• Coach is staying on ‘only because I think we can improve’• ‘We want to have an effect on how the nation sees rugby’Eddie Jones has given the strongest indication yet he wants to remain as England’s head coach through to the 2023
World Cup but the
Australian conceded his side’s performances will dictate whether he signs a contract extension.
Jones is due to remain in the job until 2021 and has held talks with the Rugby
Football Union chief executive, Bill Sweeney, over continuing for an additional two years. After
England lost last November’s World Cup final Sweeney said it would make sense for Jones to stay on but in December he claimed he was in no rush to offer him a new deal.