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Autumn Nations Series: England v Australia
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Date: Saturday, 9 November Kick-off: 15:10 GMT
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Australia centre Samu Kerevi says that the contention implicit erstwhile England manager Eddie Jones' absorption benignant whitethorn beryllium down to taste differences betwixt sets of players.
Jones, who coached England to 3 Six Nations titles and a Rugby World Cup last betwixt 2016 and 2022, was criticised by erstwhile England scrum-half Danny Care implicit the weekend.
In publication excerpts serialised by the Times,, external Care described Jones overseeing a "toxic environment", successful which the Australian would belittle and berate players and staff.
"I wouldn't accidental terrifying," said 31-year-old Kerevi of moving nether Jones.
"It's however you instrumentality it. I grew up successful a antithetic civilization to what it is present successful rugby.
"I've got a bully narration with Eddie. I deliberation helium puts pressure, not conscionable connected the players, but the staff.
"I deliberation that's what Danny Care's talking about, but again, it's however you person it. Whether you thrive nether it."
Kerevi was portion of an Australia broadside which failed to marque it retired of the excavation stages of the 2023 Rugby World Cup during Jones' 2nd stint successful complaint of his autochthonal country. He was besides coached by 64-year-old Jones astatine Japanese nine Tokyo Sungoliath.
Jones continued his consultancy enactment with the broadside passim his clip with England.
Care himself says that Jones' methods worked, successful the short-term astatine least.
"I basal by the information - and I accidental it successful the publication - that Eddie is inactive the champion manager that I person ever worked with," he told Rugby Union Weekly.
"He gave maine immoderate of the top memories of my rugby vocation - that came astatine a price.
"Maybe it had to beryllium that mode to get the occurrence that we had. Maybe you person to spell done immoderate truly pugnacious times, and beryllium that driven, and determination beryllium that overmuch pressure, to get that.
"But I don’t deliberation that tin past forever, determination is simply a timeline successful that and it came to a play wherever it was excessively overmuch for america arsenic players and you saw a spot of a downward spiral."
Jones won his archetypal 17 games successful complaint of England, but was sacked successful December 2022 aft lone 5 victories from 12 matches successful his last twelvemonth successful charge.
He ended with a 73% triumph percentage, amended than Rugby World Cup-winning manager Sir Clive Woodward.
"Players conscionable aren't pushed hard capable to go their best," Jones added astatine the time. "Not due to the fact that of wherever they travel from, but due to the fact that of the situation they're in.
"In England, determination is the comfortability of the clubs; they tin past astatine the clubs conscionable being a subordinate and they're not pushed to spell to the adjacent level."
Care besides claimed that Saracens playmaker Alex Goode, who won lone 4 caps nether Jones, was exiled from the England set-up aft a disagreement with the coach.
"We saw Alex Goode, European subordinate of the year, travel successful and person a flimsy disagreement betwixt him, the physios and Eddie, a flimsy miscommunication and helium was ne'er seen again," added Care.
"It was crazy. And the players spot that.
"Eddie was truthful unbelievably powerful, helium could specify your vocation - you could get 1 cap, accidental the incorrect happening and ne'er beryllium seen again."
Jones is present caput manager of Japan, who play England connected 24 November.
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