THE ink was hardly dry on yesterday’s “Irish Examiner” piece on Alan Gaffney when Eddie Jones was fired as coach of the Australian rugby team.

AUSTRALIAN rugby officials will be hoping that Eddie Jones’ departure as national coach will end a destabilising period that threatened to undermine preparation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.

Australia have sacked head coach Eddie Jones after a run of only one win in nine matches.

IF your name is Eddie and you fancy being an international rugby coach, this might not be the best time to apply.

EDDIE JONES may be playing it cool ahead of a review into his stewardship of the Wallabies after a disastrous spring tour but it’s what his boss didn’t say yesterday that will be making the coach sweat on his future.

The Australian Rugby Union will launch an immediate review of the Wallabies’ dismal European tour as speculation mounts that Eddie Jones’ days as head coach are numbered.

EDDIE JONES has been put on notice by his bosses at the Australian Rugby Union but the Wallabies coach yesterday laughed off suggestions he is under any more pressure than normal.

AUSTRALIA unveiled its team of the decade yesterday which included nine of the starting 15 from the Wallabies’ first series win over the British and Irish Lions in 2001.

MUNSTER coach Alan Gaffney is in a race against time to find a quality replacement for Christian Cullen before the Heineken Cup replacement deadline on Thursday.

The Australian Rugby Union today announced that Wallabies lock Justin Harrison has signed a three-year deal with Ulster.

SANZAR, the South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby Unions, has announced that two additional teams will be added to the Super 12 – one from Australia and one from South Africa, creating a Super 14 competition.