Eddie Jones (rugby union)

Edmund Jones

Date of birth	(1960-01-30) 30 January 1960 (age 56)
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)
	Randwick
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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