Eddie Jones (rugby union)

Eddie Jones (born 30 January 1960)[1] is an Australian rugby union coach and former player, who has been the head coach of the England national team since 2015. He previously coached Australia between 2001 and 2005, taking the team to the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final. He was an assistant coach for South Africa when the Springboks won the 2007 Rugby World Cup and from 2012 to 2015 he coached Japan, leading them in the 2015 Rugby World Cup and their upset win over South Africa.[2] In November 2015, Jones was appointed as head coach for England and led them to win the 2016 Six Nations Championship and the 2017 Six Nations Championship, becoming only the second international rugby team to go the entire calendar year unbeaten. He led England through the 2019 Rugby World Cup where they defeated defending champions New Zealand in the semi-final before losing the final to South Africa.

Eddie Jones
Date of birth (1960-01-30) 30 January 1960
Place of birthBurnie, Tasmania, Australia
Height173cm
SchoolMatraville Sports High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Randwick ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987–1989 New South Wales 12 (0)
Teams coached
Years Team
1994
1995–1996
1996
1997
1998–2001
2001–2005
2006
2007
2007
2007–2009
2009–2012
2012–2015
2015–
Randwick
Tokai University
Japan (assistant)
Suntory Sungoliath
Brumbies
Australia
Saracens (consultant)
Reds
South Africa (assistant)
Saracens
Suntory Sungoliath
Japan
England

Jones played as a hooker for Sydney club Randwick and New South Wales and began coaching Randwick in 1994. He continued his career in Japan between 1995 and 1997 for Tokai University, as an assistant to the Japanese national side and for Suntory Sungoliath. In 1998 he returned to Australia, taking charge of ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby and also coached the Queensland Reds in the 2007 Super Rugby season. In 2008, he had a brief spell at Saracens in England's Premiership Rugby, before returning to Japan and Suntory Sungoliath for a second spell which culminated in winning the 2011–12 Top League championship.

Personal life

Jones was born in Burnie, Tasmania,[1] to a Japanese American mother and an Australian father.[3] He is married to Hiroko Jones, a Japanese woman whom he met while teaching at the International Grammar School in Sydney.[4] They have a daughter, Chelsea Jones.[5]

Playing career

Jones's playing career began at Matraville Sports High School.[6] He played as a hooker for Randwick and New South Wales.[4] Jones played against the British and Irish Lions for New South Wales B in 1989.[7] He also made three appearances for Leicester during the 1991/92 season in England. He retired to concentrate on a career as a teacher and school principal.[8]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

In 1994 Jones gave up his career as a teacher and school principal to coach his former club Randwick. Then he went to Japan where he had brief stints coaching Tokai University, Japan (as assistant coach) and Suntory Sungoliath.

ACT Brumbies

Jones returned to Australia in 1998 to coach the ACT Brumbies. Jones had a disappointing first season only finishing 10th in the Super 12 his first season in charge; he has since said he was "way out of his depth" in his first season.[9]

However Jones went on to lead the Brumbies into the best period of their history. In 2000, the Brumbies were runners up, losing the final to the Crusaders, but in 2001 he coached them to their first title, the first team from outside New Zealand to win the tournament. Notably, while with the Brumbies, it was Jones who was credited with discovering George Smith while at a trial for a Rugby league team, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

Australia

In 2001, Jones coached Australia A to a win over the touring British and Irish Lions. This success led to his appointment as head coach of the Australian national rugby union team, the Wallabies, after Rod Macqueen retired. Under Jones, Australia won the 2001 Tri Nations, and then entered their home World Cup in 2003 as third favourites behind New Zealand and England. They managed to upset the All Blacks in the semi-final before losing to England in the final in extra time through a last-minute drop goal.

After the World Cup, Jones was awarded a contract to lead Australia through to the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He also had an offer to coach Japan which he turned down.[10]

In 2005, the Wallabies suffered a spate of injuries, losing seven games straight. At the end of their European tour they lost eight of the last nine matches, with the scrum in particular struggling. After a 22–24 loss to Wales at the Millennium Stadium on 2 December 2005, Jones' contract was terminated as the Wallabies head coach.[11] While the Australian Rugby Union had ordered a report into the Wallabies after the season, including a review of Jones' position as head coach, it has been speculated that the Wallabies' loss to Wales prompted his dismissal before the investigation had even begun.

Post Wallabies

Just over a month after Jones was relieved of his position as Wallabies head coach, he signed a three-year deal with the Queensland Reds to take over as head coach after the 2006 Super 14 season. In February 2006 he joined Saracens in a consultancy role until the end of the season to help them after they were struggling near the bottom of the league.[12]

Jones endured a torrid season with the Reds in 2007, who finished bottom of the Super 14 table, only managing two wins the entire season. Injury spells meant Jones at times had to do without up to eight regulars in his starting team, including the loss of influential Wallabies fullback Chris Latham even before the season started. His last match was an away defeat to the Bulls by a Super Rugby record margin of 89 points, which led to mounting calls in the media for him to be sacked.[13] His stint at the Reds is by far the least successful of his coaching career and he resigned after just one season in charge.[14] During his time at the Reds he was also fined $10,000 dollars for calling the performance of referee Matt Goddard "disgraceful" and "lacking common sense" after a close 6–3 loss to his former side the Brumbies.[15]

South Africa

Later in 2007, Jones turned down an approach from Fiji to be a technical advisor to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, and instead was appointed by Springbok coach Jake White to be the technical advisor for the South African team at the tournament.[16] He was criticised by the ARU Chief Executive John O'Neill for taking up a job to try to help Australia's rivals.[17]

South Africa went on to win the World Cup and Jones was praised for his role in the success, with former coach Nick Mallett calling the move from White to appoint him a "masterstroke" and crediting Jones with improved backline play by South Africa at the tournament.[18] Despite being an official part of the Springbok coaching team, Jones was not given a Springbok blazer because he is not South African. He wore his tracksuit instead, a condition in his contract with SA Rugby prior to being appointed.

After the World Cup, Jones rejoined Saracens, initially in an advisory role, before taking over the director of rugby role for the 2008/09 season.[19] However, he announced in February that he would be stepping down at the end of the season due to "personal reasons",[20] but he then quit early in March 2009 after disagreements with the board. He described this period as the worst he has had in rugby.[21]

Return to Japan (2009–2015)

After leaving Saracens, Jones rejoined Suntory Sungoliath in Japan. He brought together a strong team, including George Smith, Fourie du Preez and Danie Rossouw, whom he had coached previously, and led them to victory in the Top League title in 2012, winning the final 47–28 against the Panasonic Wild Knights, as well as two consecutive All Japan Championship wins.

Following the resignation of Sir John Kirwan, Jones was appointed in 2012 as head coach of the Japan national rugby union team, to lead them to the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[22] He quickly took the team in a different direction from Kirwan. His first move as the Japan coach was to reduce the number of foreign players, who had been a prominent part of the Japan team under Kirwan, and to encourage the Japanese to play their own style.[23] He also said his goal was to bring Japan up a level, to be among the top 10.[24]

Despite losing all three of his first Pacific Nations Cup matches by narrow margins, in November 2012 Jones coached the side to their first ever wins in Europe, beating Romania and Georgia.

In 2013, Jones led Japan to their sixth consecutive championship win in the Asian Five Nations, where they achieved a tournament record score of 121–0 against the Philippines. Japan lost to Tonga in the opening round of the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, and were later defeated by Fiji in round 2. Following these matches, Jones coached the Brave Blossoms to a series draw against Wales after narrowly losing the first test 18–22 and winning the second test 23–8. This was the first time Japan had recorded a victory over the Welsh.

On 16 October, Jones was hospitalised for two days after a suspected stroke.[25][26] With his release from hospital, it was announced that he would miss Japan's 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests against New Zealand, Scotland, Gloucester, Russia and Spain, and that former Australia skills coach and current technical adviser for Japan, Scott Wisemantel, would coach Japan in the interim for the end-of-year tests.[27]

In 2014, Jones secured Japan's seventh consecutive Asian Five Nations title, before jointly winning the 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup with Fiji. Japan won the Asia/Pacific conference with victories over Canada 34–25 and the United States 37–29. In June of that year, Japan claimed a 26–23 victory over Italy, which was Japan's tenth consecutive win, a record for a Tier 2 team. During the 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Japan lost their series with the Māori All Blacks 2–0, but went on to secure an 18–13 win over Romania. Following this victory, Japan rose to ninth in the World Rankings, their highest-ever position, and achieved Jones' aim of reaching the top 10 in the world.

In 2015, after securing the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship, Japan suffered three consecutive losses in the 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup. After beating Canada 20–6, they lost to the United States, Fiji and Tonga to finish fourth with just one win. Japan later went on to beat Uruguay twice and Georgia in World Cup Warm-up matches. At the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Japan managed an upset win over South Africa with a spectacular last-minute try in their first pool match, finishing the match 34–32, an incredible victory with bold determination.[28] However, Japan lost four days later to Scotland 45–10, despite still being in contention at half time. A week later, Japan secured a record victory over Samoa, winning 26–5, which guaranteed a top three finish for Japan in the pool. In the final match of the pool stage, Japan beat the United States 28–18, meaning that Japan became the first ever nation to record three victories in the pool stage whilst failing to advance to the knock out stage.[29] That victory was Jones' last in charge of Japan.

Stormers

After completing his duties at the helm of Japan's national team at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Jones joined Super Rugby franchise the Stormers in Cape Town on 12 November 2015.[30] Just eight days after joining the Stormers, he was signed by England Rugby as Stuart Lancaster's replacement, to become England's first foreign head coach.[31] The RFU paid a compensation figure of £100,000 to release him from his contract with the Stormers due to a break clause in the agreement. In November 2015, Jones became one of the highest-paid head coaches in world rugby.[32]

England

Jones was named as the new England head coach on 20 November 2015.[33] He agreed a four-year deal to become England's first foreign head coach, that would see him lead the team through the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[34][35] The deal has since been extended twice and is now scheduled to last until the end of 2023 World Cup.[36][37] Jones brought in as his assistant coaches Steve Borthwick from Bristol, with whom he had also coached Japan, and Paul Gustard from Saracens.

In 2016, the coaching team led England to their first Grand Slam in 13 years, when they defeated all their opponents at the Six Nations Championship. They opened with a 15–9 win over Scotland before seeing out Italy 40–9. In Jones' first home game on 27 February 2016, he led England to a 21–10 victory over Ireland, before they went on to beat Wales 25–21 two weeks later; at one point in the match they were leading the Welsh team 19–0, but then conceded three tries in the second half. England secured the Championship on 13 March with one game in hand when Scotland beat France, meaning that England went into the final round having already secured the title. A 31–21 victory over France in the final game of the Championship on 19 March saw England win their first Grand Slam since 2003.[38]

Three months later, Jones took his English side on a tour of Australia for a three-test series against the Wallabies; England won the series 3–0 in their first-ever three-test series victory. They scored their most points against Australia in the first test, winning 39–28, and claimed their third consecutive victory over the Wallabies on Australian soil when they won the second test 23–7, a record-winning streak for the game played in Australia's home territory. The final test confirmed the series whitewash, England winning the match 44–40. During the series, Jones had led England from fourth in the world to second. In the 2016 Autumn Internationals, he guided England through to their 14th consecutive win, 13 of these under his leadership, and they became just the second team after New Zealand to win every one of their games in a calendar year. Jones then led England to a 37–21 win against South Africa, their first victory over the Springboks since 2006. England later saw off Fiji 58–15, before beating Argentina 27–14 a week later, this despite an England player being sent off after five minutes. England finished the autumn tests with a 37–21 win over Australia.

During the 2017 Six Nations Championship, Jones experienced his first defeat as England head coach when the team travelled to Dublin for their final game of the Championship, which they lost 9–13. Not only would a win have secured England's second consecutive Grand Slam but it would also have been a record 19th consecutive victory. Despite this disappointment, England were the overall winners of the Championship with wins over France (19–16), Wales (21–16), Italy (36–15), and Scotland (61–21). In June 2017, Jones took an inexperienced side for a two-test series in Argentina; the team included 18 uncapped players, eight of whom were less than 21 years old. Nevertheless, England won the series 2–0 with a 38–34 victory in the first test and a 35–25 victory in the second. England continued their form during the 2017 Autumn Internationals, winning all three of their tests: 21–8 against Argentina, 30–6 against Australia, and 48–14 against Samoa.

England finished the 2018 Six Nations Championship in their lowest-ever position in the league table, and their worst since the 1983 Five Nations Championship, finishing in fifth place having only beaten Italy (46–15) and Wales (12–6). England's consecutive losses to Scotland, France and Ireland were their first triple defeat since 2014. Their loss to Scotland was the first since 2010, and their loss to Ireland was the first at home since 2010. A 45–63 loss against the Barbarians followed in May of the same year, with former England international Chris Ashton scoring a hat-trick of tries against his ex-teammates. England's run of defeats continued into the June test series, when they lost the first two matches of their three-test series against South Africa. However, they avoided a 3–0 series defeat by winning the third test 25–10 to claim their first win in South Africa since 2000. When former All Blacks and Eagles coach John Mitchell joined the coaching team as defence coach, England achieved a return win (12–11) against South Africa in a tightly-contested match on 3 November in the 2018 Autumn Internationals. Another close-fought test against New Zealand a week later also finished with a single-point scoreline difference (15–16), but this time in favour of the opposition. England then won their remaining autumn tests against Japan (35–15) and Australia (37–18). The win against the Wallabies was England's sixth consecutive victory over the Australians, continuing their perfect record against Jones' former team during his tenure.[39]

England drew 38–38 with Scotland in the 2019 Six Nations Championship, meaning that Scotland retained the Calcutta Cup. England had led 31–0 just half an hour into the match but Scotland scored six unanswered tries to go 38–31 ahead with five minutes remaining, only for England to tie the score with a converted try in the last play of the match.[40] Jones claimed that his team had a recurring "mental block" that needed fixing after a similar incident three weeks previously against Wales.[41] The 38–38 draw is currently the highest-scoring tied match in international rugby history.

Jones guided England to their first World Cup final since 2007 when they beat reigning world champions New Zealand 19–7 in the semi-finals of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. South Africa overpowered England in the final a week later to deliver a 32–12 defeat, ending Jones' ambition of leading his team to World Cup glory in Japan.[42]

Coaching statistics

Australia

Australian international matches as head coach

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking Australia was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches

Australian record by country

Opponent Played Won Drew Lost Win ratio (%) For Against
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 100 41 14
 England 7 2 0 5 029 165 158
 France 6 3 0 3 050 140 139
 Ireland 4 3 0 1 075 101 64
 Italy 2 2 0 0 100 103 24
 Namibia 1 1 0 0 100 142 0
 New Zealand 11 5 0 6 045 201 246
Pacific Islanders 1 1 0 0 100 29 14
 Romania 1 1 0 0 100 90 8
 Samoa 1 1 0 0 100 74 7
 Scotland 5 5 0 0 100 164 75
 South Africa 12 4 1 7 033 283 267
 Spain 1 1 0 0 100 92 10
 Wales 3 2 0 1 067 73 47
TOTAL 57 33 1 23 058 1698 1073

Australian honours

Japan

Japanese international matches as head coach

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking Japan was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches

Japanese record by country

Opponent Played Won Drew Lost Win ratio (%) For Against
 Canada 3 3 0 0 100 70 44
 Fiji 3 0 0 3 000 49 74
 Georgia 3 2 0 1 067 62 67
 Hong Kong 5 4 1 0 080 195 8
 Italy 1 1 0 0 100 26 23
 Kazakhstan 1 1 0 0 100 87 0
 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 000 6 54
 Philippines 2 2 0 0 100 220 10
 Romania 2 2 0 0 100 52 36
 Russia 1 1 0 0 100 40 13
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 067 85 46
 Scotland 2 0 0 2 000 27 87
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 100 34 32
 South Korea 5 5 0 0 100 300 58
 Spain 1 1 0 0 100 40 7
 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 100 132 10
 Tonga 3 0 0 3 000 57 82
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 100 199 6
 United States 4 3 0 1 075 121 90
 Uruguay 2 2 0 0 100 70 8
 Wales 2 1 0 1 050 41 30
TOTAL 48 34 1 13 071 1913 785

Japanese honours

England

English international matches as head coach

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking England was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches

  1. Match cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis; result awarded as a nil-nil draw although the match is not included in official records.
  2. Due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, this game was initially due to be played behind closed doors, but was postponed with the intention to reschedule at a later date.

English record by country

Opponent Played Won Drew Lost Win ratio (%) For Against
 Argentina 5 5 0 0 100 160 91
 Australia 7 7 0 0 100 250 136
 Fiji 1 1 0 0 100 58 15
 France 5 3 0 2 060 124 91
 Ireland 6 4 0 2 067 158 94
 Italy 5 5 0 0 100 216 53
 Japan 1 1 0 0 100 35 15
 New Zealand 2 1 0 1 050 34 23
 Samoa 1 1 0 0 100 48 14
 Scotland 5 3 1 1 060 140 99
 South Africa 6 3 0 3 050 137 139
 Tonga 1 1 0 0 100 35 3
 United States 1 1 0 0 100 45 7
 Wales 8 6 0 2 075 164 126
TOTAL 54 42 1 11 078 1604 906

English honours

Goldman Sachs

In November 2015 Jones was appointed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to the bank's advisory board in Japan. The board comprises people from the public and private sector and was created in 2001 to advise Goldman Sachs on business, regulatory, and public policy issues in Japan. Masanori Mochida, president of Goldman Sachs Japan Co stated that "Goldman Sachs will benefit from his unrivaled leadership and his ability to bring together a multi-cultural team".[43]

Other honours

Randwick

Japan (as assistant coach)

  • Asian Rugby Championship
    • Winner: 1996

Brumbies

  • Super 12
    • Winner: 2001
    • Runner-up: 2000
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Rod Macqueen
Australia National Rugby Union Coach
2001–2005
Succeeded by
John Connolly
Preceded by
John Kirwan
Japan National Rugby Union Coach
2012–2015
Succeeded by
Ryuji Nakatake
(Interim)
Mark Hammett
Preceded by
Stuart Lancaster
England National Rugby Union Coach
2015–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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