Terrible self-discipline was recognized as a significant points for the Wallabies in 2022 and new coach Eddie Jones has gone the additional mile to deal with it by having referees at each coaching session earlier than his crew flies to South Africa.
The path to the World Cup begins with a conflict towards the Springboks at Loftus Versfeld the place the Wallabies are winless in seven video games.
Last yr the Wallabies gained simply 5 of 14 Tests, with ill-discipline a key plank within the underperforming that in the end resulted in coach Dave Rennie being sacked and changed by Jones, who’s now in cost for a second time.
While reshaping the squad and dealing on numerous areas has been a part of Jones’s program, Wallabies halfback Nic White stated the presence of the referees at coaching on the Gold Coast this week was one other a part of the coach’s meticulous preparation.
“Talking a lot about those penalties (in 2022), I feel like a lot of them were through good intentions, (it’s) just understanding that under pressure there’s a feel to want to do something to win back that momentum, just understanding that teams are going to have momentum against us,” White stated.
“And what we can’t do is give them free shots at us through discipline. Talking about it, training it, having a referee at training to be on top of those things, we’re certainly well on top of that and know where we are there.
“It’s an area that we feel like we can fix pretty quickly.”
Hailed as Australian rugby’s saviour after being appointed in January as Wallabies coach for a second time, Jones, who additionally coached England, has been eager to remind his gamers that there’s solely a lot he can do.
White stated the crew was “learning a lot” from the extremely motivated Jones, nevertheless it was as much as the gamers to get the job completed on the sector.
“He‘s a he’s a bloke that’s been around the tracks … but something he keeps saying is that he can’t do it – he can only pass on his knowledge and his experiences,” White stated on Thursday from the Wallabies’ Gold Coast coaching camp.
“The guys that will really make the difference in Test matches will be the blokes that go out there and play.
“He’s very good. I wouldn’t change one thing. He’s a true character and a guy we’re all learning a lot from.
“Every day he’s coming in, and everything is about a winning mindset and getting better, and it’s infectious.
“We’re in a good place at the moment. He’s certainly leading from the top … but it’s going to come down to the blokes out on the field that are going to make the difference.”
White stated it could be a “huge” first-up problem beneath the steering of Jones to win in Pretoria on Sunday week (AEST).
“For us … (it’s) a place that will be quite hostile,” he stated.
“The crowd will certainly be sold out. It’s going to be a place that will be fun to play at and they will lift, but they’re the games that you want to play in, and you want to be a part of.”
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