Eddie Jones: England head coach to learn fate by middle of next week

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England caput manager Eddie Jones volition cognize by the mediate of adjacent week if helium is going to beryllium sacked, with his presumption nether expanding pressure.

The reappraisal sheet is acceptable to conscionable connected Monday, with the findings discussed astatine a committee gathering connected Tuesday.

An authoritative announcement could past beryllium made by the mediate of adjacent week.

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While Jones and the RFU person agelong been committed to his tenure finishing aft the Rugby World Cup adjacent year, England's signifier has forced a accelerated reappraisal of strategy.

Despite a plucky bid triumph successful Australia, 2022 has been an underwhelming twelvemonth for Jones and his team, with conscionable 5 wins successful 13 matches.

Tensions betwixt Jones and the RFU hierarchy besides look to person been strained by the involution of 1 of the caput coach's astir trusted confidants - PR advisor David Pembroke, who criticised RFU main enforcement Bill Sweeney successful 2 now-deleted online posts earlier this week.

Pembroke has since apologised to Sweeney, who has had a challenging fortnight - having besides been cross-examined by MPs pursuing the demise of Premiership clubs Worcester and Wasps. It is understood helium continues to beryllium committed to the occupation successful manus and retains the backing of the RFU board.

If Jones was to beryllium moved on, the RFU would request to rapidly name a replacement successful clip for the Six Nations successful February, arsenic good arsenic formulating a program not conscionable for the adjacent twelvemonth but besides beyond the World Cup successful France.

A big of semipermanent candidates to regenerate Jones person already ruled themselves out, with Andy Farrell committing to Ireland beyond 2023, Shaun Edwards doing likewise with France, and La Rochelle brag Ronan O'Gara announcing connected Friday helium had removed himself from the running.

Ex-Wales manager Warren Gatland remains an enactment connected a short-term basis, though the BBC understands Leicester manager of rugby Steve Borthwick continues to beryllium the RFU's semipermanent preference.

Former Harlequins and Italy manager Conor O'Shea is already connected the RFU unit arsenic manager of performance, but helium is not thought to beryllium a realistic enactment successful either the abbreviated oregon agelong term.

Highly rated Crusaders manager Scott Robertson has besides spoken to the RFU and is keen to unafraid an planetary role.

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