Jones' cheeky response as Wallabies eye glory

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With 7 months to spell until the Rugby World Cup, returning manager Eddie Jones has dismissed immoderate suggestions that determination won't beryllium capable clip to crook the vessel around.

"We've got plentifulness of time," helium said connected TODAY.

"We've got the time, which is capable - and Bob Dwyer who won the World Cup successful '91 ever utilized to say; 'if you can't alteration a squad successful a week, you can't coach'. We've got much than a week, truthful let's anticipation I tin coach."

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Rugby Australia announced the instrumentality of Jones, 18 years aft helium past coached the Wallabies successful 2005, handing him a five-year woody that volition instrumentality him done the adjacent 2 World Cups.

Jones said helium was 'excited' astir the imaginable of coming backmost to the helm of the Wallabies for the upcoming World Cup, arsenic good arsenic the 2025 Lions tour.

"It's a fantastic opportunity," helium said.

"It's bully to get the accidental to person different spell astatine the Wallabies and the assistance assistance Australian rugby to wherever we would similar it to be."

While he's feeling delighted astir the return, helium said there's nary clip to beryllium backmost and celebrate.

"That's a bully feeling - but there's a batch of enactment to bash and, you know, we're each going to person to get successful unneurotic from the assemblage clubs to the section clubs to Super Rugby and get the Wallabies winning again."

He knows there's nary casual fix, arsenic 2022 was 1 of the leanest years connected grounds for the nationalist squad - and the higher ups knew a alteration had to beryllium made aft an atrocious outpouring tour.

Jones said it won't conscionable beryllium the Wallabies that's a precedence - but each pathway starring to the highest level.

"There's a batch of systems that we tin look to customise for Australia to assistance marque definite that endowment comes through," helium said.

"Because there's a batch of talented players - similar astir countries, it's however you bring that endowment done to the apical level."

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