Blunt Jones gives verdict on Wallabies call

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A Wallabies coaching imagination squad of Eddie Jones and Dave Rennie won't go a world astatine the Rugby World Cup with some men emphatically shooting down the idea.

Jones, the erstwhile Australia and England coach, was asked by The Guardian whether helium would see moving with Rennie and the reply was crystal clear.

"I'm not an adjunct coach, mate. I'm not funny successful that benignant of job," Jones said.

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Rennie besides told reporters connected Monday that determination was nary accidental of him moving with Jones this year.

"We've had nary discussions astir that," Rennie said.

"There's nary program to marque alterations to the coaching radical astatine this stage. I haven't spoken to (Rugby Australia chairman) Hamish (McLennan) and I haven't spoken to (RA main executive) Andy (Marinos) astir it. My presumption is we're going to propulsion on...

"There's a just spot of speculation astir a batch of things but my absorption is connected this radical and the World Cup.

"Anything other happening beyond that volition beryllium clarified implicit the adjacent fewer months."

Rennie is disconnected declaration aft the 2023 World Cup successful France and has been linked with a determination to Japan.

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He said nary woody had been confirmed.

"All I'll accidental is I haven't signed with Kobe," Rennie said.

"My absorption is wholly here. We've spent a large chunk of December erstwhile we got backmost doing reviews and World Cup planning. What happens beyond 2023 volition astir apt beryllium a spot clearer successful the adjacent fewer months."

What is wide is that the Wallabies volition beryllium without Scott Wisemantel for the World Cup after the highly regarded adjunct manager announced his astonishment resignation connected Friday.

"It's a monolithic disappointment," Rennie admitted.

"He's a helluva manager and a large man. We were discussing it successful December.

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"In this game, you walk an tremendous magnitude of clip distant from home. He's been doing that for a fig of campaigns with England astatine the past World Cup, Japan anterior to that, Samoa anterior to that and Australia anterior to that.

"It's hard to regenerate that benignant of experience. We recognize helium had to marque a committedness to his family. It's the close determination for him.

"We'll enactment done that process implicit the adjacent fewer weeks."

Jones, meanwhile, told The Guardian that helium had "a mates of bully options" for his adjacent coaching gig aft being sacked by England past year.

"I'm getting to the signifier of talking contracts truthful I'll marque a determination successful the adjacent mates of weeks," the Australian said.

"They person precise antithetic aspects and the determination volition beryllium made connected wherever I consciousness I could marque the astir publication implicit the adjacent 4 oregon 5 years."

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