Jones believes in the cross-pollination of coaching ideas, and spent time with Roy Hodgson during his time as England manager David Davies/PAEddie Jones and his management team will tap into Team GB’s Olympic success in the belief that it will improve their coaching techniques and help drive England to the top of the podium at the 2019 World Cup. Although England are unbeaten in nine matches this year, having followed up their grand slam triumph with a 3-0 series victory over Australia in the summer, Jones has been hyper-critical of his coaching team’s performance. We gave Australia 40 points in two Tests, which just isn’t good enoughJones, Steve Borthwick, Neal Hatley and Paul Gustard will spend time ahead of the autumn internationals with Olympic coaching counterparts from cycling, judo and hockey teams.

Source: The Times September 13, 2016 16:01 UTC