Jones was given a two-year contract extension by Brown and despite a Six Nations to forget he retains the RFU’s faith Glyn Kirk/Getty ImagesFour days after England finished fifth in the NatWest Six Nations, Steve Brown, the RFU chief executive, not only insisted that Eddie Jones was the right man to lead England into the World Cup in 2019, but added that he had been right to give Jones a new contract beyond next summer and through to 2021. Brown offered his backing for Jones to lead England into the World Cup David Rogers/Getty ImagesA month before the Six Nations started, the RFU had announced that Jones had signed a two-year contract extension beyond the Japan World Cup. Now that England have suffered such an implosion in performance, the new deal looks to have been agreed prematurely. “No, not at all,” was Brown’s response earlier today to any suggestion that he had jumped too quickly to re-sign the England coach, and he then…

Source: The Times March 21, 2018 17:05 UTC