Eddie Jones has stepped down from his position as head coach of Australia. Australia went out in the pool stage of the Rugby World Cup, the first time in the tournament's history that they had failed to reach the knockout stage. Jones began a second spell in charge of the Wallabies in January and will officially step down on 25 November. In a statement, Rugby Australia thanked Jones for his "commitment to the Wallabies in 2023" and wished him "the best in his future endeavours". The statement added that an announcement over the future of Australia's caching staff would be made "in due course". ... Australia were upset by Fiji and lost heavily to Wales in a disappointing 2023 campaign, eventually finishing third in their pool. They won only two of their nine Tests after Jones' return, those victories coming against tier-two nations Georgia and Portugal at the World Cup. The announcement comes after Rugby Australia had led an independent review into the team's performance at the World Cup. Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh is set to hold a media conference on Tuesday to address the fall-out from Jones' upcoming departure. Chairman of Rugby Australia Hamish McLennan, who played a key role in getting Jones to return to the side for a second stint, said he will not quit following the disappointing World Cup campaign leading to Jones' resignation. McLennan told the Sydney Morning Herald: "I came to rugby to find a way to fix it when it all fell over and despite the sad Eddie situation, this is another hurdle we'll overcome."

I don’t think Eddie destroyed Aussie rugby. He went with the view get rid of the old boys Unfortunately the young ones he brought in weren’t good enough. Perhaps he should have stuck with Quade Cooper, Foley and Michael Hooper as Borthwick has done with England. Probably would have made semi final as well. 

Borthwick hasn’t got anyone offering him a new job. Eddie Jones supposedly has. He will be a very wealthy man after everyone has put their faith in him but may not be welcomed back to live in retirement in Australia. Not that I think he would give a toss

 

My son in law is from Melbourne. He didn’t even know who Eddie Jones was.

You’ve got AFL,Cricket, NRL,Soccer and then Rugby Union. 

The small minority of Aussies who support Rugby Union will be bothered but it won’t be big news

Don't remember England dominating World Rugby 25 years ago

Eddie Jones insists he has no regrets about resigning as Australia head coach after less than a year in charge. The Wallabies failed to reach the knockout stages of the recent World Cup, a first in their history. "I went in there with a plan and the contract reinforced the plan and the commitment of both myself and Rugby Australia to fulfil obligations and we had a bit of discourse in the obligations," said Jones. "So why should I have any regrets?" ... "Post the World Cup there was always going to be a decision to be made whether we were going to change Australian rugby or not," said Jones. "I went in with a plan and had a commitment from Rugby Australia what that looked like. "When the unity of where we were going wasn't the same, not because of the lack of desire from Rugby Australia, but there's other forces at play, then the only thing I could do was resign. "The results are disappointing, but I went in there with a plan to change Australian rugby, which not only involves the team, but the system to put it together. "When you've had 20 years of unsuccessful rugby that's because of the system and the system needs to change. "I went in with a plan of how to change the system and that's unable to be changed. I felt my job would be compromised for the next four years, which I wasn't prepared to do. Jones continued: "The disappointing thing was I had a vision about what needed to be done and the two parties weren't able to come to an agreement on what needed to be done. "I don't want to work for someone like that again because it's so hard. When you're a smaller [rugby] country like Australia, you need to have everyone working together. "It makes it very difficult and you're relying on chance, on a couple of freak players to come through. You've got to be more purposeful about that." Jones continually insists he does not have another job lined up. Last month it was reported that he was interviewed by Japan, whom he coached from 2012 to 2015, days before the World Cup started. "I think it is a red herring," he added. "Look at Australian rugby, over the last 20 years we have had no success, limited success and we needed to change things. "Now we are trying to say a supposed interview was the reason why Australia had a bad World Cup. That is a load of rubbish." Jones has ruled out the idea of coaching the British and Irish Lions on their 2025 tour of Australia. "I have moved from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere," he said. "I had my go with England, I loved coaching England, and I wouldn't want to be involved in the Lions. Not at all.

I have a friend who is a sports editor at a broadsheet.

As far as clicks go, Eddie Jones basically is rugby for him.

I explained I couldn't care less, EJ is just a coach. Give me more about matches.

He said, doesn't matter. The web traffic doesn't lie.

Let’s hope not. He’s 63 & would I assume be aiming to go 4 years up to next RWC. Mind you, results would need to improve: 2 wins out of 9 with Wobblies this year, 5/12 with England in 2022…

Then things started to change and rather than picking on form he picked on previous form . . so the likes of Billy Vunipola was continually picked ahead of numerous 8's in form etc etc so the decline began. He should have left after the first WC with a huge reputation     he is now mimicking a certain Jose Mariniho!

I hope Borthwick is brave an purely picks on form for the next 6 nations.

https://www.planetrugby.com/news/all-blacks-legend-calls-eddie-jones-a-disgrace-who-obviously-lied-to-australias-players-and-fans" rel="nofollow - Sonny Bill Williams calls Eddie Jones 'a disgrace' who 'lied' to Australia : PlanetRugby

There is no reason why Japan cannot become one of the world's top four teams, head coach Eddie Jones said. Jones, 64, took charge of Japan, 12th in the world rankings, in December. He left his previous role as Australia head coach after overseeing their worst display at a Rugby World Cup - they went out at the pool stage in France. "We need to create a new style of play that is adventurous, that suits Japanese instincts, that is attacking," the former England boss said. "There's no reason why we can't jump into the top four." Jones, whose first game in charge is against England on 22 June, says he wants to bring on new talent, and find the rugby equivalent of Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, a two-way player for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He said: "It's about how we can make young players be really ambitious in wanting to be the best player they can and create the next rugby Ohtani."