Jones may have strengthened his bargaining hand by agreeing to a pay cut during the coronavirus crisisEddie Jones has signed a contract extension to coach England until the 2023 World Cup. Jones’s contract had been due to end next year but he has been in talks with the RFU since the end of the 2019 Japan World Cup about extending through to the next edition of the tournament, in France. Today’s announcement confirms that, by 2023, he will have had an eight-year tenure, longer than any other previous England coach. Jones, 60, has been in Japan over the past weeks of the coronavirus crisis, but his contract negotiations with the RFU have continued and the news of his future with England was confirmed this morning. In making the announcement today, Jones reiterated his ambition to make England “the greatest team the

Source: The Times April 01, 2020 22:57 UTC