Rob Baxter cool on chances of succeeding Eddie Jones as England coach

Rob Baxter says succeeding Eddie Jones as England head coach is not in his thoughts and remains "emotionally driven" at Exeter.

Jones extended his contract until the summer of 2021 and there is an agreed process for appointing Jones' successor.

The RFU plan to name a new head coach by the end of the 2019/20 season who will work alongside the Australian.

Baxter has been strongly linked with the role after leading Exeter from the Championship to the Premiership title last season but he told the Daily Telegraph he is thoroughly enjoying his role at Sandy Park.

"I'm not going to sit here and deny that it's not an interesting proposition and that the job isn't an interesting job, because of course it is," he said.

"People say that England is the top step of the ladder and that's what you should be working towards all the time but emotionally it doesn't feel like that to me at this point in time, that it is something I am driving myself forward for.

"Until it feels like that, you should probably stay away from it. That's my feeling. At the moment, I am very emotionally driven about what's I'm doing here at Exeter and that hopefully means it gives me the best chance of making a good job of it.

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"You should only put yourself forward for any of these roles when you are 100 per cent ready for it yourself.

"Am I plotting and planning towards it? Not really. Who knows how it will be in two years' time? I'm not going to predict that, where we are as a rugby club or I am as a coach."

Exeter are five points clear of Saracens at the top of the Premiership after 13 rounds and victory at Glasgow Warriors on Saturday could secure their place in the Champions Cup quarter-finals.