"Don’t fix what isn’t broken" - Sir Clive Woodward slams Eddie Jones 'nonsense' tactics

"Why is the game, and Jones particularly, obsessed with this concept of ‘finishers’? Please somebody enlighten me as I don’t understand it. Keep your best players on the park.", wrote Woodward in his column for the Mail Online.

"Unfathomably, the call comes from Jones up in the stands and England’s main man is off, to be replaced by George Ford,

"And the Harlequins fly-half was joined on the bench by a front row that was building up a head of steam and flanker Lewis Ludlam, who was going well in a game well-suited to his temperament.

"Rule No 1 in sport: don’t fix what isn’t broken. These guys can go 80 minutes, they can go 100 minutes if necessary. Back them, let them do their thing. Only pull them off if they are falling and undermining the team effort.

"If you pick Smith to start you back him all the way until the final whistle is blown. That’s what Quins do and that’s what England must do.

"If I was them, if I was the senior group within the squad I would in the sober light of day this afternoon or tomorrow demand to know from Jones what the thinking was taking Marcus off in particular, but the replacements policy in general."

Sir Clive Woodward is interestingly the sixth favourite and is priced at 30/1 to reprise the role.

The irony with Farrell is that he is arguably the most obvious candidate and fits the role as well as anyone, but he might be the toughest for the RFU to land due to his long-term deal with Ireland.

Roberson is one of the most revered coaches in the southern hemisphere. The 46-year-old is a serial winner and has all the tools to bring back the insatiable winning mentality which has been missing for Eddie Jones' men of late.

Baxter is rapidly approaching the 12th anniversary of his time in charge at Exeter Chiefs and it may be difficult to prize him away from that. But there is no doubt about his credentials; his time in charge at the Chiefs has seen the club change beyond recognition.

He conquered the world with South Africa in 2019 and the only logical next step after such a feat would be to take the grandest and most high-profile job in world rugby. It is not a far-fetched notion, either; reports in the South African press last year suggested that Erasmus had held talks with the RFU about succeeding Jones, which were subsequently denied. He'd also been recently linked with Harlequins.