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Eddie Jones has been sacked arsenic England caput manager aft 7 years successful charge, conscionable 9 months retired from the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Jones' exit, confirmed by the Rugby Football Union connected Tuesday, comes pursuing a dismal autumn bid and leaves England searching for a successor successful the cognition their opening crippled astatine the adjacent World Cup successful France is against Argentina connected September 9, 2023.
England's November run brought confirmation that they had endured their worst calendar twelvemonth since 2008, arsenic they posted a losing Test grounds for the archetypal clip since that twelvemonth too: six losses, 1 draw, 5 wins.
This autumn, England finished with a 27-13 decision to South Africa. That came aft suffering a archetypal nonaccomplishment to Argentina astatine Twickenham for 16 years (and anyplace for 13 years), beating Japan, and conjuring up a 25-25 gully with New Zealand from a presumption of 25-6 down going into the last 10 minutes.
As sensational arsenic that comeback was, though, reviewing the afloat Test reveals England's show was arsenic mediocre arsenic successful the South Africa game, with their unthinkable three-try-salvo precocious connected papering implicit each mode of cracks.
The past 2 Six Nations campaigns successful 2021 and 2022, erstwhile England finished 5th and 3rd respectively aft losing 3 Tests successful each, prompted ceremonial reviews from the RFU, some of which Jones survived.
But the latest two-week reappraisal into England's show has led to his downfall.
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In a connection released connected Tuesday, the RFU said: "Following a reappraisal of the autumn, Eddie Jones has been dismissed from the presumption of England Men's Head Coach.
"The Rugby Football Union (RFU) volition present reason the semipermanent enactment it has been undertaking connected manager succession readying with changes acceptable to beryllium announced successful the adjacent future.
"In the interim, Richard Cockerill volition instrumentality implicit the time to time moving of the men's show team."
Sweeney: We are grateful to Eddie | Jones: I americium pleased with my achievements
RFU CEO Bill Sweeney expressed his gratitude for Jones' enactment during his seven-year tenure, successful which helium boasted the highest "win ratio" of immoderate England coach.
"It is important to recognise the immense publication Eddie has made to English rugby, winning 3 Six Nations Championships, 1 Grand Slam and taking america to a Rugby World Cup final," said Sweeney.
"He has the highest triumph ratio of immoderate erstwhile England caput manager and has helped make the enactment skills of galore players and coaches.
"I americium grateful to Eddie for each helium has done for England crossed galore areas of the crippled and the nonrecreational mode successful which helium has approached reviewing the show of the team. He has provided the sheet with astute penetration and meaningful lessons that volition enactment the squad show going forward."
Upon his sacking, Jones wished England good for the future.
"I americium pleased with overmuch that we person achieved arsenic an England squad and I look guardant to watching the team's show successful the future," said Jones.
"Many of the players and I volition nary uncertainty support successful interaction and I privation them each good successful their aboriginal careers."
Speaking astir the decision, RFU Chair, Tom Ilube said: "The autarkic reappraisal sheet regularly updates committee connected its discussions and findings. We are afloat supportive of its process and recommendations."
Jones' England travel ends aft worst twelvemonth since 2008
Jones came successful arsenic a highly-regarded caput manager aft the catastrophe that was England's location 2015 World Cup excavation signifier exit, and led them to a Six Nations Grand Slam successful 2016 and 3-0 bid triumph successful Australia that summer.
Aside from their tally to the World Cup last successful 2019, though, they person ne'er reached specified heights nether the Australian again.
2017 saw sticky performances and a nonaccomplishment to Ireland en way to a rubric win, portion 2018 proved an utter disaster, finishing 5th successful the Six Nations aft losses to Scotland, France, and Ireland astatine home, earlier losing a bid successful South Africa 2-1.
They threw distant a accidental to triumph the 2019 Six Nations aft decision successful Cardiff, and rounded it disconnected with a farcical 38-38 gully astatine location to Scotland aft being 31-0 ahead, portion 2020 saw them wholly outplayed by France - though that run did extremity with a 3rd Six Nations rubric of Jones' reign.
Jones' aboriginal has been nether aggravated scrutiny ever since. In the aftermath of England's decision to South Africa successful the 2019 Rugby World Cup last successful Japan, the RFU acceptable up an anonymous reappraisal panel, which has doubly earlier been called upon to clasp a bid of meetings post-Test windows.
The archetypal came aft England's 2021 Six Nations display, erstwhile they finished 5th aft defeats to Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and the 2nd aft their 2022 Six Nations performance, erstwhile 3 much defeats to Scotland, Ireland and France near them immoderate mode disconnected rubric contention.
Jones survived to stay successful station connected some occasions.
The nonaccomplishment to South Africa, however, successful their last autumn Test confirmed England had endured their worst calendar twelvemonth for 14 years. One much decision tin beryllium added to that rotten grounds arsenic good successful the signifier of England's embarrassing 52-21 nonaccomplishment to a 14-man Barbarians broadside astatine Twickenham successful June.
It near Jones and co to look backmost implicit an autumn bid with precise fewer positives, and 1 which prompted yet different RFU review.
Were it not for the past World Cup, it is highly apt Jones would person exited agelong ago. Therein laic the crushed Jones continued to notation the adjacent 1 perhaps.
