Did he slip in the shower, or did he try and take the captaincy away from Dylan Hartley?
Whatever the reason, Eddie Jones turned up to Wednesday's Six Nations launch looking like this.
https://twitter.com/PAImages/status/824199855652356096
Ouch is right.
The England coach is understood to have slipped in the shower, but given the abrasive Aussie's reputation for rubbing folk up the wrong way, there were many, many theories as to how Jones REALLY got his black eye.
https://twitter.com/AlanGreenwood_/status/824199405154738176
https://twitter.com/alexshawsport/status/824197107578011649
https://twitter.com/cek0001/status/824197098207936512
https://twitter.com/RickyJH85/status/824201094008098816
https://twitter.com/GAGR/status/824200729283792896
https://twitter.com/mxyzplx/status/824200929486442496
https://twitter.com/Howgozza/status/824204106025861120
Could the Ireland captain and his pointy elbows be responsible?
https://twitter.com/TheT2I/status/824200310415572992
