As his time as Saracens supremo nears an end, Eddie Jones reflects on the pressures on the sport's leading coaches in The Independent.
"So the figures tell us that, on average, a Guinness Premiership coach can expect to stay in his job for around 20 months. It's a pretty brutal statistic, but I wouldn't say it surprises me: rugby coaching has had an increasingly unstable feel to it for a while now.
"I wouldn't say things are about to get better, either. Instant gratification, the "I want it now" syndrome, call it what you will – it's part and parcel of the way society as a whole is developing. And professional sport, rugby included, has never been entirely immune to social trends, even though the wages paid to top footballers make you wonder whether the economic downturn actually exists.
"I'm one of the coaches moving on at the end of the season, a couple of years earlier than planned. Twenty months? I didn't get close. My circumstances at Saracens are private and unforeseen, but without doubt, my first spell in charge of an English club has had its challenges."
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