Fans over on Facebook have made a shocking list of ‘wasted England talent’ since Eddie Jones took the job in 2015.
Reacting to the list, one fan wrote: “…jury is still out but I fear we could be adding Marcus Smith, Maro Itoje, Elliot Daly and Van Poortvliet to that list too,”
A second commented: “Eddie Jones seems to be asking Marcus Smith to play in the way that Paul Gustard did when he was Harlequins coach. As soon as the coach went, Marcus flourished. Maybe that is something that England need to do.”
Another said: “Murley, Lynagh, Randall, Mitchell, Obano, Blamire, Atkinson, Porter…hell, Cokanasiga is not being used correctly, so add him to the list…It’s endless.”
Someone else responded: “Don’t forget Cipriani,”
Eddie Jones wasted talent:
- Joe Marchant
- Jonathan Joseph
- Dan Robson
- Ben Spencer
- Luther Burrell
- George Ford
- Sam Jones
- Alfie Barbeary
- Paul Hill
- Kieran Brookes
- George McGuigan
- Will Collier
- Christian Wade
- Paolo Odogwu
- Alex Lozowski
- Ollie Devoto
- Harry Williams
- Joe Marler
- Mike Brown
- Danny Care
- Brad Shields
- Ben Curry
England’s Autumn Nations Series squad ranked from best to worst:
What we’ve done is taken every England players ‘rating’ from each game this month and averaged their score with powerhouse Joe Cokanasiga coming out on top.
1. Joe Cokanasiga – 7
- Argentina: 7
- Japan: 7
- New Zealand: N/A
- South Africa: N/A
2. Maro Itoje – 6.87
- Argentina: 6
- Japan: 7.5
- New Zealand: 7
- South Africa: 7
3. Guy Porter – 6.75
- Argentina: N/A
- Japan: 8.5
- New Zealand: 5
- South Africa: N/A
4. Ellis Genge – 6.37
- Argentina: 7
- Japan: 8.5
- New Zealand: 5
- South Africa: 5
5=. Sam Simmonds – 6.25
- Argentina: 5
- Japan: 8
- New Zealand: 7
- South Africa: 5
5=. Freddie Steward – 6.25
- Argentina: 6
- Japan: 9
- New Zealand: 6
- South Africa: 4
