Montpellier coach Jake White has ruled himself out of the running for the England job.
According to Sky sources, Australian Eddie Jones is in talks to take over the post vacated by Stuart Lancaster last week following England's miserable World Cup campaign on home soil.
"I have a contract with Montpellier. I'm not going to change, I'm staying here," White said. "It's important for the club, for the players and for the atmosphere to remove the doubt."
White, 52, who guided South Africa to World Cup glory in 2007, had previously spoken of his interest in the England job but started to distance himself from the position last week.
"Everyone in world rugby knows this is one of the prime jobs, in fact even in world sports," White said.
Speculation surrounding White's future intensified last week when he stayed in England after his team's Challenge Cup defeat at Harlequins. But he said that it was not to discuss the England role with the RFU, but rather to "meet certain players' agents and representatives".
White had twice before been snubbed at the final hurdle by the RFU, when Martin Johnson took control in 2008 and when Lancaster was handed the reins in 2012. The South African said he wasn't prepared for it to happen again.
"If the RFU thinks I am the man for the job and there wasn't going to be any rigmarole of going through the whole process which I have before then I would be a contender," White said.