Eddie's serve for 'really poor' New Zealand Rugby

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Wallabies manager Eddie Jones has slammed New Zealand Rugby's handling of its All Blacks coaching transition arsenic "really poor."

Jones, who was fired by England past twelvemonth before taking Australia's reins from Dave Rennie this year, congratulated Scott Robertson connected his assignment this week for 2024 and beyond.

But the seasoned mentor had sympathy for incumbent Ian Foster, who volition manager the All Blacks astatine this year's Rugby World Cup successful France.

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Foster complained that the contestable coaching process would beryllium a distraction to the squad this twelvemonth and helium did not use to person his declaration extended.

"I deliberation it's truly mediocre however New Zealand Rugby person done it," Jones said connected his podcast Eddie.

"Ian Foster's present now, he's a bully man, a bully rugby antheral and he's fixed a batch to New Zealand Rugby arsenic adjunct manager and present caput coach. I conscionable deliberation the timing's inappropriate, starring into a World Cup, naming their manager beforehand conscionable causes different distraction they don't need. Maybe if they had their clip again they'd grip it a small spot otherwise but... that seems to beryllium the mode of the satellite now."

Rennie, who learnt of his axing via an aboriginal greeting Zoom telephone with Rugby Australia brag Andy Marinos, whitethorn rightfully rise an eyebrow astatine Jones' comments.

"Having experienced some sides of it myself, it's a changing satellite for nonrecreational coaches successful rugby and we're starting to determination towards that much shot exemplary of, 3 games aren't precise good, your 4th crippled amended beryllium bully oregon you won't beryllium successful the chair," Jones said.

"You get the telephone call, travel to training, the president wants to conscionable you astatine 8am. And you cognize it's not for avocado connected toast."

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For each of that, Jones believed that the coaching saga could person a galvanising effect connected the All Blacks.

New Zealand has slipped to 3rd connected the satellite rankings down Ireland and France and Jones pondered however they players would react.

"They privation to truly enactment unneurotic and and enactment for their coach," helium said.

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"But there's besides that societal media spot astir that's antithetic successful the crippled present and antithetic evidently successful life, that's putting antithetic thoughts successful the players' heads and that's hard to control... There volition beryllium other sound present with Robertson coming in.

"I saw a spot of the media league this greeting and they're (journalists) already asking 'what's going to beryllium different?' And truthful volition those questions beryllium offered to the players? They astir apt volition be, what's the effect they're going to have, no-one truly knows."

Former Wallabies Justin Harrison, Stephen Hoiles and Morgan Turinui besides debated the All Blacks concern connected Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven.

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"It feels weird, I've got to say," Harrison said.

"Here Hoilesy, bargain my car, you tin thrust it for the adjacent 4 months portion I ticker you bash immoderate you wanna bash with it and past I get to instrumentality the reins aboriginal on. It conscionable feels a bit, you know, cart earlier horse, doesn't it?"

Hoiles said it felt similar the NZR medication was nary longer stone coagulated but helium did not judge it would person a antagonistic interaction connected the All Blacks' World Cup chances.

"It's a seismic displacement successful the mode they bash things," Turinui noted.

"I deliberation they've got the close antheral astatine an unfortunate clip for them.

"Scott Robertson is decidedly the close prime arsenic the All Blacks coach. If they didn't person to name him, now, they wouldn't have, but they haven't been capable to hold due to the fact that of marketplace forces."

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