As the players of England and Wales gathered in their team hotels for this year’s Six Nations Championship, the familiarity of the hotel surroundings remained the same, but the men in charge of their fortunes had changed.  Eddie Jones, the eccentric Australian, who replaced Stuart Lancaster after the 2015 World Cup disaster, fell on his sword after losing to South Africa, Ireland, and Argentina at home in 2022. Under Jones’s leadership, England were 2019 World Cup finalists and Six Nations Championships in 2016 and 2020. But following a lengthy review process into the team’s performance it was decided to replace…

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