Eddie Jones has not ruled out taking the Australia job, but he wants to keep coaching at international level.
Jones said there was a change in the wind and he was going to be sacked by England.
He said he wouldn't change anything.
Jones has been mentioned as a replacement for Dave Rennie, who is under pressure.
Jones led Australia to the Rugby World Cup final in 2003 where they lost to England. Jones promised to return to his job after he was sacked by his nation.
Jones denied that a desire to prove his previous employers wrong would motivate him to return to Test rugby.
Adding to the game is what it's about. He said he loves the game and coaching.
I want to be a coach.
Jones was sacked by England after a poor Six Nations in which they lost to France, Ireland and Scotland.
However, his side did beat Australia 2-1 in a summer series between those two campaigns. After England's win in the decisive Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Jones angrily confronted a heckling home fan who called him "a traitor".
Jones laughed when asked if he had spoken to Rugby Australia about a return.
You just want to leave things in a better place as you get older. I would like to share my experience with players and teams.
If you have the chance to be a part of that, you are very lucky.
In seven years as England's head coach, Jones claimed three Six Nations titles. He led the team to the World Cup final, which they lost to South Africa, but was fired earlier this month after only five wins from 12 Tests in the next four years.
When your support is waning, you feel like you have to have good results in the autumn.
We had a plan to peak at the World Cup but we didn't get the chance to do that.
When boards make a decision, they already have it in their minds.
I'm not able to argue with the decision that they didn't think I could do the job to the level they wanted. I wish England all the best, and I will move on to something else.
Owen Farrell, England's captain, was one of Jones' former players who came out in support of his methods.
Steve Borthwick is the new coach of the Rugby Football Union and he says he has great memories of leading England.
He said that he didn't think he was coaching badly.
The number of players who endorsed that is pleasing because they can't gain anything from that. Sometimes the results don't go your way and you have to pay for it.
40 odd text messages from players thanking me or sending their best wishes, which they don't need to do, were sent to me.
The English players are a great bunch of people. I'm sure they will do well under Steve because they play hard and train hard and have a lot of pride in their country.
Chris Jones is a rugby reporter.
Jones thinks the call to dismiss him was made before he presented his review of the campaign.
He doesn't have any regrets about the decisions he made. He feels he was coaching as well as ever and has defended his strategy of focusing on the Rugby World Cup at all costs, a policy that has since been reversed by Borthwick and the RFU.
At the age of 62, Jones believes he has one more big international head coach job left in him.
Jones will be a major player in world rugby for a long time.
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