Fans to go to court for abusing England coach Eddie Jones

England coach Eddie Jones. Photo / AP

Four men will appear in court after England rugby coach Eddie Jones was abused outside a train station in February.

Jones was catching a train from Edinburgh to Manchester on the morning after England's Calcutta Cup defeat at Murrayfield when a group of men asked to have a photo taken with him.

Video footage shot in Manchester and obtained by the BBC showed Jones posing for selfies with Scotland supporters, who then turned on him. One called him a "baldy ****" as he was ushered into a car.

Jones said he wouldn't take public transport again.

"I'm a human being. I don't consider myself any different from anyone else, so for me to travel on public transport, I thought was OK. But I'll make sure I won't in future. It's as simple as that," Jones said after the incident.

"I can't because it was shown on Sunday what happens when I do. That's the world we live in. I was massively surprised. It wasn't comfortable."

When asked whether the abuse was physical or verbal, Jones replied: "A bit of both.

"It's part of the challenge. As an Australian coaching England, there were always going to be challenges and that's just one of them."

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