one-sided affair for the most part.
Japan hit back through a quickly taken brace from Dylan Riley which came within the span of just two minutes either side of halftime, but it was the only bright spell for the Brave Blossoms, who were a distant second place to Gonzalo Quesada’s well-drilled Azzurri.
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Indeed Jones is yet to win a match in his second stint as head coach of Japan, with home losses to Steve Borthwick’s England and Richard Cockerill’s Georgia already under the belt.
Eddie Jones’ poor start in Japan comes after he presided over Australia’s pool stage exit at last year’s Rugby World Cup – the Wallabies’ worst-ever run at the tournament. It was a dismal spell in Australia for the former England head coach, with the Wallabies managing just two wins from nine games under his watch, for a measly win percentage of just 22 per cent.
Jones now has just two wins from his last 13 matches as head coach for Japan, Australia and England, dating back to England’s 25-25 draw with the All Blacks in 2022.
Eddie is clearly having a tough time adapting to reality. He is a very good coach, let’s not forget that; however, he has allowed perhaps his ego to get the better of him after 2020 Grand Slam
Well he was a good coach or rather he was effective. I remember when he signed for England some SH pundits saying he will get results but after the honeymoon period is over it will all unravel and that's exactly what happened. He came in, strutted about like a drill sergeant, turned Johnny May into a demon winger like Private Pyle and England into a brutal machine but he quashed any creativity out of the side, burned all our players out and even caused career ending injuries with reckless training activities… and the house of cards came crashing down.
Come on guys.
We all witnessed Eddie,s time here. This surely is no surprise .
The press kept on saying what a top coach he was .
right up to him being sacked . He believed his own hype .
Still does probably .
Italy were 24 nil up before two breakaway tries for Japan (their only scores). Then Italy ratched up another 18.
I'm shocked to read so much hate for Jones, I was not expecting this from rugby fans. Sad.
No hatred from me, just contempt. Jones is an arrogant bully.
People just think he is poor. He is.
Australia were foolish to hire him, Japan were downright stupid.
It's hard to have any sympathy for Jones, he's such a nasty piece of work.
Jones is a total plum. It's still a shame to see how far backwards Japan are going. They didn't kick on from 2019. At all.
Can’t feel for Japan, contacted Jones when coaching Australia in the middle of a World Cup. Both Japan Rugby and Jones classless and deserve all they get.
I reckon there’s at least a 50% chance Eddie contacted Japan.
Eddie seems to have missed his opportunity to retire graciously.
Now he’s just destroying his legacy.
Haha, another loss for Eddie!
Can someone who knows Eddie tell him he’s done. He’s a psycho, rubbish coach and embarrassing human. Please. Tell him to bugger off and let someone like Rennie help Japan maximise their potential.
Sent him a message. He blue ticked me.
Japan have really fallen away since 2019
I thought Italy would win but not by this much
Japan are poor but Italy are really really good.
Currently 8th in the world rankings and not showing any signs of slipping down!
A sad clown taking the mickey & the yen.
Conning the nice people of Japan who deserve much better.