Eddie Jones hits out at treatment of Sam Burgess by England and Bath

• Exclusive: ‘You ask him to play in two different positions – how silly is that?’• ‘They weren’t focused enough on how to improve him as a player’Eddie Jones, who has seen the odds slashed on him taking over the England head coach position vacated by Stuart Lancaster, has hit out at the way Sam Burgess was managed during his ill-fated 12-month stint in rugby union.Jones believes Burgess, who cut short his three-year deal with Bath to re-sign for South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL, was hung out to dry by key decision-makers, having started only once for England during the World Cup. The 55-year…

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