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Eddie Jones said he wanted to continue as head coach of Australia and has not had a job offer from Japan after his resignation was confirmed.<\/p>\n
Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh said they had reached a \u201csensible\u201d agreement with the former England coach as his nine months in the job came to an end, while chairman Hamish McLennan vowed to continue in his role despite increasing pressure following an \u201cembarrassing\u201d Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Channel 9 in Australia, Jones said he \u201cnever\u201d had a job offer from Japan and criticised media reports of an interview ahead of a World Cup campaign which saw Australia crash out in the group stages.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got no job to go to, no job offer,\u201d he said. \u201cMy commitment to Australian rugby has been 100%. I did want to go on. Coaching a team is a bit like being in a marriage, you need commitment from both sides.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was committed to change the team. Rugby Australia at the moment cannot activate the changes, financial and political, to make real change in Australian rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cI don\u2019t like to be in projects where I don\u2019t think they can really get to where they need to get to and I\u2019ve made that decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cRugby Australia probably doesn\u2019t think that and that\u2019s where the unity of our project is not in the place it needs to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes you go in the bank and blow it up but you don\u2019t come out with the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Wallabies flanker Waugh said he \u201ctook Eddie on his word\u201d when he denied reports linking him with Japan.<\/p>\n
Talking to a press conference in Sydney, Waugh said: \u201cOur focus will be reconnecting with the Australian public rather than where Eddie\u2019s going to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve come to a sensible conclusion, both for Eddie and for Rugby Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it changes the position we\u2019re at now, whether Eddie was to stay or go.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is hopefully a low point and a chance to reset. The most important thing is to unite.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones will officially leave his role on November 25 and Waugh said Rugby Australia would take \u201chowever long it takes\u201d to ensure they got the \u201cbest possible coach\u201d.<\/p>\n
He refused to be drawn on the position of McLennan, who has faced criticism for replacing Dave Rennie with Jones on a five-year deal in January \u2013 weeks after he had been dismissed by England.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately the board is responsible for this decision,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s speculation where we would have been if we had not made that call and Dave had stayed on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results were not up to expectation. The board has made some bold calls. Hindsight is a wonderful thing\u2026 where we ended up was not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rugby Australia earlier confirmed Jones\u2019 resignation as head coach following the Wallabies\u2019 failure to reach the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cRugby Australia can confirm that it has accepted the resignation of Wallabies head coach Eddie Jones, and he will depart the position on 25 November 2023,\u201d a statement from the governing body read.<\/p>\n
\u201cRugby Australia thanks Eddie for his commitment to the Wallabies in 2023, and wishes him the best in his future endeavours.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnnouncements regarding the future of the Wallabies coaching staff will be made in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n
McLennan had already vowed to continue in his role, telling the Sydney Morning Herald in a statement: \u201cI came to rugby to find a way to fix it when it all fell over and despite the sad Eddie situation, this is another hurdle we\u2019ll overcome.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to stay to deliver the 2027 World Cup in Australia. That has always been the big prize for Australian rugby.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore destabilisation will just make matters worse, just when we\u2019re about to break through. Life is not a continuous line of perfect calls and success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones won just two of nine Tests in charge against Georgia and Portugal in the World Cup where they suffered losses to Fiji and Wales.<\/p>\n