Eddie Jones: Former England coach wants another international job

Eddie Jones' past crippled successful complaint of England was the 27-13 decision by satellite champions South Africa connected 26 November

Eddie Jones says helium wants to proceed coaching astatine planetary level and has not ruled retired the anticipation of taking the Australia job.

"I wouldn't bash thing differently," helium added.

Jones has been linked with a instrumentality to Australia arsenic a replacement for under-pressure Wallabies brag Dave Rennie.

Jones coached Australia betwixt 2001 and 2005, starring them to the 2003 Rugby World Cup last connected location ungraded wherever they mislaid successful other clip to England. After his sacking by his location federation successful 2005, an affectional Jones vowed to return, saying the occupation was the "greatest honour and privilege you tin have."

Australia are a imaginable quarter-final hostile for England astatine adjacent year's Rugby World Cup successful France, but Jones denied that a tendency to beryllium his erstwhile employers incorrect would motivate immoderate instrumentality to Test rugby.

"It's not astir coaching England's rivals, it's astir adding to the game. I emotion the crippled and I emotion coaching," helium added.

"I privation to proceed coaching."

Jones was sacked by England aft a disappointing Six Nations, featuring defeats by France, Ireland and Scotland, and an autumn successful which his squad won lone 1 of 4 Tests.

However, his broadside did bushed Australia 2-1 successful a summertime bid betwixt those 2 campaigns. After England's triumph successful the decisive Test astatine the Sydney Cricket Ground, Jones angrily confronted a heckling location instrumentality who called him "a traitor".

Asked if helium had spoken to Rugby Australia astir a return, Jones laughed and said: "Be a discerning reader, ne'er judge what you work successful the papers."

The 62-year-old added: "As you get a spot older, arsenic I am, you conscionable privation to permission things successful a amended place. I conscionable privation to stock the large acquisition I person had, peculiarly with coaching players and teams.

"What we privation to spot is large games of rugby and if you person the accidental to beryllium portion of that you are highly lucky."

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Jones won 73% of his games successful complaint of England, claiming 3 Six Nations titles successful his 7 years successful charge. He besides led the squad to the 2019 World Cup final, which they mislaid to South Africa, but was sacked earlier this period aft lone 5 wins from 12 Tests successful 2022.

Jones added: "When you person been coaching for a portion you consciousness erstwhile your enactment is starting to wane and I knew we had to person bully results successful the autumn.

"I continued connected coaching arsenic good arsenic I could and we had a program to highest astatine the 2023 World Cup, but unluckily we didn't get the accidental to decorativeness that.

"There was a treatment but erstwhile boards marque that decision, they already person it firmly successful their mind.

"They made a determination that they didn't deliberation I tin bash the occupation to the level they privation and I'm successful nary presumption to reason with it. I volition determination into what I'm going to bash adjacent and I privation England rugby each the best."

Some of Jones' erstwhile players person since travel retired successful enactment of his coaching methods, including England skipper Owen Farrell, who said Jones' sacking was "unbelievably disappointing".

The Rugby Football Union person appointed Steve Borthwick arsenic Jones' successor, and the Australian manager says helium has "great memories" of starring England.

"I didn't deliberation I was coaching poorly and that is each I could control," helium said.

"The happening that is pleasing is the fig of players who person travel retired and endorsed that, peculiarly erstwhile they cannot summation thing from that. But sometimes the results don't spell your mode and you wage for it and I cognize that arsenic good arsenic anyone.

"I received 40 unusual texts from players successful immoderate mode thanking maine oregon sending their champion wishes, which they don't request to do.

"I've got immoderate large memories of the English players, they are a large bunch. They play hard and they bid hard and they person a batch of pridefulness successful playing for England and I'm definite they volition bash good playing nether Steve."

Analysis

Chris Jones, BBC rugby correspondent

Jones is philosophical astir his dismissal, saying helium felt the temper astatine Twickenham crook during the autumn series, and believes the telephone was made to sack him adjacent earlier helium presented his reappraisal of the campaign.

However helium says helium has nary regrets astir immoderate decisions helium made towards the extremity of his tenure. He feels helium was coaching arsenic good arsenic ever and has defended his strategy of prioritising the Rugby World Cup astatine each costs, a argumentation that has since been reversed by caller manager Borthwick and the RFU.

Jones adds that helium is bittersweet helium wasn't capable to spot his England task done to completion but tellingly, astatine the property of 62, helium believes helium has 1 much large planetary caput manager occupation near successful him.

It's apt Jones volition proceed to beryllium a large subordinate successful satellite rugby for a fewer years yet.

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