Joe Schmidt has played down rival Eddie Jones’s jibe about Johnny Sexton’s “bat phone” to referees, claiming he would like one of his own ahead of the Guinness Six Nations opener against England.

Eddie Jones has plummeted from second to 19th in a list of rugby's most influential people.

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England's preparations for their attempt to prevent Ireland from completing the Grand Slam at Twickenham on Saturday have been overshadowed by the emergence of footage showing Eddie Jones make derogatory comments towards Wales and Ireland.

Eddie Jones sought to draw a line under the derogatory comments made about Ireland and Wales as he performed radical surgery on the team for England's final NatWest 6 Nations match.

England head coach Eddie Jones is sure to come in for more scrutiny when he faces the media in the wake of his derogatory remarks about Ireland and Wales coming to light.

Eddie Jones has been left embarrassed after footage emerged of the England head coach referring to Ireland as the “scummy Irish” and Wales as a “little shit place”.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has condemned the abuse handed out to Eddie Jones in the wake of England's Calcutta Cup defeat.

Renowned skill acquisition and high-performance coach Richard Shuttleworth has worked with elite coaches worldwide, from Eddie Jones to Mickey Whelan. Of Jones, he notes an ability to make a coach or player ‘bleed’, but then bandage them up. In both Jones and Whelan, he sees coaches who teach through games rather than drills.

Eddie Jones has lodged a complaint with World Rugby over the conduct of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones towards referee Pascal Gauzere in Cardiff last Saturday.

England’s coach Eddie Jones believes the British and Irish Lions will face a difficult task in New Zealand to beat the All Blacks in the Test series.

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"We spoke about our experience and it was very interesting to speak to him"

In the six days leading to Cardiff on Saturday night, Eddie Jones trotted out the usual Welsh stereotypes about daffodils, goats, and Tom Jones — all harmless, knockabout stuff even if some over-sensitive natives mistook it for a national insult.

Billy Vunipola is being targeted for a return to action against Ireland in their Six Nations tournament climax in Dublin next month.

Eddie Jones insists the key to defeating Fiji and extending England’s winning streak to 12 Tests is to “bore them to death”.

Even Eddie Jones and Mike Brown appear to have been forgiven by Irish fans.

During a feisty exchange with Irish journalists, Jones defended his claim that the parents of Irish fly-half Sexton "would be worried" about his whiplash injury.

Manu Tuilagi has been added to England’s training squad for their RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales.

Ireland captain Rory Best believes Johnny Sexton is in no need of a gentle arm around him as he dismissed England boss Eddie Jones’s comments about the fly-half’s health as “a sideshow”.

If Ireland are to salvage something tangible from this season’s Six Nations championship, then Twickenham is the place to do it.

"Someone like Eddie is going to throw things out there, throw some comments out there, and that's great," said Easterby.

Eddie Jones wants Dylan Hartley to be “Tarzan” when he leads England during the RBS Six Nations.

England’s decision to axe assistant coach Andy Farrell was sparked by heavy criticism from senior players in the post-World Cup review.

Ford nailed the game’s final kick in front of watching England head coach Eddie Jones.

Eddie Jones has been announced as England’s first ever overseas head coach.

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England are set to appoint Eddie Jones as their new head coach amid a warning from Dean Ryan that the Australian is a figure who “polarises opinion” after compiling a chequered CV.