EDDIE JONES warned some of his England flops have played their final match for him.
The Red Rose boss was booed off after Ireland’s Grand Slam-clinching 24-15 win.
And Jones rapped: “Some players will struggle to participate in the future.
“We have to get a greater depth to our squad who can play Test rugby.
“Some guys are starting their international careers but I have to decide whether I have time to get them ready for the World Cup.”
And on the jeers at the end, Jones added: “I didn’t hear them. I can’t control what the crowd says.
“I’ll listen to it on the replay and it will put me to sleep tonight.”
England are facing a crisis following three straight defeats, with the 2019 World Cup just 18 months away.
George Kruis, Mike Brown and James Haskell have all been in and out of the side, while skipper Dylan Hartley’s position is sure to come under extra scrutiny.
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Jones, 58, won 24 of his first 25 Tests after replacing Stuart Lancaster in the wake of England’s disastrous 2015 World Cup, landing back-to-back Six Nations titles.
But the Aussie insisted: “We weren’t happy being the team we were.
“Even though we won all those games, we weren’t good enough to get where we wanted to get.
“We knew we had to change and sometimes that hurts. That’s what we’re going through.
“We have spoken about having more leaders on the field and that is something you have to build, you have got to keep working on it.
“The team must take more responsibility, that is all part of the process.
“We desperately wanted to win the Six Nations but everything we’re doing is geared towards winning the World Cup next year.
“When I took over with England, it was quite easy to improve them quickly because there are certain things you can fix quickly.
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“But there are other internal mechanisms that take time to fix and, unless you fix them, they catch up to you when you get to the big tournament.”
Irish skipper Rory Best claimed Jones labelling his country “scummy” in a video which emerged this week did not affect his squad.
He said: “It was said, but it doesn’t matter. What matters to us is the rugby. We didn’t focus on it.”
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