Sir Clive Woodward has called for Eddie Jones to lose his job should England suffer defeat in their next match against Scotland next February. This past week marked one of the lowest points in not just the 62-year-old’s tenure but the team’s recent history. They lost 27-13 to the reigning world champions South Africa who were missing their best European players at Twickenham on Saturday.
The dismal defeat occurred despite South Africa's Thomas du Toit being red carded with 20 minutes left to play. It brought an end to a woeful Autumn Nations Series campaign, in which England won just one match against Japan. This prompted Woodward, who led England to World Cup glory in 2003, to question Jones' position at the helm. "England are not just losing, they are going backwards at an alarming rate of knots," he wrote in the Mail.
"As England coach you need to care very much what people think. The RFU have to start getting tough on Jones. He needs to feel some serious heat from his employers. I would say to him: 'Forget the next World Cup, if you lose your next game against Scotland in the Six Nations you're out of your job.' If Jones has to get paid off and we need to raise the money for that to happen, then so be it.”
