Eddie Jones: England boss is back in Japan consulting with Suntory Sungoliath

It has been revealed that England head coach Eddie Jones is currently in Japan coaching at Suntory Sungoliath after a dismal Six Nations campaign.

England managed only two victories for the second consecutive year in the Six Nations and Jones has risked controversy by jetting to Japan to coach.

Despite the poor results, Jones received full backing from the Rugby Football Union and is set to be in charge through to the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The 62-year-old has long held a consultancy role with Suntory, a position that the RFU have claimed to have no concerns with.

However, where the controversy arises is that Jones will be consulting on Australia and Suntory centre Samu Kerevi in what some view a conflict of interest.

“Eddie is over here at the moment helping us out. He is hard at work to be honest. He’s not having a holiday here, that’s for sure,” said Suntory head coach Milton Haig.

“He’s running a few drills for us around our breakdowns and doing a lot of talking to the young players. He is taking two sessions today with the younger guys.

“That’s something he really enjoys and the players have a huge amount of respect for him. It has been interesting because you can see the intensity steps up because everyone wants to impress him.

“He’s fantastic. He shares his knowledge with the players and he has spent a lot of time off the field talking to the coaches. He’s very open with the coaches. We are very appreciative we have got a guy as our director of rugby who is so open to sharing his knowledge and experience.”

Haig was asked whether the poor Six Nations still impacted Jones.

“No, I don’t think so,” he answered.

“He has come in, like Eddie always does, as a ball of energy. His first question is what he can do to help.