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Eddie Jones (rugby)

Edmund Jones
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Date of birth (1960-01-30) 30 January 1960 (age 57)
Place of birth Tasmania, Australia
School Matraville Sports High School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1987–1989 New South Wales 12 (0)
Coaching career
Years Club / team    
1994
1995–1996
1996
1997
1998–2001
2001–2005
2006
2007
2007
2007–2009
2009–2012
2012–2015
2015–
Randwick
Tokai University
Japan (Assistant)
Suntory Sungoliath
Brumbies
Australia
Saracens Consultant
Reds
South Africa (Assistant)
Saracens
Suntory Sungoliath
Japan
England
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1987–1989 New South Wales 12 (0)
Coaching career
Years Club / team    
1994
1995–1996
1996
1997
1998–2001
2001–2005
2006
2007
2007
2007–2009
2009–2012
2012–2015
2015–
Randwick
Tokai University
Japan (Assistant)
Suntory Sungoliath
Brumbies
Australia
Saracens Consultant
Reds
South Africa (Assistant)
Saracens
Suntory Sungoliath
Japan
England

Eddie Jones (born 30 January 1960) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the England national rugby union team. He has previously coached the Australian national team during the 2003 Rugby World Cup and also coached the Japanese national team for three years leading up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He was born in Burnie, Tasmania, to a Japanese American mother and an Australian father.

Jones's playing career began at Matraville Sports High School. He played as a hooker for Randwick and New South Wales. Jones played against the British & Irish Lions for New South Wales B in 1989. He also made 3 appearances for Leicester during the 1991/92 season in England. He retired to concentrate on a career as a teacher and school principal.

In 1994 Eddie Jones gave up his career as a teacher and school principal to coach his former club Randwick. Then he went to Japan where he had brief stints coaching Tokai University, Japan as assistant coach and Suntory Sungoliath.

Jones returned to Australia in 1998 to coach the ACT Brumbies. Jones had a disappointing first season only finishing 10th in the Super 12 his first season in charge; he has since said he was "way out of his depth" in his first season.


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