COMMENT: There is no winner in the feud between Eddie Jones and Danny Cipriani as it is such a shame...
Daily Mail What a shame that this dispute is eclipsing the countdown to the World Cup. Englands build-up to the tournament has been so demoralising that a sideshow between a former head coach and an ex-fly-half has become the main event.
It is also a desperate pity that there should be an ugly feud between Eddie Jones and Danny Cipriani. This is a man who took the national team to the brink of global glory four years ago, after Grand Slams, tour successes and a world-record run of Test victories, and another man who should have graced one of these showpiece events.
The fact that Cipriani won only 16 caps for England is a sporting travesty.
The 35-year-old was an instinctive genius of a playmaker, for so many years, at Wasps and Melbourne Rebels, Sale, Wasps again and Gloucester, before a low-key season at Bath. In his pomp, there wasnt an Englishman like him.
In his first Test start in 2008, he called the tune as Ireland were torn to shreds at Twickenham. What the current England side would do for such off-the-cuff, creative class.
