'No way' Eddie's leaked teams were an accident

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All Blacks fable Andrew Mehrtens believes determination is "no way" Eddie Jones' leaked Wallabies squad lists were an accident, saying the manager is "too wily for that".

The Wallabies manager acceptable tongues wagging successful Super Round erstwhile an eagle-eyed Twitter idiosyncratic snapped a photograph of Jones taking notes astatine AAMI Park.

The representation appeared to amusement Jones' preferred archetypal and 2nd Test lineups connected Super Rugby Pacific form.

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The archetypal squad included: James Slipper, Dave Porecki, Allan Alaalatoa, Darcy Swain, Cadeyrn Neville, Rob Valetini, Michael Hooper, Langi Gleeson, Nic White, Noah Lolesio, Lalakai Foketi, Len Ikitau, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Max Jorgensen and Tom Wright.

And the 2nd squad included: Tom Robertson, Folau Fainga'a, Pone Faamausili, Jed Holloway, Nick Frost, Pete Samu, Liam Wright, Fraser McReight, Harry Wilson, Tate McDermott, Lynagh, Ben Donaldson, Suliasi Vunivalu and Reece Hodge.

"I deliberation there's nary mode it was a slip. He's excessively wily for that," Mehrtens said connected Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven.

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"Nothing happens by chance... I deliberation everybody knows what Eddie's thinking."

Former Wallaby Morgan Turinui - who played nether Jones - besides believed it was imaginable caput games from the maestro of media manipulation.

"You ne'er cognize 100 per cent whether it was deliberate," Turinui said.

"Was it Marty Cambridge, the Wallabies media feline taking the photograph of the database down him successful the stand? Then abruptly immoderate burner relationship puts it out.

"I've ne'er seen Eddie constitute that large and that legible ever. So possibly it was."

On a much superior note, erstwhile Wallaby Stephen Hoiles felt it was bittersweet that it mightiness unit Jones distant from the communal people portion watching games.

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"I similar the information that the nationalist manager goes and sits successful the stands and talks with the punters. I anticipation helium inactive does it," Hoiles said.

"But if that was genuine and that's his database that's been leaked, your nationalist manager isn't going to beryllium successful the stands, he's going to spell and fell successful the firm container and radical won't spot him. The effect to him successful the stands successful the aboriginal portion of the rounds has been truly positive. And if that's accusation helium doesn't privation to fto go, we don't cognize if helium does oregon doesn't. But he'd beryllium sitting, he'd beryllium hiding now.

"That's what he'd beryllium doing to support that getting out."

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Jones besides addressed the leaked squad sheets connected his ain podcast, Eddie.

He played down the value of the names helium had scrawled.

"I'm ever doing selection. That enactment volition person 45 drafts," Jones said.

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"I don't cognize what went connected Twitter but by the clip I finished I was already up to draught four. It's rather inconsequential. But you can't spot anyone these days. Sometimes I'm excessively trusting. I was conscionable sitting retired determination with the punters due to the fact that I similar to beryllium retired with them.

"I was successful betwixt watching a crippled and it wasn't truly capturing maine truthful I decided I'd bash thing a spot utile and conscionable scribbled down immoderate names. Since that draught has been written I've done different 3 oregon 4 drafts.

"As we get adjunct coaches successful and we physique the coaching staff, we'll physique that squad up. Well done to that fan, they should get a wrap. I'm definite they're fashionable connected Twitter for their 19 seconds of fame."

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