I should have chosen Joe Marler ahead of Mako Vunipola at loosehead prop and reverted to the Owen Farrell-Manu Tuilagi-Henry Slade midfield we used against Australia. As his former Wallaby and ACT Brumbies player Matt Giteau said last night, 'He plans and plans years in advance for this competition. He tells how he then embarked on a coaching career that has seen him become one of the most experienced and decorated coaches in Rugby Union, spanning four World Cups and three finals.

Leadership: Lessons From My Life in Rugby by Eddie Jones

Jones always loves players from the supposed “wrong side of the tracks”, partly because he has been an outsider since he was a small but mouthy kid of mixed Japanese and white Australian descent. He said that on one occasion after a furious argument with the ARU's Head of High-Performance Brett Robinson, Eddie stormed out of Robinson's office and slammed the door so hard it broke the lock. England rugby coach Eddie Jones talks career memories, leadership tips, inspirations and what businesses can learn from sport. In this inspirational and straight-talking book, Eddie reveals the secrets behind his extraordinary career and shows how any leader can apply these lessons in any walk of life.His World Cup record is hugely impressive, having also made Japan the story of the tournament in 2015, and so does he still dream of winning it? Jones has been involved in similarly unsavoury incidents before with Ellis Genge revealing both came in for abuse from supporters during the 2018 tour of South Africa. When we worked together Jones spoke often of his struggle to develop leadership skills among players.

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Dual international Wendell Sailor told how, after he was banned for cocaine use, he was cut off by Rugby Australia but Jones would ring regularly to check on the welfare of him and his family. At most other World Cups New Zealand have been way ahead with a group of teams fighting to play them. He reaches out to people across the globe to learn from different sports coaches and different disciplines that will help him be a better coach, while also stoking a desire to be coached himself (and he shares the feedback with readers).The sections on the racism he suffered as a mixed race child and his dejection at missing out an international cap as a player are particularly moving.

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For a 60 something year who clearly does not need to keep such a commitment to learning and growing, I find him fascinating. I've heard a couple of the guys in the Japan team say they would never play under him again because they could not keep up with the workload, it was so intense. Although probably best known for his Star Trek covers for Bantam Books and almost fifty covers for Sphere Books, much of his output was for German publishers, including more than 100 covers for Bastei Lübbe's science fiction imprint and over 500 for Terra Astra magazine. He has coached three different teams to three World Cup finals, and in the five years in charge of the England rugby union team he has won three Six Nations championship titles, including back-to-back championships and the inaugural Autumn Nations Cup. Jones produced the best record of any England rugby coach in history – winning 59 out of 81 Tests with his 73% average surpassing even Sir Clive Woodward’s 71%.Top read with life and business lessons through the lens of Rugby and other professional sports and businesspeople Eddie has encountered. I had been right against Australia and New Zealand but, as it turned out, in the biggest game of our four-year cycle, I got it badly wrong.