'Armageddon' outcome as axe hovers over Jones

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England manager Eddie Jones is nether utmost unit to support his occupation aft his brag declared helium was "really disappointed" with the results successful the Autumn Nations Series.

Jones apologised to fans aft his squad was bullied by the Springboks successful a repeat of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final.

South Africa defeated England astatine their Twickenham fortress for the archetypal clip successful 8 years successful a 27-13 connection by the satellite champions connected Sunday.

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England finished the twelvemonth with 5 wins, six losses and a gully - its worst statistical grounds successful 14 years.

The level Springboks decision followed a gully with New Zealand, decision to Argentina and a triumph implicit Japan.

"We would similar to convey England fans for their patience and support, it matters to america however they feel," Bill Sweeney, the CEO of the Rugby Football Union, said successful a statement.

"Like them we are truly disappointed with the results. Despite beardown idiosyncratic performances and immoderate large caller endowment coming into the team, the wide results are not wherever we expect them to be."

The RFU said its reappraisal panel, which includes committee and enforcement members on with autarkic erstwhile players and coaches, would present clasp a bid of meetings successful the adjacent 2 weeks to sermon the Autumn Nations run and however improvements could beryllium made up of the Six Nations.

Australian manager Jones is contracted done to the 2023 Rugby World Cup and has been linked with a determination to the United States to pb their nationalist squad aft that.

World Cup winning halfback Matt Dawson turned up the vigor successful a file for the BBC.

"The Armageddon determination is to fto Eddie Jones spell and let idiosyncratic to get successful arsenic caput manager and marque changes now, with the Six Nations up of them," Dawson wrote.

"Or, if those successful complaint don't alteration Jones, they archer Jones helium has to change.

"And alteration thing important and fast. There person to beryllium immoderate pugnacious conversations to speech astir wherefore they are playing the mode they are."

But different 2003 World Cup winner, Lawrence Dallaglio, said the players needed to instrumentality the brunt of the criticism.

"There are 2 large problems with this England team: I don't get the content that they are taking existent work and accountability for caller mediocre performances; nor bash they look to recognize that starting good against tier 1 absorption is imperative," Dallaglio wrote successful his file for The Times.

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"The 2 are, of course, astir surely related. I'm not implying that immoderate of this England radical are lacking bosom but are they feeling the symptom of decision truthful acutely? If they were past they would beryllium publically apologising for yesterday - thing which would nonstop a beardown connection not conscionable to the federation but to each other."

England were booed disconnected Twickenham aft losing to the Springboks and Jones said the mediocre show was "entirely my fault."

"I deliberation astir wherever we are going towards a World Cup," Jones said.

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"Obviously we privation to triumph games and beryllium palmy but are we moving successful the close direction? Yes we are. I person coached for a fig of years and I judge I tin manager well. People volition accidental what they say, and determination are ups and downs successful athletics but we didn't play good contiguous and I apologise for that, it's wholly my fault."

World Cup winning manager Sir Clive Woodward came disconnected the agelong tally successful his Mail connected Sunday column.

"This was the worst week successful English rugby history," Woodward wrote.

"The crippled successful this state is simply a full shambles and decision to a South Africa broadside without 9 of its champion players showed it. When are the starring figures astatine the RFU going to aftermath up and realise English rugby is successful trouble? Everything is not OK.

"Eddie Jones volition beryllium allowed to transportation connected arsenic helium likes yet again."

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