All Blacks 'scared' of Wallabies under Jones

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All Blacks fable Kieran Read says the Eddie Jones Wallabies are a "scary proposition" though helium doesn't spot them winning large games astatine this year's Rugby World Cup.

Read, the erstwhile All Blacks captain and a two-time World Cup winner, knows archetypal manus what Jones tin execute - losing to his England broadside successful the 2019 semi-finals successful Japan.

That daze World Cup nonaccomplishment ended Read's illustrious vocation and helium reminded New Zealand viewers of the menace connected The Breakdown, which tin beryllium streamed connected Stan Sport.

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Jones besides masterminded Australia's 2003 World Cup semi-finals upset of the All Blacks.

"It's a scary proposition. He is simply a satellite renowned manager astatine planetary level. What helium did with England erstwhile helium archetypal took implicit them, they didn't suffer for 16 (17) games, truthful helium has that contiguous impact," Read said.

"That could surely revive a spot of what Australia tin do. I don't spot them going connected and winning large games successful a World Cup, but helium volition person an interaction connected them."

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Former New Zealand sevens prima Karl Te Nana besides believed Jones would get contiguous betterment retired of a squad ranked seventh successful the satellite - 4 spots beneath the All Blacks.

"Everywhere he's gone to, the adjacent 12-16 months he's improved the teams that he's gone to, and we cognize helium goes alright astatine a World Cup," Te Nana said.

"I'm frightened due to the fact that these Aussies person already shown america that erstwhile they get it right... successful Melbourne (last year), they should person tipped america up, let's beryllium honest. I'll beryllium funny due to the fact that Eddie is aged school, and it'll beryllium absorbing to spot however these newer players successful Australia accommodate oregon respond to Eddie's ways."

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Because of the World Cup, the Bledisloe Cup volition beryllium contested implicit conscionable 2 Tests this year, successful Melbourne and Dunedin.

Jones has already dared to imagination of lifting the prized silverware successful Dunedin, arsenic helium did successful his erstwhile stint with the Wallabies mode backmost successful 2001.

Sir John Kirwan was besides wary of the canny manager - who replaced him arsenic Japan brag successful 2012 - but questioned the level of Australia's subordinate pool.

"They volition play to their maximum, but I don't cognize if they've got the cattle," Kirwan said.

"He got a lasting ovation erstwhile helium walked successful (at Allianz Stadium past weekend), he's the biggest superstar implicit there. They emotion him. Eddie and I spell mode back, helium volition not permission 1 chromatic unturned and helium volition person that squad fizzing.

"He doesn't request immoderate injuries, and he'll astir apt find a mates of league players oregon a mates of passports astir the place, and he'll effort and marque the strongest squad possible."

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