"He's gone too far" - Woodward blasts 'out of control' Eddie Jones

Jones has an association with the Tokyo-based team spanning over two decades and continues to offer guidance to their coaches and players, including two-time world player of the year Barrett.

But former England boss Sir Clive Woodward sees the relationship as a unneeded distraction after Jones oversaw England's joint-worst finish ever to a Six Nations campaign.

"I am one of the very few people who is qualified to state, categorically, that if you are going to coach England in the professional era, you can afford absolutely zero distractions — and I mean zero." wrote Woodward.

"Everything has to take second place. At times that even includes your family, who have to make big sacrifices to give you the time and space to do the job properly. It is all-consuming.

"Eddie has been a distracted figure for a good while. I noticed it in the week before the World Cup final in Japan when there was simply too much stuff going on in the build-up.

"It was more like the Oscars as opposed to a team and coach preparing for the biggest game of their lives. Nothing has changed since.

"Last week’s whitewash of a review contributed nothing to sharpening up England and getting to the crux of the matter. If anything, it supported a coaching regime which really has lost its way. England need to start identifying what has been going wrong and fix it."

Woodward said: "He was a sponge and soaked up every single rugby union skill. By the end he was probably the best kicker out of hand we had, he laid the ball back at rucks perfectly and his tackle technique was perfect. What a player."

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Woodward said: "So talented, so physical, such a great understanding of the game and so bloody competitive. One of the best England players ever."

Woodward said: "Inspirational leader, formidable player, competitive in every situation. The example he set in every tight situation in every game led the way."

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Woodward said: "Jonny was special and he scared the opposition. Everyone has to pat him on the back. The way he defended and attacked, he was a very special player. All of us involved in that team [in 2003] just felt very lucky and privileged to have had him around at that time."

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Woodward said: "I rated Hill so highly in an England jersey that he was the only player I never dropped once during my tenure. Different class."

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