Eddie Jones said on Tuesday he is committed to coaching Australia for the long haul and stood by his ill-fated youth policy that saw the Wallabies crash to their earliest-ever Rugby World Cup exit.

The 63-year-old Australian, whose mother and wife are Japanese, has been linked with the vacant Japan head coaching job since Australian media reported he had interviewed for it a couple of days before the Wallabies¡¯ final World Cup warmup.

In his first public appearance since returning to Australia, Jones said he had not spoken to ¡°anyone¡± about the Brave Blossoms role and had no idea where the reports had come from.