Eddie lands another jab on 'horse guy' V'landys

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Wallabies manager Eddie Jones has taken different cheeky swipe astatine Peter V'landys, pretending to hide the NRL boss' sanction connected the season-opening variation of Rugby Heaven connected Stan Sport (live from 7pm AEDT connected Thursday).

Jones was spruiking the accidental successful beforehand of the Wallabies astatine this year's Rugby World Cup and couldn't assistance but instrumentality a changeable astatine V'landys portion helium was astatine it.

"It's the 3rd biggest sporting lawsuit successful the world, it's a accidental to correspond your country, you've got everyone successful Australia watching it, isolated from the rugby league bloke, what's his name?" Jones asked erstwhile Wallabies Morgan Turinui and Justin Harrison.

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"Your mate V'landys?" Turinui replied.

"The equine guy?" Harrison inquired.

"Yeah, isolated from him everyone other volition beryllium watching it," Jones concluded, continuing a moving conflict betwixt the cantankerous pair.

Jones added that helium was apt to reprise a pre-World Cup roadworthy travel for the Wallabies, akin to his preparations backmost successful 2003.

"It's a large lawsuit and I reckon going to Darwin oregon going to Arnhem Land wherever you find the centre of wherever Australia started, it's a bully mode to bash it."

The ex-England manager besides admitted that he was experiencing "a hard period" successful uncovering the close assistants and enactment unit to articulation him this season.

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"No timeline mate, it's a hard period," Jones told Turinui.

"Everyone's successful a occupation and those retired of a occupation astir apt are a small spot hard to employ.

"So we're conscionable having a look astir to see however we tin get the close benignant of unit due to the fact that it's important to person the close benignant of coaches for this team.

"And I don't cognize the squad yet truthful I'm getting to cognize the players a small spot better.

"And we're successful the process of uncovering the close staff."

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