Jones slammed for 'sexist' Raducanu comments

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Comments made by England rugby manager Eddie Jones astir US Open champion Emma Raducanu has been labelled "sexist" by erstwhile British subordinate Jo Durie.

Speaking aft England's 69-3 thumping of Tonga, Jones was discussing prima England five-eighth Marcus Smith and suggested helium enactment distant from off-field distractions, erstwhile helium drew a examination with Raducanu.

"There's a crushed wherefore the young miss who won the US Open hasn't done truthful good afterwards," Jones said. "What person you seen her on? The beforehand leafage of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar oregon whatever, wearing Christian Dior clothes."

Jones' blistery instrumentality has sparked a furore among Britain's sporting landscape, with respective pistillate athletes crossed antithetic sports calling retired Jones' "sexist comments".

Durie, the erstwhile satellite No.5 women's player, took contented with the operation "young girl" and that "no 1 ever complains astir blokes going to galas; it's ever thing that is thrown astatine women".

"Emma isn't a girl; she is an 18-year-old woman," Durie told London's The Telegraph. "Unfortunately, erstwhile you're this famous, everybody likes to person their sentiment astir you.

"I don't cognize her good myself, but she seems to person a bully caput connected her shoulders and she conscionable needs to play for astatine slightest a play and get utilized to beingness connected the circuit earlier anyone expects thing other from her."

Gold medallist Kate Richardson-Walsh, a erstwhile skipper of the Great Britain hockey squad was besides captious of however Jones addressed the topic.

"It's surely important for everyone to deliberation astir distractions ... It's besides truly important not to beryllium an ill-informed, patronising, hypocritical misogynist," she wrote.

Tennis manager Judy Murray, the parent of erstwhile satellite No.1 Andy Murray, said the comments highlighted what pistillate athletes are up against.

"For 1 thing, Jones intelligibly couldn't retrieve her name," she said. "Calling her 'the young girl' sounded dismissive. For another, Emma's travel from doing A-levels successful the summertime to winning the US Open is truthful bonzer that she hasn't had clip to drawback up with what has happened. Of people she isn't a seasoned pro yet.

"But what teen wouldn't privation to bask a spot of her occurrence by going to events and getting progressive with manner brands. Even now, Emma has lone played 2 much events since the US Open. Her communicative isn't remotely comparable to what Jones is talking about."

Rugby subordinate James Haskell defended Jones, saying the absorption highlighted the hopeless quality of the "cancel mob."

"Honestly however you deliberation this is sexist is beyond me. It's a constituent astir distraction and the pitfalls of fame; that tin hap to anyone. I tin spot you desperately privation to incite the cancel mob, but you are going to request to bash amended than that."

Raducanu, who has won 2 of her 4 matches since lifting the US Open trophy connected September 11, has breached into the apical 20 and is presently competing astatine the Upper Austria Ladies Linz event.

Speaking up of the tournament, the Brit addressed concerns astir her off-court docket and her coaching situation, confirming she'll person idiosyncratic successful spot for the Australian Open.

"I person been rather engaged since the US Open," Raducanu said. "I've been truly enjoying everything [but] I made it very, precise wide to each azygous idiosyncratic successful my squad that I was not going to cancel 1 grooming league oregon signifier league for immoderate off-court commitments. That was a non-negotiable.

"I'm present connected my own, I'm being my ain manager again this week, which I deliberation is truly bully for maine long-term. I'm truly feeling affirmative astir my coaching situation, it's successful a bully place. I'll person a manager successful spot astatine the Australian Open."

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