‘F***ing nonense’: Eddie Jones slams Danny Cipriani’s ‘horny teenager’ claims

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has slammed claims made by Danny Cipriani that he quizzed the ex-England rugby star about his love life.

Eddie Jones has slammed Danny Cipriani's claims in his new book.

Eddie Jones has hit back at former England rugby star Danny Cipriani’s claims that Jones quizzed him “like a horny teenager” over his sex life.

In his new book, titled Who am I?, Cipriani recalls a number of run-ins he had with Jones, who coached England from 2015 through 2022.

Cipriani, who made the last of his 16 Test appearances for England in 2018, states that Jones took an uncomfortable interest in his personal life, according to The Sun.

Cipriani, 35, wrote that Jones particularly quizzed “like a horny teenager” over his sex life with Kirsty Gallacher, a Scottish television presenter.

The fly half — who had just broken up with the presenter — says he was at a training camp in 2016 when he was shocked to be asked: “Haven’t you shagged her? What’s she like?”

The Englishman also recalls how Jones singled him out at a team dinner in 2016 and kept “pecking” about his bedroom secrets with the glamorous Scottish TV presenter.

Jones is now coaching Australia and leading them at this month’s Rugby World Cup in France.

Cipriani struggled to get selected after Jones became head coach in 2015.

But Jones has slammed Cipriani’s claims, labelling them “a complete fabrication”.

“We didn’t have a close relationship, so I’m hardly going to engage in a conversation like that with him,” Jones told the Daily Mail.

Danny Cipriani played 16 Tests for England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Cipriani claimed Eddie Jones quizzed him about his love life. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

“To be quite frank, it’s a complete fabrication. We didn’t select him. When players don’t get selected, they always have an axe to grind. We know that.

“He’s selling a book, so nothing surprises me when players want to sell books. It’s absurd. It’s almost too absurd to talk about.

“I think it’s very sad for him that he feels he has to make something up to sell his book.”

“It’s just f***ing nonsense,” Jones added.

“If anyone is stupid enough to pay attention to it then good luck to them.

“That’s hardly the sort of language I would use. It’s not how I speak to players. In all the years I’ve coached, there would be very few conversations like that with players.

“It’s not to say I haven’t had a conversation like that, but there would have been very few – and certainly not with Cipriani.

“I’ve learnt to keep an appropriate distance. You don’t coach for the amount of time that I’ve coached without keeping the appropriate distance.

“I get criticised for being too hard – now someone is trying to make out that I’m too familiar with the players. Work out what you want me to be.”

Eddie Jones says Cipriani’s claims are completely false. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Cipriani took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to address the reaction to extracts from his book detailing his love life.

“The reaction ... has come in many forms from love, support, hate, anger, and so on,” Cipriani wrote.

“Remember that the extracts are put into context through the entirety of the book. Taken out and separated create a story.

“Read as a whole, you’ll see there is nothing but love. No ill feeling toward any individual, just sharing the truth of my experience within a sport which has very rigid ‘leadership’ and the media who create narratives for a living.”

Originally published as ‘F***ing nonense’: Eddie Jones slams Danny Cipriani’s ‘horny teenager’ claims