Eddie Jones is proving to be simply as massive a thorn in Australian rugby in exile than he was whereas accountable for the Wallabies.
The controversial coach has continued to twist the knife into the facet of Rugby Australia months after the calamitous drama surrounding his determination to give up the Wallabies and be part of Japan.
Jones, who coached Australia to the 2003 World Cup remaining on dwelling soil, left Australian rugby on its knees after he guided the Wallabies to the nationwide staff’s first ever group stage exit at a Rugby World Cup.
Former chairman Hamish McLennan was overthrown within the wake of the catastrophe and loads of blood has been spilled on and off the sphere following Jones’ first denial he had interviewed for the Japanese teaching job on the eve of the Wallabies’ World Cup opener.
Revelations in regards to the shambles have continued to emerge this week forward of the discharge of an upcoming Stan Original Documentary Series on the Wallabies’ World Cup from hell.
In footage about to be launched, Jones has been filmed giving his gamers a serve the day after their crushing 40-6 loss to Wales on the World Cup.
Among the opposite revelations is particulars of Jones’ tactical determination to withhold info from his personal gamers in regards to the harm to captain Will Skelton as a result of he didn’t need the news to be leaked to reporters.
Now footage from the beginning of Jones’ tenure exhibits how hole his pep-talks have been.
Speaking forward of the staff’s first coaching camp session collectively after he changed former coach Dave Rennie.
That pep discuss included a baffling risk made to gamers utilizing a prop cattle prodder.
“Have a look at this room. You can see how much talent is in this room,” he stated in addressing his total squad of gamers.
“How many good players there are in Australian rugby. Talent’s not the issue. The issue is how do we come together as a team and the sort of rugby we play.
“What you have here boys is an opportunity to do something no Australian side’s ever done. Australia’s never won in Pretoria. You’ve got an opportunity to win the Bledisloe Cup back, we haven’t won that for 21 years. We’ve got to win that back and to win the World Cup.”
That’s when he pulled out the cattle prodder to let his gamers know his intention to push them.
“We’ve got 145 days to get it right,” he stated.
“Today’s the first day of training before we become the greatest team Australia’s ever seen. If you’ve come here to get a sun tan, you’re mistaken. We’re training today to win test matches. Let’s rip in to everything we do. If you can’t run fast I’ve got this. That’s just a bit of an incentive, the cattle prodder.”
His feedback in regards to the facet having sufficient expertise to win the World Cup appears worse and worse with every day that passes after he walked out on Australian Rugby saying he was “set up for failure”.
The wily outdated fox was hammered by rugby commentators, together with Sonny Bill Williams, for choosing a younger, unproven staff for the World Cup and the picks blew up in his face.
Despite this Jones has at all times maintained he has no regrets about his heavily-criticised picks.
His actual views about his Australian gamers has been uncovered within the documentary along with his stinging criticism coming by means of in a dialog he had with veteran prop James Slipper following the Wales defeat.
“That’s the problem mate, we’ve got no hardness about us,” Jones tells Slipper.
“Game hardness is different to any sort of hardness, when you just stick in the f***ing game and do it. There’s none of that in Australian rugby now, and that’s where the big gap is, mate.
“If you look at those Welsh players, mate, they play 30 games a year, they’re hardened tough players, so they can just stick at it, and they know they’re going to do it. And we’ve lost that in Australian rugby.
“We’re not not tough, but we’re not trained to be tough now, and we’re not used to playing tough; like it’s an exception to play tough now rather than the norm. It stands out like dog’s balls, mate… it’s set up for failure, mate.”
Now it’s as much as new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt to wash up Jones’ mess.
All three episodes of the Stan Original Documentary Series The Wallabies: Inside Rugby World Cup 2023 premiere this Thursday February 22, solely on Stan.
Source: www.news.com.au
