Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has been left out of England’s 36-man squad for their training camp in Bristol, which begins on Sunday.
And it’s fair to say fans are not happy…
SOCIAL REACTION:
Let’s not get too carried away with who has and hasn’t been picked by Eddie Jones for the @EnglandRugby training squad. That won’t be the squad announced for the Autumn Internationals and he loves plying mind games! @DannyCipriani87 is England’s best 10 fact!
— Andy Goode (@AndyGoode10) September 20, 2018
Ben Stokes: Hey “Danny Cipriani” hows things?
Danny Cipriani: Eddie Jones dropped me for conviction stuff, which given he’s an Aussie, is just ironic.
Ben Stokes: I told you to play cricket if you wanted to keep beating folk up and getting away with it.
— Koba Fern (@Kobafernalateri) September 20, 2018
Sometimes it ain’t about what goes down on the field. Sometimes it’s about what goes down in the clubs. Cipriani is a risk, no-one wants the rest of the team to be collateral damage for his nonsense. https://t.co/k2pErWfjAs
— Fredi Smith ☺ (@FrediSmith) September 20, 2018
Fuck off has Eddie Jones actually picked Ford ahead of Cipriani in the England training squad
— jmw (@Jamesmw69) September 20, 2018
Mind games from Eddie. 🤨 Cipriani is at his best when he has a point to prove.
— Nathan (@Nathann_09) September 20, 2018
This is a joke. “Cipriani will be judged on his rugby” – plays well for Gloucester then is left out. Meanwhile, Chris Ashton gets banned for 7 weeks but is included, as well as Manu Tuilagi, a guy who can barely string 2 games together. Baffling decisions.
— Lack of Afro (@lackofafromusic) September 20, 2018
100%, squad will look completely different for Autumn Series and IMO, Simmonds and Cipriani are arguably in the top 5 of in-form players in the league.. Jones loves playing mind games and getting the media talking.
— Nath Geekie (@nathgeekie) September 20, 2018
I don’t understand Eddie Jones and RFU in all this Cipriani circus. What must he do to convince them? https://t.co/I9YH9wsUyC
— Tungsten™ (@kollonabiswa) September 20, 2018
Tuilagi IN -no choir boy
Cipriani OUT -you get the drift#confused— Sonja McLaughlan (@Sonjamclaughlan) September 20, 2018
Me struggling to work out why Danny Cipriani hasn’t been included in England’s training squad pic.twitter.com/Z46KtpP65X
— Alex Lambe 🏉 (@RugbyLambo) September 20, 2018
Alex Lozowski or Danny Cipriani. It’s insane. I bet Jones rates Piers Francis over Cipriani…
— Nick Marshall (@nmarshall1990) September 20, 2018
Do you think, Cipriani not being the first choice kicker at Gloucester has hurt his chances?
— PAJD92 (@pajd92) September 20, 2018
Is this the first squad since Cipriani got arrested on a boozy pre-season night out? Maybe Jones doesn’t want that immature behaviour in the squad? (despite Cipriani’s undoubted great form at the moment!) He’d better hope he’s not making a selection rod for his own back though!
— In Oxford (@Oxford_Life) September 20, 2018
No Cipriani 👀 pic.twitter.com/rhZfznk6wg
— Matthew (@MatthewRiding) September 20, 2018
NO CIPRIANI ???!!!??? WTF ??? Idiots !!!
— Richard🏴 (@Richard26172) September 20, 2018
I think it’s a massive sign of respect Jones has for Cipriani that he thinks he is that good that he doesn’t even need to see him train…
— Stuart Cook (@StueyCookie) September 20, 2018
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