LONDON: Former Wallabies mentor and current Japan coach Eddie Jones says he would listen to England officials if they sack under-fire coach Stuart Lancaster and express interest in his services.
Jones is on a list of potential candidates, which also includes South African World Cup-winner and former ACT Brumbies coach Jake White.
Lancaster is feeling the heat as England slumped to its lowest ever world ranking of eighth.
He is widely expected to be sacked at the end of the tournament, regardless of England's performance against Uruguay this week.
Jones has been the toast of the World Cup after leading Japan to wins against South Africa and Samoa.
"If anyone offers me a job I will listen to what they have to say," Jones said.
"I'm not saying I crave the job. I already have a job, but if they want to talk, I'll talk."
Jones will move to South Africa at the end of the World Cup to start his tenure as the Cape Town Stormers' mentor.
Jones even used his Daily Mail column to float the prospect of a tag-team effort with his 2003 enemy, England's World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward.
"And then there's Clive Woodward, if they want to look back even further," Jones wrote.
"A double act between Clive and myself would be interesting! It's not the sort of job I'll go chasing, but I'd certainly chat to them if they thought I was the right man for the role."
White was on England's radar in his first year of a four-season deal with the Brumbies, but he withdrew and the RFU appointed Lancaster.
Meanwhile, England's woes have continued, after it was revealed two members of the coaching staff broke World Cup protocols and approached referees at half-time in the 33-13 loss to Australia.
World Rugby is looking into the incident and there is video footage that will be reviewed.
The Wallabies have moved on from the clash, but coach Michael Cheika will be keeping one eye on the investigation after he was involved in a similar incident this year.
SANZAR, Super Rugby's governing body, investigated Cheika for a breach of its game-day rules when he approached Jaco Peyper during the break of the NSW Waratahs' win against the Auckland Blues.
Cheika was serving a six-month suspended sentence at the time, but SANZAR deemed he did not breach the code of conduct.
However, New Zealand media described the incident as "out and out cheating".
