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Murray Wenzel

Guilt-free Jones denies early interview in Japan reveal

Eddie Jones says his Wallabies exit to join Japan sits well with him, the coach maintaining he hadn't been in talks for the job until after Australia's failed World Cup campaign.

Jones was unveiled as the Brave Blossoms' coach in a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday night.

It was first reported in September that Jones had been interviewed by the Japanese Rugby Football Union (JRFU) in August, two days before the Wallabies' World Cup warm-up Test against France.

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