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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.<\/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 chairman Hamish 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