Rugby-Eddie Jones quits as Australia coach after World Cup debacle


FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 - Australia Training - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France - September 30, 2023 Australia head coach Eddie Jones during training REUTERS/Paul Childs/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Eddie Jones has resigned as Australia coach in the wake of the calamitous World Cup campaign but wants one more job in charge of a test team before retirement, the 63-year-old told The Australian newspaper in an interview on Sunday.

Less than two weeks after saying he would honour his contract to lead the Wallabies until the next World Cup on home soil, the former Japan and England coach said he had agreed terms with Rugby Australia relating to his exit.

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