My Life and Rugby: The Autobiography

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He has won the Six Nations Championship back-to-back, including England’s first Grand Slam in a generation and their first-ever whitewash of Australia in their own backyard, as well as taking them on their longest-ever winning streak, matching the world record held by the All Blacks. Either that or, as some would have it, they have been intimidated by him and were just waiting for an excuse to get rid of him.

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Having been working in the UK for two years as sports correspondent for a major Australian media group, I'd seen the English press in action up close and I knew that when they got a sniff of blood, they were as ruthless as a Great White shark. Jones said the big challenge he faced before the final was dealing with the praise that came his players’ way after the New Zealand victory.

He blamed the privileged lives of players educated at public school and he voiced those views openly in an interview last year. His World Cup record is hugely impressive, having also made Japan the story of the tournament in 2015, and so does he still dream of winning it?

Leadership: Lessons From My Life in Rugby by Eddie Jones

When Jones was appointed to the job, former Wallaby captain Phil Kearns was asked how he thought England would perform under his former Randwick club team-mate. Eddie Jones is the head coach of the England Rugby Union team and led them to the 2019 World Cup final. For the first time, Eddie Jones shows just what it takes to be a leader in a high performance and high pressure environment and how these lessons can be applied to every walk of life, from coaching the U9 rugby team to leading a multinational organization to simply doing your job better. Could he have done more to generate the synergy that was missing between him and some of his assistant coaches?Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For seven years the people who run English rugby have been willing to overlook Eddie's dark side as long as the team has been winning and Twickenham packed with happy fans. I have interviewed Jones more than 40 times, mainly while working with him on his autobiography, and there is a marked contrast between today and those prickly occasions when he was under great stress. In one of the incidents, a supporter, who is seen holding a beer, can be heard being urged to “spray” Australia-born Jones before pointing at the former Wallabies head coach and saying: “You’re a traitor. There were a number of other things going on [including Covid and Saracens being relegated for breaking the salary cap] but you can’t have excuses.

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Eddie Jones was embroiled in angry exchanges with Australian supporters, who accused the England head coach of being “a traitor”, following the series decider in Sydney on Saturday. Learning from the extreme highs and lows of his own playing career – including the numerous successes playing for Randwick and New South Wales but also the painful disappointment of never playing for Australia – he shows what it takes to be the best in the world and how everything he has learned about the game, both on and off the pitch, has gone into plotting England’s route to the top of world rugby. While he loves being a head coach, 10 weeks before the 2007 World Cup, South Africa did recruit him as a consultant. The England coach Eddie Jones has admitted he should have started Joe Marler instead of Mako Vunipola at loosehead prop in the World Cup final. You don’t have to be a rugby stalwart to read and Jones seems like a direct, honest and hard working leader.There’s also a psychological challenge after the kind of big win we achieved against the All Blacks,” he said. Erik ten Hag has reached his lowest point yet at Manchester United… his team were PATHETIC in their 3-0.