Eddie Jones forced to apologise after England boss makes bizarre race-related gaffe at press conference

EDDIE JONES was forced into a grovelling apology after accusing a journalist of mistaking him for ‘another half-Asian person’.

The England boss made the tasteless racial swipe during his media appearance ahead of Sunday’s Ireland clash.

A reporter asked the half-Japanese Aussie: “You’ve talked before about your meditation.

"Are you still doing that and how has it helped you?”

To which, Jones replied: “I don’t think I’ve ever spoken about meditation.

"You must be thinking about someone else. Maybe another half-Asian person? Maybe we all look the same?”

Two hours afterwards, Jones said sorry after his outgoing press chief was asked for an explanation.

The Aussie previously spoke about doing mindfulness, which is what the reporter was referring too.

An RFU spokesman said: “Eddie made an off- the-cuff comment which was not intended to cause any offence.

“He has spoken to the journalist privately explaining this and apologised, which was accepted.”

In 2018 mouthy Jones, 60, had to say sorry to Bath owner Bruce Craig for describing him as the ‘Donald Trump of rugby’.

And Jones sounded off before the Six Nations kicked off by warning France to expect brutality in their opener in Paris — which England ended up losing.

Two seasons ago a video emerged of him calling Ireland “scummy” and Wales a “little s*** place”.

Speaking at a sponsors’ event, Jones had said: “We’ve only lost one Test to the scummy Irish.”

And explaining a story about a Japan team losing to Wales at the same event, he said: “Wales! Who knows Wales? It’s this little s*** place that has three million people!”