On the day that Michael Cheika, the Australia head coach, categorically ruled himself out of the running for the vacant England job, bookmakers slashed the odds on the former Wallaby and Japan coach Eddie Jones succeeding Stuart Lancaster in the Twickenham post. Several significant wagers led to the odds on Jones being cut from 9-1 with some outlets to 1-3, an -enormous switch and often the precursor to the books being closed. Jones, 55, has legitimate claim to being the highest-achieving coach at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in that he guided the outsiders...
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