Being booed off Twickenham and his dismissive comments about others’ opinions appear to have been the final straw
Eddie Jones during training. File photo: REUTERS/PETER CZIBORRA
“After a review of the Autumn Nations Series, Eddie Jones has been dismissed from the position of England head coach,” the RFU said in a statement. Yet Jones, 62, who led Australia to the 2003 World Cup final and Japan to their shock victory over SA in 2015, continued to insist they were on the right track for next year’s global tournament, his first, and seemingly only, priority.
After this year’s Six Nations, which brought defeats by Scotland, Ireland and France, RFU head Bill Sweeney was widely ridiculed for saying there were signs of solid progress. After the dispiriting Springbok defeat he sounded far less supportive when pointedly saying of the fans’ opinions: “It matters to us how they feel.”
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