If Eddie Jones is alarmed about Australia’s disastrous World Cup campaign, it isn’t showing. Despite his Wallabies team being eliminated in the pool stages for the first time in the tournament’s 36-year history and large sections of the Australian rugby public calling for his head, the 63-year-old on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment to Australian rugby and again denied claims of his interviewing for a job coaching Japan’s national side.
“I’m staying, mate. I’ve always been committed to Australian rugby and I want to leave it in a better place. That’s still the job,” Jones said at his first formal media call since returning home from the tournament in France. “I haven’t been speaking to anybody. My intention is to stay [until 2027] but we play in a game where the coach doesn’t decide how long they stay.”
