Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Eddie Jones had telephone discussions this weekend, a report stated Sunday, with the governing physique eager to entice the sacked England coach dwelling.
The veteran Australian boss was terminated by the Rugby Football Union final week simply 9 months out from subsequent 12 months’s World Cup, paying the value for presiding over England’s worst 12 months since 2008.
Calls have been mounting in Australia to carry Jones dwelling, with Wallabies coach Dave Rennie below growing strain after a 12 months of solely 5 wins from 14 matches.
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“Actually I spoke to him yesterday,” McLennan advised the Sydney Morning Herald of Jones.
“It’s all pretty high-level and it’s about really getting a sense of where his head is at given the drama of last week.”
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According to the newspaper, no formal gives have been mentioned and McLennan declined to touch upon whether or not he favoured a task for Jones in 2023 or after the World Cup in 2024.
Jones has been flagged as a possible alternative to steer the Wallabies via a British and Irish Lions tour in 2025 and a house World Cup two years later.
“You’d be crazy not to think how we could use that brain of his but I know Eddie has a lot of offers out there,” McLennan stated.
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Jones advised the newspaper “nothing is off the table”.
“As for my next step, well I think everyone knows I love a scrap and I’m up for whatever challenge is next,” he stated.
“I’m open to looking at everything in rugby and I’ve made no secret of my wish to give the NRL (National Rugby League) a go, too. Nothing is off the table. Nothing.”
Jones was the Wallabies coach between 2001 and 2005, and later spent three years as Japan’s head coach earlier than his seven years on the helm for England.
– AFP