Eddie Jones could be England's new rugby union coach - Sky Sports takes a look at his credentials

With Eddie Jones confirmed as the new England head coach, we take a closer look at the Australian...

Jones masterminded Japan's historic victory over South Africa during a successful 2015 World Cup campaign and has also coached Australia to a World Cup final and was technical advisor for South Africa's 2007 Rugby World Cup triumph.

The performance of Japan in the World Cup, where they won three out of four games, handed Jones a nomination for World Rugby's coach of the year, though the accolade ultimately went to countryman Michael Cheika, who led the Wallabies to the final.

Jones' initial success as head coach was guiding the ACT Brumbies to a Super Rugby title in 2001, defeating the Sharks in the final in Canberra.

The 55-year-old went on to coach the Wallabies between 2001 and 2005, during which time he brought Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup success, before leading his team to the 2003 Rugby World Cup final against England in Sydney where they were famously beaten by a Jonny Wilkinson drop goal in extra time.

Jones has also held coaching roles with the Queensland Reds, Saracens and the Suntory Sungoliath in Japan before taking on the role of Japan coach in 2012.

Before this year's World Cup Jones announced he would not be renewing his contract, and during the campaign he was unveiled as coach of South African franchise the Stormers ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby tournament.

However, following the tournament Stuart Lancaster and the RFU reached the mutual decision that Lancaster would step down as head coach of England, and since then rumours have surrounded his potential successor, with Jones' name included in the speculation.

The initial front-runner for the role was Jake White, who openly stated he would welcome an approach from the RFU despite recently signing for Montpellier. The RFU has previously interviewed White for the position on two separate occasions before handing the role to Martin Johnson and Stuart Lancaster in 2008 and 2012 respectively.

Jones was named as another potential candidate earlier this month, despite the fact he was yet to take the Stormers for a single coaching session, and now has been confirmed as the new England head coach.