The ex-Munster and Leinster star joined the Red Rose after winning two World Cups with South Africa and has been linked with the defence coach role in Andy Farrell's Lions set-up
The departure of Felix Jones from England's coaching set-up after just seven months is "deeply disappointing," said the RFU's chief executive Bill Sweeney.
But the 37-year-old quit the set-up two weeks ago and has already been linked with a link-up with Andy Farrell for next summer's Lions tour to Australia. “We are deeply disappointed that this has taken place with no indication that this was going to happen. I think the fact that a number of players have publicly said that they have had their own internal meetings and said they couldn’t see this coming and the environment is fine.
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