This time Maro Itoje was not prepared to see Eddie Jones throw himself into the line of fire. This time he could not stay silent and allow his boss to take a bullet for him and his red-faced team mates.
Itoje knew the drill, he’d seen it after the World Cup final in Japan and defeat by France in Paris a year ago. England lose badly and Jones protects his players by deflecting the flak onto himself by insisting it was he who got it wrong.
Sure enough, the whistle blew on one of the most inept Red Rose displays and Jones was straight in amongst the flying shrapnel.
Itoje was not having it. “We’re the ones on the field, we’re the ones responsible for our own performance,” he said. “All the players know, as I’m pretty sure everyone does, that
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