England have not fielded the past two winners of the European Player of the Year award because they play in France. The fact that Jones has already stated that he will not select overseas based players, means that Robshaw will also not face competition from Steffon Armitage, strengthening his case ever so slightly.
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“We have a good relationship with clubs and we want to make that relationship better”, he said.
England became the first hosts to crash out at the pool stage in an outcome that cost Lancaster his job, but RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie says he and the board will not budge on the issue.
Jones added: “I have asked the RFU for a fast auto”.
“If they can’t, then I will look elsewhere”.
Indeed Launchbury will be surrounded by numerous players voted him the England Player of The Tournament at the Junior World Championships in 2011.
“In the conversations we’ve had and Eddie’s track record of developing coaches throughout every job he’s had has been fantastic so I really do think that whoever Eddie chooses and wants to work with they will be learning a lot”.
Right now England’s new head coach has a few commitments to finish, one with World Rugby regarding the development of Tier 2 nations and then the small matter of picking up his wife and moving to England.
“Of the team from the 2015 World Cup probably 70 percent can go on to 2019 so it’s a great legacy Stuart Lancaster’s left”.
“Everyone wants to have their own nationalities as a head coach and I understand that”.
During the World Cup, Jones wrote that current England captain Chris Robshaw was not a genuine openside flanker.
Mark Ella went to the same school as Eddie Jones (S&G and Barratts/EMPICS) Jones attended Matraville High School in the south-eastern Sydney suburb of Chifley His fellow former pupils include Bob Carr, who was New South Wales Premier between 1995 and 2005, in addition to the worldwide rugby-playing Ella brothers – Mark, Glen and Gary. “One of the first things I have to do is sit down with Chris and chat to him”, Jones said.
Eddie Jones has pledged to groom a home-grown successor after becoming the first foreign England head coach. Indeed there were even rumours that the adaptable backrow forward was considered for the Captaincy when Stuart Lancaster first took charge.
“If you want to play with England you have to be in the Premiership”. To be very clear Eddie is not making any guarantees with any individual, instead he has clearly articulated that “everyone starts from zero” and that will be music to many players’ ears across the country.
“You always have a bit of a view when you’re outside the tent”, he said.
Jones, who has also coached at Saracens, the Brumbies and Reds, was barely one week into a long-term contract with the Stormers, who he joined after completing his stewardship with Japan.
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Immediately he made it plain that he had no intention of slavishly following the All Blacks template, which has taken them to successive World Cup victories and just three losses in four years, accusing them of being kick-happy.
