Eddie Jones dismisses talks of curfews on his players

England coach Eddie Jones insisted that his players do not need any curfews in place after reports emerging that the Football Association is planning to enforce a ban on overnight free time on its team.

Recently, England football captain Wayne Rooney was pictured in The Sun drinking at a private party at the team hotel following England’s victory over Scotland while the rest of his team-mates were in London.

Reports claim that now FA is conducting a review on the incident and is considering a ban on the England football players on nights out whilst on international duty. Also the free time, handed to the players will now be reconsidered.

Meanwhile, Jones reacted by saying that his team will not need such restrictions in place and a curfew would mean he has failed in his selection of leader in the team.

"Well then I've got the wrong captain and the wrong vice-captains.

"The time we have to have a curfew is the time we don't have a leadership group within the team.

"The players are adults. Most of the players have got their own families. After the game they'll go back to the hotel, they'll have a few beers and they'll decide when they go to bed.

"We've got a great leadership group within the team so we don't need to have curfews. I generally like the players to set the regulations because then it's self-policing.

"I've had teams that have set curfews. Most teams I've had have never set curfews.

"They are professional sportsmen who have the privilege of playing for England.

"They have to do everything to be at their best for England. If they do anything outside of that, then they don't want to play for England."

Meanwhile, England Rugby captain Dylan Hartley echoed Jones' views and insisted that trust on the players is a must to achieve better results.

"We police ourselves and we trust individuals to make the right decisions. That is how our team operate. I don't know how other teams do it," Hartley said.

"If you're alluding to what we are going to do after the Fiji game at the weekend, we have got another Test match to get ready for.

"We have got a recovery session on Sunday so it would be a good time to see partners and families, acknowledge the effort that you have put in this week and in the game and have a couple of beers. But we trust individuals to make good decisions.

"Our culture this year has loosened. We have gone the other way. We just trust in the guys to make good decisions. We don't have an A4 sheet with rules written on it.

"We just trust the guys to do the right thing. Luckily we haven't had any issues as of yet. If you treat men like men, you get men."