Eddie's plot to 'steal the trophy' at World Cup

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Wallabies manager Eddie Jones says helium is "not astatine all" disquieted astir the information helium is yet to fastener successful immoderate assistants for what helium calls a "smash and grab" Rugby World Cup mission.

The World Cup kicks disconnected successful France successful September and Jones is bullish astir Australia's prospects after taking Dave Rennie's occupation successful melodramatic manner successful January.

Stephen Larkham has ruled retired reuniting with Jones portion Michael Maguire said helium decided to honour his committedness to Ricky Stuart arsenic a Raiders consultant.

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But portion Larkham declared himself a non-starter, Jones said borrowing a Super Rugby manager for a World Cup run remained a possibility.

"We haven't discounted thing astatine this stage," Jones said astatine Australia's Super Rugby launch, earlier dropping his jewel thief analogy.

"We've got a spot of a smash and drawback occupation truthful we request radical who tin bash a smash and drawback job. So this is similar a 9 and a fractional month, we've got to bash this.

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"There's a beauteous jewellery store astir the corner. We've got to get 4 oregon 5 coaches that tin enactment together, tin bring unneurotic a team, get successful there, bargain the trophy and get retired without getting caught. So they're the benignant of radical we need."

The demanding Jones was notorious for churning done adjunct coaches during his tenure with England but said helium wasn't bothered by the criticism.

He said determination was nary circumstantial timeline for wanting to fastener successful his coaching team, though the past 6-8 weeks of Super Rugby would beryllium important from a enactment perspective.

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Jones vowed helium would not inquire Super Rugby teams to play successful a peculiar way.

"We're not New Zealand, we're not Ireland, we're Australia. And truthful we person a narration with the Super Rugby coaches," Jones said.

"I privation them to play the benignant they privation to play. But what I privation to spot is the players play with that toughness. That privation to get better. That privation to assistance their teammates successful hard situations. That's what I privation to see."

JONES ON WHETHER HE WOULD LOOK TO BASE THE WALLABIES AROUND A PARTICULAR SUPER RUGBY TEAM...

"I'm decidedly a cohesion subscriber. But I don't power that. If there's 1 ascendant squad successful Super Rugby we tin person that, but if there's 2 ascendant teams past it volition beryllium antithetic and if there's 3 adjacent teams it'll beryllium different.

"So I don't power that. So I tin subscribe to that mentation but I don't power it."

JONES' OPINION ON SUPER RUGBY STANDARDS IN RECENT YEARS...

"COVID was a pugnacious period, I think. I don't deliberation the level was fantastic successful COVID, but surely this twelvemonth I deliberation there's a large accidental to person a precise coagulated competition."

JONES ON THE NEW LAW VARIATIONS IN SUPER RUGBY...

"I deliberation the full conception is right. We privation the crippled to be, we privation much shot successful play successful the game, we privation the crippled to person much continuity, we privation the fans to person a greater accidental to spot the crippled of rugby.

"So I deliberation it's precise positive. I was partially progressive successful it truthful I'm a large instrumentality of it... I deliberation it's great, mate. The much we enactment them nether unit successful Super Rugby the amended it is."

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JONES ON THE SIX NATIONS AND WHETHER THE GAME IS OPENING UP FROM AN ATTACK PERSPECTIVE...

"Not unless Wayne Barnes referees precise game, and I deliberation he's 45 truthful there's not overmuch accidental of that. Ireland are a precocious possession squad and Wayne tends not to referee everything to the letter, helium tends to referee the tone of the game, truthful helium gets a bully crippled of rugby.

"France are trying to play a small spot similar Toulouse and I deliberation they are strategically utilizing the Six Nations to make their game. Of people they privation to win, but I deliberation they're prepared to possibly beryllium a spot much exploratory astatine the moment.

"So we get this each the time, we get outliers; it's similar if you spell and thrust there's a percent accidental of having an mishap and the mean accidental is mean due to the fact that that's what happens. It's the aforesaid with the shot successful play; the shot successful play goes betwixt 30 and 35 minutes, you get outliers of 45, and you get 29 minutes against South Africa."

JONES' INPUT INTO MANAGING WALLABIES PLAYER WORKLOADS IN SUPER RUGBY...

"I deliberation the modern word for it is load management, is successful place. We'll support discussing that with the Super Rugby coaches. One of the cardinal aspects successful this play of clip is to make bully relationships with Super Rugby coaches.

"We've started that process truthful there's a load absorption successful place. There's definite tiers of players, but we'll support discussing that with the Super Rugby coaches."

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