Sir Clive Woodward was confused why Eddie Jones replaced Jack van Poortvliet against Japan with still a quarter of an hour to go.
A much-improved England ran in seven tries to overwhelm the Cherry Blossoms at Twickenham and get their autumn campaign back on track.
However, there was one decision from Jones that ‘baffled’ Woodward.
He wrote: “I have had Van Poortvliet in my team for the past two or three years — his passing and kicking are good and I would have left him on for the entire game. I don’t know why Eddie took him off after 64 minutes. I don’t get things like that from a coaching point of view.
“He is playing well, England are playing well and Ben Youngs has got 119 caps. So what do you learn from bringing him on? Let Van Poortvliet play some rugby.
“I don’t get why they make all these random substitutions when they have the chance to play well until the end of the game.
“There was a big difference in the quality of opponent from Argentina, but you can only beat what is in front of you and England will be chuffed.”
Antoine Dupont Has Been Voted The Greatest Rugby Player In The World
France playmaker Antoine Dupont has been voted as the best player in the world right now after a survey was conducted with more than 1000 fans participated.
As former Scotland fly-half Rory Lawson says: “He just doesn’t have any weaknesses. There’s no flaw in any part of his game.”
Here is the list of the top 20 greatest ever rugby players voted by fans:
Best players in the world: Top 20
20. Faf de Klerk (South Africa)
19. Hamish Watson (Scotland)
18. Courtney Lawes (England)
17. Zinzan Brooke (New Zealand)
16. Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
15. Johnny Sexton (Ireland)
