Eddie Jones - Big in Japan

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

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.