Australian rugby identity Alan Jones has come under fire for a stunning, unprovoked attack on a female journalist and Kiwi administator Raelene Castle.
The former Wallabies coach took the extraordinary step of singling out rugby.com.au reporter Beth Newman in a seething column for The Australian, where he spat fire at the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and its chief executive Castle.
Jones' personal attack on the ARU website reporter has attracted an angry backlash from rugby commentators.
The 75-year-old 2GB radio host labelled Newman a "hack" and claimed she was unqualified to be commenting on the Wallabies after reading her reports in the official programme of the Wallabies' 40-12 loss to the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday night.
Jones' bizarre comments about Newman came after he also gunned Castle with accusations that the Kiwi administrator "knows nothing about the game".