Former England head coach and current Japan manager, Eddie Jones, has responded sharply to allegations made by Danny Cipriani.
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In his book, Cipriani claims Jones made an inappropriate remark about a supposed involvement between him and Scottish TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher.
Cipriani alleges that Jones asked him, “Mate, doesn’t Kirsty Gallacher live around here? Haven’t you shagged her? What’s she like?”
Jones dismissed the claim, stating, “That’s hardly the sort of language I would use. It’s not how I speak to players. In all the years I’ve coached, there would be very few conversations like that with players.
“It’s not to say I haven’t had a conversation like that, but there would have been very few – and certainly not with Cipriani.”
Jones labelled Cipriani’s comments as “absurd, fabrication and f****** nonsense,” and indicated he wasn’t taking the claims seriously.
“We didn’t have a close relationship, so I’m hardly going to engage in a conversation like that with him,” Jones said.
“To be quite frank, it’s a complete fabrication. We didn’t select him. When players don’t get selected, they always have an axe to grind – we know that.
“He’s selling a book, so nothing surprises me when players want to sell books. It’s absurd. It’s almost too absurd to talk about. I think it’s very sad for him that he feels he has to make something up to sell his book.”
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The former London Irish midfielder, who can operate at inside and outside centre and also cover fly-half, made more than 50 appearances for the Exiles over two seasons, scoring 11 Premiership tries.
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