Eddie Jones must pay for consultants out of his own pocket - reports
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The current state of financial turmoil in the RFU could hamper Eddie Jones' World Cup preparations.
According to The Daily Mail Eddie Jones has been ordered to pay for consultants himself and was forced to intervene to protect Richard Hill’s job.
The RFU were forced to let a number of people go within the union and the firm assurances given that the cost-cutting measures would not have any impact on the England set-up may have been misleading
The Daily Mail understands that Jones must now dip into his own salary to pay for any consultants he chooses to bring into camp — as he has so often since taking charge in late 2015.
According to the report, the union will foot the bill for Jonny Wilkinson but others employed must be funded by the head coach.
This move could mean that Jones could be reluctant to employ specialists to address specific issues.
The likes of George Smith, Glen Ella, Andrew Johns, Dr Sherylle Calder, Marc Dal Maso and Graham Dawe have been used as consultants during Jones’s tenure.
In addition, it is understood that there were plans to remove 2003 World Cup-winner Hill from his post as England’s senior team manager. However, sources have indicated Jones put a stop to it.
