GIVEN what Eddie Jones has done as England head coach over the last five and a half years it always seemed to me that he should remain in the job despite his team’s fifth-place finish in the last Six Nations campaign.
The RFU panel reviewing England’s performance has come to the same conclusion, even though we do not know the criteria on which Jones’ performance was measured. However, we know that normally the yardstick for a head coach is results – and that when you lose in the way that England have, then stay-or-go questions were going to be asked about Jones.
However, now the review is...