My Life and Rugby: The Autobiography

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Eddie Jones celebrates with his Japan players after their win over South Africa in the 2015 World Cup.

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Having been working in the UK for two years as sports correspondent for a major Australian media group, I'd seen the English press in action up close and I knew that when they got a sniff of blood, they were as ruthless as a Great White shark. Everyone was slapping us on the back, saying how fantastic we were, how it was the best ever performance by an England team and the best ever win at a World Cup. Players who were driven to the edge of breaking point, administrators who found Jones difficult to work with, and support staff worn down by his exacting expectations. As he explains the High Performance Cycle of Success at the heart of his philosophy, Eddie Jones reveals the lessons he has learnt from Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola as well as from the founder of Uniqlo and Ron Adams from the NBA. Either that or, as some would have it, they have been intimidated by him and were just waiting for an excuse to get rid of him.If you look at the history of French sport they’ve been able to do that for World Cups where the whole country gets behind the campaign. I had been right against Australia and New Zealand but, as it turned out, in the biggest game of our four-year cycle, I got it badly wrong. Jones did not address the incidents in his post-match press conference but, when contacted by the Sydney Morning Herald on Sunday, he said: “Clowns think they have full go to abuse coaches. Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool: Darwin Nunez comes off the bench to score STUNNING winner and send Reds into. Written with Donald McRae, two-time winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, Leadership is the book for anyone who wants to learn how to build and lead a team to success.

Leadership: Lessons From My Life in Rugby by Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones responded furiously to goading by Australia supporters following England’s win in Sydney to clinch the three Test series 2-1. Brilliant, honest, combative – Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of the game. Jones is excellent at applying the lessons he’s learned from his life as one of the best rugby coaches in the world to business, and his thesis stays connected throughout.There is no reason why, if you look after yourself, you should not do well in any endeavour at that age. PLAYER RATINGS: Anonymous Anthony Martial is one of two Man United players to get just FOUR out of 10 after.

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Having coached three different nations to Rugby World Cup finals, and achieving a winning record of nearly eighty per cent with the England team, it's clear Eddie knows a thing or two about leading from the front – thanks to almost 30 years of rugby coaching experience. Everton 3-0 Burnley:James Tarkowski scores against former club before Amadou Onana and Ashley Young seal. Trouble was, when the British press starting baying for Eddie's head after last month's 27-13 loss to the Springboks at Twickenham, Smith's words didn't apply.In a separate incident, a man has been charged by police after climbing up the big screen and urinating from the roof of the O’Reilly stand during the second half of the match. His successes have included masterminding England’s spectacular victory over New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup and engineering the sport’s most stunning upset when Japan beat South Africa in 2015. Jones, who was with security guards from the Rugby Football Union and the stadium at the time, evidently takes offence to the jibe and approaches the fan, before responding: “What did you say? Former Rugby Australia CEO John O'Neill was one of several senior administrators who had a prickly relationship with Jones.

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I’m not under constant scrutiny and I don’t get noticed a lot so I can go about my business fairly unencumbered. They’re so sharp talking about everything from politics to Covid in China to the economy in Japan to sport.Most of all, I thought he was fun, and I hoped that other people would find a book about him fun as well. One of the most successful sports coaches of all time, Eddie Jones is a leader that thrives in high-performance and high-pressure environments. We made the World Cup final and that’s how I see England playing, with power, pace, a great deal of physicality and also some subtlety. Jones produced the best record of any England rugby coach in history – winning 59 out of 81 Tests with his 73% average surpassing even Sir Clive Woodward’s 71%. When Eddie Jones was appointed England coach in 2015, I asked him how he thought he'd get along with the British media.