Super Rugby
Eddie Jones in talks with Stormers over vacant coaching role
ESPN Staff
August 18, 2015
Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones© (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

The Stormers are in talks with Japan coach Eddie Jones as they continue the search for Allister Coetzee's replacement.

Jones' contract with the Japan Rugby Football Union finishes following the Rugby World Cup and he is weighing up his next move. The Australian is no stranger to South African rugby having been part of Jake White's 2007 World Cup-winning backroom team.

Reports in the South African press said Jones had already agreed to the move to Cape Town. Jones has confirmed he has held discussions with the Stormers, the talks are continuing.

"I am chatting with [the Stormers] but that's the extent of it," Jones told Japan's Kyodo News on Tuesday. "I am off contract in 2015 and I'm looking at my options. Players and coaches sign contracts and do everything they can until the contract comes to an end. But you need to look elsewhere when your contract is coming to an end. That's professional rugby."

Reports suggest Jones will be the highest-paid coach in South African rugby if he accepts the Stormers' offer, with a contract worth R5m a year reportedly on the table.

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