Eddie Jones sacked as England head coach after dismal autumn campaign

Richard Cockerill will take charge while the RFU finds a successor for Jones, with Steve Borthwick the touted candidate. 

TIME UP: England have sacked head coach Eddie Jones. Pic: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

Eddie Jones has been sacked as England head coach just nine months out from the 2023 Rugby World Cup, with Leicester’s Steve Borthwick the overwhelming frontrunner to replace him.

The Rugby Football Union’s decision to end the Australian’s seven-year tenure comes after a review into England’s dismal autumn campaign, with Jones’s team losing to Argentina and South Africa, battling back to draw with New Zealand and beating only Japan.