Eddie Jones ‘committed’ to Australia after reports of Japan interview
The Guardian says Eddie Jones has claimed he is committed to coaching Australia but could not guarantee he would be in charge of the Wallabies next year after a thumping defeat by Wales pushed them to the brink of elimination from the World Cup.
It emerged in a report by the Sydney Morning Herald on the day of the game that Jones had conducted a secret interview to take over as Japan coach after the World Cup, having only returned to the Australia job in January.
It was a bombshell that landed just hours before what Jones had described as a “do-or-die” match against Wales, who ran out 40-6 winners to leave Australia facing a first pool-stage exit from the World Cup.
Jones railed at suggestions he was not committed to the Wallabies’ cause and insisted that “I’ve got the ability to turn things around”, but admitted it was up to his employers at Rugby Australia to decide if he was the right man to coach the side amid considerable doubt as to whether he will survive in the job.
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