Eddie Jones

Less than eight months before the start of the men's Rugby World Cup, the Wallabies are bringing Eddie Jones back into the fold, leaving Dave Rennie out of ...

"It is a major coup for Australian rugby to have the best coach in the world return home to coach the iconic Wallabies and to oversee the Wallaroos program," McLennan said. Just as he did with the Wallabies in 2003, he coached England to a runner-up finish at the last men's World Cup, in 2019, and ended with a 73 per cent winning record. "The Wallabies squad is a really talented group of players with good depth — if we can have everyone fit and healthy going into the World Cup this year, I am confident that we can go to France and break the 24-year drought of winning the Rugby World Cup.

Dave Rennie has been sacked as Wallabies coach in a sensational move to bring Eddie Jones back for the Rug...

Jones last coached the Wallabies in 2005, with Rugby Australia bringing his four year stint to an end after a loss to Wales at Millenium Stadium. Rugby Australia's determination to seize the moment and bring Jones back into the fold appears to have ultimately cost Rennie his job. In 2022 his Wallabies won just five of 14 Tests. "It is a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to come home to Australia and lead my nation to a Rugby World Cup," Jones said in the RA statement. "It is a major coup for Australian Rugby to have the best coach in the world return home to coach the iconic Wallabies and to oversee the Wallaroos program," RA chairman Hamish McLennan said in a statement. [Wallabies](https://wwos.nine.com.au/rugby/wallabies) coach in a sensational move to bring [Eddie Jones](https://wwos.nine.com.au/rugby/eddie-jones) back for the Rugby World Cup.

Dave Rennie has been sacked as coach of the Wallabies with Eddie Jones to make a sensational return to the job for this year's Rugby World Cup.

He said the chance to again coach his country at the global showpiece event was too good to turn down. “Eddie’s deep understanding of our rugby system and knowledge of our player group and pathways will lift the team to the next level,” McLennan said. “I saw how gutsy the Wallaroos were in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand last year – it looks like there is a real spirit in that group that will drive the women’s program forward ahead of their next World Cup in 2025.

“I would like to thank Dave for his hard work and effort with the Wallabies – we are grateful for all that he has done for Australian Rugby,” RA CEO Andy ...

“It is a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to come home to Australia and lead my nation to a Rugby World Cup,” he said. “It is a major coup for Australian Rugby to have the best coach in the world return home to coach the iconic Wallabies and to oversee the Wallaroos program,” RA Chairman Hamish McLennan added. “Dave has been instrumental in developing much of the depth that we see in and around the current Wallabies squad; there are a number of players that are genuine World Cup possibilities because of opportunities that Dave has provided.

Eighteen years after being sacked as Wallabies coach, Eddie Jones has sensationally returned to take Australia through to the 2027 Rugby World Cup. His…

There’s no plan to make any changes to the coaching group at this stage. [who has started conversations in Japan to join Kobe in the League One competition](https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/01/09/exclusive-rennie-set-for-japan-deal-in-latest-twist-to-post-rwc-coaching-drama/), shut down the possibility of working with Jones during an interview last week. And I haven’t spoken to [chairman] Hamish [McLennan] and I haven’t spoken to [chief executive] Andy [Marinos], so my assumption is that we’ll push on. ](https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/01/09/hard-to-replace-rennie-opens-up-on-eddie-his-own-future-wisemantels-departure-and-dreaded-review/)“Look, there’s a fair bit of speculation about a lot of other things, but my focus is with this group and on the World Cup and I guess anything else happening beyond that will be clarified over the next few months. His appointment comes just eight months out from the World Cup, with New Zealander Dave Rennie sacked following three years as coach. “It is a major coup for Australian rugby to have the best coach in the world return home to coach the iconic Wallabies and to oversee the Wallaroos program,” McLennan said.

Former Wallabies star Matt Giteau says players “won't know what's hit them” when incoming coach Eddie Jones lands in Australia this month while another ...

“Dave has been instrumental in developing much of the depth that we see in and around the current Wallabies squad. - 2007: Jones becomes a technical advisor to South Africa for the World Cup. “I would like to thank Dave for his hard work and effort with the Wallabies,” Marinos said. “At what point does the focus turn on the people who make the appointments in the first place? “6-8 months before a World Cup, Rugby AU’s leadership lose faith in the current coach. He has made a real mark on this group of players.” - 2006: Jones take over at the Queensland Reds on a three-year deal. Strap yourself in for the ride.” These tweets aren’t about my thoughts on who or who shouldn’t be the man in charge. “Rugby Australia has made the right decision in appointing Eddie Jones,” Poidevin said. “But maybe a risk worth taking considering the Wallabies current win-loss ratio. “Eddie Jones as new Wallabies coach …

Rugby Australia has signed Eddie Jones to be the Head Coach of the Wallabies, as well as overseeing the Wallaroos, on a long-term deal until 2027.

“It is going to be an immense period for Australian Rugby – as a proud Australian, it is a great honour to be able to come home and lead the national team during these years. “It is a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to come home to Australia and lead my nation to a Rugby World Cup. “It is a major coup for Australian Rugby to have the best coach in the world return home to coach the iconic Wallabies and to oversee the Wallaroos program.

It's a decision that has made shockwaves around the world as the Wallabies confirm the appointment of Eddie Jones as head coach.

But maybe a risk worth taking considering the current win/loss ratio," Horan notes. "It won't happen before (the World Cup). "Need a Bledisloe Cup (within 2 years) and RWC Semi and Lions win to justify the decision. “I’m obviously in the last stages of coaching, I’ve probably got one job to do and I want to do a job that makes a difference,” Jones said Meanwhile, Tim Horan labelled it a risk but one that might have to be made on the precipice of an important time in Australian Rugby, with Jones taking overseeing both the Wallabies and Wallaroos. [Drew Mitchell likened it to 2019](https://twitter.com/drew_mitchell/status/1614759770283708417) when the decision was made to bring in an independent selector and Director of Rugby over Cheika, concluding with "To some extent, feels like history is repeating itself."

Hamish McLennan has made the right move in sacking Dave Rennie in bringing Jones back to the fold.

Securing Jones to a five-year deal is significant because it ties him to Australian rugby for this year’s World Cup and the 2027 tournament, which will be held in Australia. “It was pretty all encompassing the last three years, so I think I’ll take a bit of a breath now,” he said. Yet getting sacked as England coach has been the greatest thing to happen to Eddie Jones. Perhaps more telling has been the manner in which his assistant coaches have abandoned him. “If someone comes forward and the offer’s too good to refuse then I’ll look at it.” To steal a line from the late player manager John Fordham, the Kiwi had “the personality of a dial tone”. The drain of talent to overseas competitions, or rugby league, is crippling Australian rugby. In his 34 matches as coach, the Wallabies won just 13 times with a winning percentage of 38 per cent. Rugby has needed an attack dog and “Hamish the Hammer” relishes the gig. His seven-year stint as England coach ended with reports of him driving everyone around him completely bonkers. It was a major blow and started tongues wagging about Jones’ return. In the past 12 months, they’ve won four matches from 16, including an unfathomable first-ever loss to Italy.

Former Wallabies Captain Phil Kearns says it would've been “ridiculous” of Rugby Australia not to talk to Eddie Jones about coaching the Wallabies, ...

Australia sent shockwaves through the rugby world when they snapped up Eddie Jones to return for the Wallabies, but according to chairman Hamish McLennen, ...

So, it was the accumulation of where we were at. so when Eddie got cut by England we were forced to re-evaluate our position," McLennen said. We only got two out of five. We saw a pass mark as being three out of five. Because a guy like Eddie will get snapped up by another member union around the world," McLennen said on the ABC Sport Daily podcast. "Everyone agrees that Eddie is the best coach in the world and so, after he got cut by England, we thought that it was an opportunity too good to miss.

Eight months out from the World Cup, Rugby Australia has taken a risk on bringing the coach back. Will it pay off?

Depending on the source, Jones is also a maverick, a megalomaniac and a madman. On Monday morning, the players reconvened on Zoom where RA’s CEO, Andy Marinos, told them Rennie was fading to black and Jones was back in the golden circle. Although Australia’s players loved Rennie and his gentle quest to unearth their mana (the power of the elemental forces of nature embodied within them), Jones’s appointment will excite them. How sweet it would be to do so in 2023, some 18 years after first the first job as Wallabies coach and less than 12 months after being unceremoniously They have also sent a bold warning shot to the world ahead of the World Cup in September. Jones has a remarkable win-loss record of 82% at the four World Cups he has contested.

Rugby Australia have appointed Eddie Jones to the position of head coach on a five-year deal, a little over a month after his England sacking, ...

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The RFU lost patience with the Australian but he is back in his natural habitat and will be lying in wait come the World Cup.

Suddenly Jones is back on fury road, not just looming large across England’s windshield but also set to lock horns with the British & Irish Lions who are due to tour Australia in 2025. As far as Twickenham is concerned, Jones may be out of sight but no longer is he out of mind. In a ground-breaking development he is also assuming overall charge of the Wallaroos, Australia’s women’s side, opening up another fascinating front with the potential to irritate his former employees. With England there was often a sense of Jones wrestling with slightly unfamiliar cultural factors – English reserve, the class system, public school attitudes, the less easily controlled media. Jones will need to find himself a fit fly-half and a decent physio, with injury problems having decimated the Wallabies over the latter half of last year. Because Jones, without question, will be on a mission to prove a lot of people wrong. For all his impressive World Cup CV – reaching the final with Australia in 2003, helping South Africa triumph as a consultant in 2007 – he has never guided a team to global glory as a head coach. If a genuine crackle of expectancy did not already surround the quarter-final weekend in Marseille it does now. How mellow he will be feeling if Australia are suddenly transformed while England take time to adjust to life under Borthwick and finish down the Six Nations batting order again could yet be another matter. Imagine if the Wallabies end up facing England in the knockout stages of this year’s Rugby World Cup? Because if the Rugby Football Union thought it had seen the back of Eddie it has been proved spectacularly wrong. As anyone who has ever watched it will be aware there is a particularly scary moment when Wez, the baddie with the punk mohawk who everyone thought was history, suddenly reappears on the bonnet of the road warrior’s thundering truck.

The RFU decided against inserting a clause in Eddie Jones's severance package to prevent him coaching England's rivals at thie World Cup this year for ...

“I’m delighted for Eddie that he is coaching his home country. Given the length of his tenure as England head coach, Jones was subject to UK employment law which states that employees are entitled to one week’s notice per year served. [confirmed on Sunday night as the new Wallabies head coach](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/16/eddie-jones-wallabies-coach-rugby-world-cup-2023-australia-dave-rennie-sacked), marking a stunning return to the post he left in 2005 and raising the tantalising prospect of returning to haunt his former employers in the knockout stages of the World Cup this year.

The details of the stunning move to bring Eddie Jones back into the Wallabies fold were hammered out over a secret Portuguese chicken dinner at the lavish ...

On a Zoom call with reporters just last week, Rennie was asked about reports that Jones was being courted by RA. “We’ve all got skin in the game. The former invited Jones to his place for dinner in the days after England’s series win. After that, the pair stayed in regular contact. At that point, Rennie’s win percentage stood at 37.9 per cent from 29 Tests in charge. “I’m enjoying what I do but I’m also realistic that you’re judged on results. Instead, Jones caught an Uber over the Harbour Bridge to McLennan’s multimillion-dollar harbourside home on the lower North Shore. It was evident that Jones wanted to return home. “There’s been real progress that has been made. There’s too much tall-poppy syndrome in that comment.” “We should be acknowledging Eddie’s achievements as a great Aussie export. Jones had just masterminded England to a series victory over the Wallabies in Sydney when McLennan and RA chief executive Andy Marinos decided to act.

The return of former England coach Eddie Jones to take the reins of the Wallabies represents a gamble by Australian rugby chiefs.

“No-one starts with their feet off the ground or they don’t get in the team. “The big thing for young players is distractions,” Jones said in November 2021. Add to that the character they showed to come back and beat Wales 39-34 after trailing 34-13 and there appears to be a solid base for Jones to build on. Jones has a more abrasive and no-nonsense style than Rennie and whether that proves a spark or inhibits the natural exuberance of the youngsters could be pivotal to the Wallabies’ progress. In his favour he does — rather like Jose Mourinho in football — have a knack of hitting the ground running and securing results before the love affair sours. “Coaching at the next World Cup will be difficult,” Jones told the Sydney Morning Herald after he was dismissed in December, admitting the last three years of his tenure in charge of England had taken a toll.

Eddie Jones steps into the Wallabies job in a major time for Australian Rugby.

Cheika was appointed head coach in 2014, less than a year before the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The deal will see Jones oversee three World Cups, including the Women’s in 2025, to go with a Lions Tour as Australia enters a ‘Golden Decade’. Jones will have less time than Cheika to help turn around the Wallabies in a shortened Rugby Championship. The 62-year-old had always said ‘I didn’t divorce Australia. Jones departed Australia in 2007 and went straight to South Africa and helped them to the title as a technical advisor. He managed to turn around the squad and get them to the Final for the first time since Jones had been in charge.

Rugby Australia had reportedly been in secret talks with Eddie Jones 14 months before his appointment as Wallabies coach in a bombshell $4.5 million deal.

“Eddie and I believe we can win the World Cup this year. According to the Any chance of Rennie securing a contract extension vanished after the Wallabies suffered an agonising one-point loss to Italy in November, Australia’s first loss to the European nation since 1983. Rennie was sacked on Monday morning, informed of RA’s decision by Marinos via Zoom. The quartet discussed Jones’ plans for 2024 and beyond. “We’ve had no discussions around that. He officially starts the new role on January 29. “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,” McLennan said of discussions with Jones at the time. Last week, Rennie ruled out a coaching partnership with Jones ahead of the World Cup in France. Rennie was still eyeing a contract extension, but RA were manifesting plans to sign Jones once his contract expired at the end of 2023. [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/01/16/revealed-eddie-jones-held-14-month-long-secret-talks-australia/), RA had courted Jones in a series of secret meetings dating back to the Wallabies spring tour of November 2021, when chairman Hamish McLennan and chief executive Andy Marinos met with the England coach at London restaurant . Jones was unveiled as Rennie’s replacement, set to lead the Wallabies through to the 2027 World Cup on home soil.