Why England sacked Eddie Jones and want Steve Borthwick

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Ben, Charlie & Charles are back for a bonus episode discussing not one but two massive stories in the world of international rugby!

England have parted company with Eddie Jones just nine months out from the Rugby World Cup while Wales have also moved on from their head coach Wayne Pivac, acting swiftly to bring back the man who Pivac replaced, Warren Gatland.

Ben, Charlie and Charles take you inside Jones' final 48 hours as England head coach and discuss why the decision was made, why Jones was so reluctant to go and, ultimately, if it was the right decision to make so close to the World Cup.

We also discuss the likely arrival of Steve Borthwick from Leicester Tigers and what his coaching ticket could look like, with the RFU reported to be parting with close to £1 million to bring their former coach back.

And we answer the best of your questions regarding Jones' dismissal.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph Podcasts.
0:07.0	That's right, listeners. Just when you thought you were seeing the back of us until the Six Nations, we have returned with a special emergency episode.
0:23.2	Welcome back everybody to the Telegraph Rugby podcast.
0:27.1	I'm Ben Coles and I'm joined in the studio by Charles Richardson.
0:30.3	Hello, Charles.
0:31.1	Hello, hello, what a day.
0:32.7	And we're joined virtually from his stakeout tent in Twickenham's West Car Park by Charlie Morgan.
0:38.9	Hi, Charlie.
0:40.3	Hi, mate.
0:41.2	Actually, it looks like you've made it home, which is a...
0:43.4	I'm nice and warm. I'm fine.
0:44.7	That's a relief after your hard work over the last few days.
0:48.7	Listen, it's an emergency podcast because we've had two seismic rugby stories within a couple of days.
0:55.5	And we'll kick off by diving into why England have sacked Eddie Jones just 10 months out from the Rugby World Cup.
1:01.0	It's been lively as Morg's tweeted this morning. I can't believe it's only Wednesday.
1:05.4	So we'll unpack Eddie's departure, why the RFU made the call now, and who Eddie's replacement will be.
1:12.6	Hint, his name is Steve.
1:15.6	And as if the Eddie Jones news wasn't big enough, we'll also be talking about Warren Gatlin's
1:19.6	shock return to Wales, replacing Wayne Pivak.
1:22.6	The former Lions coach is back to leave Wales into the World Cup after Pivocat was relieved
1:26.6	with his duties earlier this week, and we'll get into whether he can bring back the glory days to Wales.
1:31.5	So what a crazy couple of days already.
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