Daws open to big money coach raid

MATT DAWSON has told England bosses to break the bank again to secure Eddie Jones’ successor.

But the 2003 World Cup winner does not expect his old Wasps boss Warren Gatland to be in the running because, “he wouldn’t be allowed back into Wales!”

Dawson (right) says the expensive recruitment of Aussie Jones after England’s disastrous home World Cup campaign proved big money can get the best man.

Twickenham chiefs are paying Jones £750,000 a year and will have to fork out huge compensation if they are to snatch a top club coach to replace him.

Exeter’s Rob Baxter and former Leicester boss Richard Cockerill, now at Edinburgh, are two English names in the frame. But Dawson, 46, is open minded. The former scrum-half said: “They should throw the cheque book at whoever they target after Eddie leaves next year.

“It worked perfectly with Jones because they decided they wanted him and they hunted him down. They got him out of a contract, chucked a few quid at him and apart from a slight dip it’s worked very well.

“I would love Eddie Jones’ successor to be an Englishman but it isn’t a necessity. “Wales have a Kiwi in Warren Gatland. I’m a huge Gats fan but would he be allowed back into Wales if he took the England job?”