The Telegraph announces it unconditionally. This Thursday, the RFU, the English federation, will formalize the two-year extension of Eddie Jones' contract. The Australian coach will therefore continue his mission at the head of the XV of England until the 2023 World Cup in France. For a lease that will therefore extend over eight years (2016-2023), which will constitute the longest term of a coach of the XV de la Rose in front of Sir Clive Woodward, at the helm from 1997 to 2004 (and world champion in 2003).
Failed by British and Irish Lions
Eddie Jones was asking for the extension, saying it would take four years to prepare a team for a World Cup. A cycle that he had not initially requested. In January 2018, he had extended until 2021, leaving the opportunity to be chosen as the head coach of the British and Irish Lions' tour of South Africa in the summer of 2021. But this is the New Zealand Wales coach Warren Gatland, who was once again nominated.
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After the defeat in the final of the Japanese World Cup, against South Africa, negotiations resumed, the boss of the RFU, Bill Sweeney, declaring at the time, that it seemed "logical" to extend it. According to The Telegraph , Eddie Jones has finished convincing the leaders of the English Federation by bringing fresh blood to his staff, notably with the arrivals of two new assistants, Matthew Proudfoot, ex-number 2 of the sacred Springboks in Tokyo, and Simon Amor, the former coach of the England team at 7.
However, its record is not sparkling. He has won the Six Nations Tournament twice (including a Grand Slam in his first season, in 2016) and a third title seems promised at the XV de la Rose next fall in postponed matches (an improved success in Italy would validate it).
An annual salary of 860,000 euros
Eddie Jones, who is currently earning £ 750,000 a year (860,000 euros), which makes him the highest paid coach in the world, agreed last week to a 25% pay cut for this year to help the RFU by suffers from financial concerns, like all other federations, with the suspension of all competitions due to the cornavirus pandemic.
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