Eddie Jones set to discover England fate

England head coach Eddie Jones could find out within the next 48 hours if he still has a job following a Rugby Football Union (RFU) review into the team's woeful Autumn Nations Series campaign.

The veteran Australian boss was reportedly meeting with Twickenham chiefs on Monday after presiding over England's worst year since 2008.

Jones, 62, is contracted to take England through to next year's Rugby World Cup in France, after which he is set to step down.

But the often outspoken and abrasive coach's departure could be accelerated after a 2022 where England lost six out of 12 Tests, with five wins and a draw.

The year ended with a decisive 27-13 defeat by World Cup holders South Africa, usually loyal England fans jeering their team off the Twickenham pitch after a lacklustre display.

It all left former Australia and Japan coach Jones more vulnerable to the sack than at any time since his appointment after a 2015 World Cup where hosts England crashed out in the group stage.

"When are the leading figures at the RFU going to wake up and realise English rugby is in trouble?," former England coach Clive Woodward, in charge of the 2003 World Cup-winning team, told the Daily Mail.

"Everything is not OK."

Jones' position was not helped when his longtime media advisor, David Pembroke described RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney as "slippery" while accusing the Twickenham supremo of leaking stories to the media.

Jones made an immediate positive impact, leading England to a 2016 Grand Slam, with further Six Nations Championship titles won in 2017 and 2020.

He also took England to the 2019 World Cup final in Japan, defeating both Australia and New Zealand in the knockout stages, only to be well-beaten 32-12 by the Springboks in the showpiece