'Everything's shaken up': Legend's take on Eddie

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The large Australian rugby brains spot of Eddie Jones and Stephen Larkham volition beryllium reunited astatine the improbable venue of Exies Sports Club successful Griffith connected Saturday.

The Brumbies vs Waratahs Super Rugby proceedings crippled volition beryllium a debased cardinal matter to commencement a precocious stakes twelvemonth for 2 men trying to reconstruct the Aussie crippled to its erstwhile glories.

It volition beryllium Jones' archetypal accidental to tally the regularisation implicit immoderate young endowment successful idiosyncratic since reclaiming his Wallabies coaching occupation from Dave Rennie successful melodramatic fashion.

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And Larkham volition beryllium keen to impressment his erstwhile mentor successful what is besides his 2nd spell astatine the helm of the Brumbies, pursuing a stint with Irish nine powerhouse Munster.

"Bringing idiosyncratic similar Eddie successful is ever going to beryllium bully for the program. From the players' position determination was astir apt a comfortableness level determination with Dave," Larkham said.

"Everything's been shaken up and everyone volition beryllium connected borderline a spot - everyone knows Eddie's going to beryllium watching those games. It adds a spot of spice into the mix."

Wallabies code 'shock' coaching change

Two afloat decades person passed since Larkham was Jones' connected tract wide for a Wallabies broadside that mislaid the 2003 Rugby World Cup last successful heartbreaking fashion.

And determination remains a anticipation they could enactment unneurotic successful a coaching capableness astatine this year's World Cup successful France, with Jones yet to denote his acceptable of assistants.

Former Wallabies backs manager Scott Wisemantel - who worked with Jones successful England - resigned successful January.

What beingness is similar nether Eddie Jones

"I'm a large instrumentality of Eddie," Larkham said.

"I played nether him and person been successful interaction ever since. I'm looking guardant to sitting down with him and going done the programme - get immoderate of that cognition retired of his head."

Both the Brumbies and Waratahs volition beryllium without their Wallabies stars for the opening proceedings match.

With the large guns sidelined, Larkham has fixed caller recruits Jack Debreczeni, Tamati Tua, Ben O'Donnell and Corey Toole starts to showcase their attacking talents successful the run-on team.

BRUMBIES (15-1): Declan Meredith, Ben O'Donnell, Ollie Sapsford, Tamati Tua, Corey Toole, Jack Debreczeni, Ryan Lonergan, Charlie Cale, Rory Scott, Ed Kennedy, Tom Hooper, Jack Wright, Tom Ross, Connal McInerney, Fred Kaihea

WARATAHS (15-1): Max Jorgensen, Nemani Nadolo, Harry Wilson, Tane Edmed, Dylan Pietsch, Ben Donaldson, Harrison Goddard, Will Harris, Charlie Gamble, Lachie Swinton, Taleni Seu, Ned Hanigan, Archer Holz, Mahe Vailanu, Tetera Faulkner

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