Jones wants his succesor to grow legacy

EDDIE Jones has outlined why it is so important his successor is taken under his wing in order to turn his desire for an “England legacy” into reality.

The Aussie is eager for whoever takes over the hot seat on a permanent basis once his extended contract ends in 2021 does so fully geared up to continue the winning mentality.

He will draw on his own experience of being brought into the Wallabies set up and nurtured into an international coaching role to prepare the new man for doing just that.

Jones, 58 later this month, has led the side to 22 wins from 23 Tests and hopes to lead England to World Cup glory in Japan next year before working alongside the RFU’s next chosen one.

Exeter Chiefs’ Rob Baxter is high on that list having led the Devon outfit to Premiership success last May while Jones’ current assistant coaches Paul Gustard and Steve Borthwick will also be candidates.

Jones said: “International rugby is so different to domestic rugby. The differences are subtle but enormous. The time periods you have with the players are different. The philosophies of the players are different.

“When you are coaching at a club level you have players who all believe in what you think because they have no choice. They are captive!

“When you coach an international team you have players coming in and out all the time. So, for example, this page here, they don’t all understand. So your ability is to get them to understand it, buy into it, and add to it. It’s a different skill to doing it at domestic level.

“Everyone expects our teams to play magnificent, cohesive rugby and that’s what we are trying to achieve.

“I love doing the England job. I’m passionate about England rugby doing well. To me, coaching has always been a selfish job. You want to do well and this is an opportunity to do something for someone else, which is quite unique.

“There’s an opportunity here to leave some sort of lasting legacy for English rugby.”