Eddie Jones wants developing English coaches to experience Super Rugby atmosphere
Eddie Jones believes English coaches would benefit from working overseas
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England coach Eddie Jones has urged the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to allow developing and upcoming English coaches to be part of the Super Rugby teams to enhance their skills.
The 56-year-old believes experiencing the way the Southern Hemisphere teams play their game will provide a different outlook to the emerging coaches in England.
Citing examples of former Wales head coaches Steve Hansen and Graham Henry who led New Zealand to three World Cup titles collectively, Jones also believes the aggression at which the Super Rugby teams play has benefited South Africa and Australia as well.
"English coaches need to get that other bit of the game which is there in the southern hemisphere - the unstructured rugby, the organised chaos," said Jones, who has performed tracksuit roles in Australia, South Africa and Japan.
"It would cost money, but the RFU could do it. The only way a Super Rugby side is going to take them is (for the RFU) to pay for their salary.
"To evolve to become a head coach is something the RFU have got to look after, not me.
"Steve Hansen and Graham Henry had stints in Wales where they rounded off their coaching experience.
"And it's no coincidence that New Zealand have become a better all-round team because of that.
"They take the good parts of the game up here, the expertise in the set-piece and taken it back to the southern hemisphere."
