Jones row set to accelerate as Springboks try to extend association

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

PARIS (AFP) — The controversy surrounding former Australia coach Eddie Jones advising the Springboks looks set to grow after it was revealed on Tuesday he had held talks with a view to staying on until the end of the South Africans campaign.

Andy Marinos, Rugby Manager of the South African National Teams, confirmed that there were ongoing talks to see if Jones - who guided the Wallabies to the 2003 World Cup final where they lost to England in the dying seconds of extra-time - would stay on beyond the end of the Springboks training session at the end of next week.

"We are studying the possibility of hiring Eddie for the Springboks until the end of our campaign in France," Marinos said in a press release.

"I would like to make it clear that despite...