Mampara of the week: Eddie Jones
Of all the people on God's green Earth, we thought that the smiling Tasmanian Eddie Jones, 55, would understand how seriously we take our rugby. It was one thing for the former Brave Blossoms' rugby coach to be responsible for the Springboks' humiliating thumping in their first game at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.But then to accept the job of making the DHL Stormers into the greatest rugby franchise in the world, only to renege on the deal and scamper off to England - well, this is just too much.There is something more important than money and meeting the queen. But, like Bob Dylan's Mr Jones, you clearly just don't understand.It's winning the hearts of this country's rugby lovers - which you have now lost. And you are therefore a prize mampara...
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