LIST: 5 players who were blacklisted by their countries

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Tuesday, 09 November 2021 at 21:25
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Below, we look at five players that were blacklisted by their countries, and the reported reason why.

#1. Alex Goode (England)

Jones wrote in his autobiography that the Sarries legend ‘could not match the pace and snarl of his long-term rival Mike Brown.’
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However, according to Brown’s column for the Mail Online, Goode clashed with Jones over this opinion in a heated discussion which led to him being frozen out of the squad after 2016.
The fullback then never won a recall despite being awarded the 2019 European Player of the Year award.
DID YOU KNOW? He is the nephew of Jo Goode, who won an Olympic bronze in Badminton in Sydney.

#2. Jamie Roberts (Wales)

Roberts, Wales captain on the 2017 summer tour five months earlier, originally had been left out of Warren Gatland's autumn squad, but earned a recall when regular centre ally Jonathan Davies was injured. He played in the third November Test versus New Zealand, next up were the Springboks.
However, after being told he'd be sacked by Quins if he played in the game outside the international window, he departed the Wales camp and would never play again.
On the issue, Roberts wrote: "If time is a healer, a good deal of water is yet to pass under this bridge. The animosity runs deep to this day."
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#3. Danny Care (England)

Former England stat Kyran Bracken first revealed why the Quins playmaker was mysteriously frozen out of Jones plans in 2018 despite being a regular up until that point.
“He (Care) made the mistake of speaking his mind to Eddie Jones and questioning how he wanted him to play when he was playing with an England ‘B’ team against Japan in the autumn of 2018,” said Bracken. The scrum-half was reportedly
“Eddie’s response to that was ‘that’s not the attitude I want’ and he binned him from his plans.”
DID YOU KNOW? At age 11 he was invited to join the Academy at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club which meant giving up club rugby union for a fw years

#4. Israel Folau (Australia)

Folau reached a settlement with Rugby Australia (RA) over his controversial sacking for writing anti-gay posts on social media back in 2019. He will definitely pull on the gold jersey ever again, though he could make an international return with Tonga if laws change.
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#5. Mike Brown (England)

Brown wrote in his column: ‘I’d had one of my best seasons for Quins (2018/19) with really good attacking stats (2019), but Eddie had pigeon-holed me as a defensive full-back. At the end of this meeting, he asked if I had anything I wanted to say.
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“I challenged his comments that I was just a defensive full-back, saying I thought I had been adding value to the attack, with examples and stats from my season, before saying I would take away all of his points and that I would do everything I could to get into the World Cup squad.
“He did not like that I had contested what he said and went mad. He shouted: ‘Well you lost the f****** ball in contact on Saturday, didn’t you? That’s f****** not good enough. You’re not f****** doing everything you can.'”
Ultimately, Brown wouldn’t be picked for the Rugby World Cup with Jones saying that his clash with teammate Ben Te’o had nothing to do with his omission. He’s not been picked since.
DID YOU KNOW? He married long term partner, fashion designer Eliza Scarlett Woodcock, the daughter of former England international footballer Tony Woodcock in 2016

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