Eddie Jones in talks to depart Australia however hits again at Japan claims

Eddie Jones has written to Rugby Australia in a bid to finish his ill-fated second spell in cost however has strenuously denied claims he has lined up the Japan job.

Jones’s authorized representatives wrote to RA chairman Hamish McLennan and chief govt officer Phil Waugh this week earlier than he left Australia to assist coach the Barbarians for his or her sport towards Wales subsequent Saturday in Cardiff.

The letter, first reported by the Sydney Morning Herald and since confirmed to Telegraph Sport, has sparked additional discuss Jones might take the vacant job at Japan. Experiences have recommended Jones is about for a second interview with the Japan Rugby Soccer Union in November. In an interview on Friday with the Sydney Morning Herald, Jones stated he could be in Japan subsequent month together with his spouse on vacation, however strongly denied that he could be leaving the Wallabies.

“I’m so p—– off with the scenario now,” Jones stated. “I’m actually p—– off with what has occurred.

“Look, I take duty for the dangerous outcomes. However I don’t take duty for 20 years of decline of Australian rugby. And that’s what’s attempting to be pinned on me.

“There’s no named supply for these tales, so there’s no credibility concerning the story to begin with. Secondly, the president of Japan Rugby occurs to be a really shut affiliate of mine. Each time I am going to Japan, I’ve espresso with him. We speak about rugby. Have I met Japanese consultant? Sure. However I’ve achieved that for 30 years.”

Jones was named head coach of Australia for the second time solely 9 months in the past, signing a five-year contract, however his time in cost up to now has been disastrous with the Wallabies crashing out of the Rugby World Cup within the pool levels for the primary time after taking a youthful squad to France and dropping to Fiji and Wales.

The previous England head coach has frequently been linked with a return to teach Japan following Jamie Joseph’s departure, with Jones denying in the course of the Rugby World Cup that he had carried out a Zoom interview for the position again in September.

Jones in the identical interview mentioned his resolution to not take skilled gamers equivalent to Quade Cooper and Michael Hooper to the World Cup, with the Australia coach saying he didn’t assume “they have been the proper position fashions for the crew going ahead”, explaining that he wanted gamers “obsessive about profitable, obsessive about being good”.

When pressed that calling Hooper not an amazing position mannequin was harsh, Jones replied: “I stand by it, 100 per cent. He is a superb man however the timing will not be proper for him.” In an attention-grabbing twist, Hooper is about to play for the Barbarians coached by Jones subsequent week.

A full impartial evaluation of Australia’s disastrous World Cup continues to be but to happen however various assistant coaches have already left the setup, together with Jason Ryles, Brett Hodgson, Dan Palmer, Neil Hatley, Pierre-Henry Broncan and Berrick Barnes, with basic supervisor Chris Webb reportedly set to observe.