Rugby followers worldwide have been left in disbelief after the Wallabies brutally swung the axe and despatched coach Dave Rennie packing.
Rennie was contracted by till the tip of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, however was let go on Monday morning in accordance with The Daily Telegraph.
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Eddie Jones is ready to return and take over on the helm after he was sacked because the England coach on the finish of 2022.
Jones led the Wallabies to the 2003 World Cup closing together with his tenure in cost ending again in 2005.
With the World Cup solely eight months away the previous Australian coach has his work lower out for him after a bleak previous few years for the Wallabies.
Rennie departs after three-years because the coach, ending with the bottom win proportion (38 per cent) of any coach with a minimal 30 Tests.
Jones is claimed to have put pen-to-paper on a five-year deal which might see him lead the Wallabies by two World Cup’s (2023, 2027) and the sequence towards the British and Irish Lions (2025) which will probably be performed in Australia. He can even take over the Wallaroos.
Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan stated securing Jones’ signature was a “major coup” for the Wallabies.
“It is a major coup for Australian rugby to have the best coach in the world return home to coach the iconic Wallabies and to oversee the Wallaroos program,” McLennan stated.
“Eddie instinctively understands the Australian way of playing rubgy – this represents an opportunity to secure a coach of immense expertise.”
Jones launched an announcement confirming the news and stating he believes the Wallabies might win the World Cup.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to come home to Australia and lead my nation to a Rugby World Cup,” Jones stated.
“It is going to be an immense period for Australian Rugby – as a proud Australian, it is a great honour to be able to come home and lead the national team during these years.
“The Wallabies squad is a really talented group of players with good depth – if we can have everyone fit and healthy going into the World Cup this year, I am confident that we can go to France and break the 24-year drought of winning the Rugby World Cup.
“I saw how gutsy the Wallaroos were in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand last year – it looks like there is a real spirit in that group that will drive the women’s program forward ahead of their next World Cup in 2025.
“I’m really looking forward to getting back home and getting stuck in.”
Jones tenure with the Wallabies commences on January 29.
Conversations between Jones and Rugby Australia reportedly started after the previous Wallabies mastermind led England to a sequence victory over the Aussies Down Under.
Rennie will probably be paid out the rest of his contract with the Wallabies and positioned on gardening depart, in accordance with The Roar’s Christy Doran.
The now-former Wallabies coach is believed to have a job lined up in Japan’s League One competitors after the World Cup.
News of the sudden axing left followers in disbelief with many questioning the choice being made so near the upcoming World Cup.
Others nonetheless couldn’t consider the Wallabies had pulled off such a coup and that England had let the mastermind go.
