MARO ITOJE insists England’s players and not Eddie Jones must be held accountable for England’s calamitous Six Nations performance.

Jones is fighting for his Twickenham future after Saturday’s 32-18 defeat by Ireland condemned last year’s champions to fifth place, equalling their previous worst finish of 2018, which also came on the Australian’s watch.

A week after edging France 23-20 to hint that a revival was under way, they were overrun, as familiar failings resurfaced at the Lansdowne Road, most notably their self-destructive indiscipline.