Rennie sacked by Wallabies for Eddie Jones

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Dave Rennie has been sacked arsenic Wallabies manager successful a sensational determination to bring Eddie Jones backmost for the Rugby World Cup.

Rugby Australia confirmed the bombshell determination connected Monday morning, with Rennie axed and Jones brought successful connected a five-year deal. to pb Australia to the adjacent 2 World Cups.

The RA connection confirmed that Jones would besides oversee the Wallaroos program.

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"It is simply a large coup for Australian Rugby to person the champion manager successful the satellite instrumentality location to manager the iconic Wallabies and to oversee the Wallaroos program," RA president Hamish McLennan said successful a statement.

"Eddie's heavy knowing of our Rugby strategy and cognition of our subordinate radical and pathways volition assistance the squad to the adjacent level.

"Eddie instinctively understands the Australian mode of playing rugby – this represents an accidental to unafraid a manager of immense expertise and acquisition astatine the biggest competitions, and we did not privation to miss it."

Jones was axed by England past twelvemonth aft a fearfulness tally of results, and was instantly linked to a instrumentality to Australian rugby, though it was wide speculated that would beryllium successful a consultancy role, moving with Rennie.

However, neither Rennie nor Jones appeared comfy to enactment with the other, starring Jones to publically region himself from a return.

Rugby Australia's determination to prehend the infinitesimal and bring Jones backmost into the fold appears to person yet outgo Rennie his job. Having taken implicit the Wallabies 3 years ago, Rennie was ne'er capable to enactment unneurotic a sustained tally of affirmative results. In 2022 his Wallabies won conscionable 5 of 14 Tests.

Jones past coached the Wallabies successful 2005, with Rugby Australia bringing his 4 twelvemonth stint to an extremity aft a nonaccomplishment to Wales astatine Millenium Stadium. Jones coached the Wallabies to the World Cup last successful 2003, losing successful agonising manner to England successful extra-time, with a Jonny Wilkinson field-goal separating the 2 sides.

He went connected to assistance South Africa to World Cup glory successful 2007 arsenic a method advisor, earlier returning to caput coaching with Japan and past England.

"It is simply a fantastic accidental for maine to beryllium capable to travel location to Australia and pb my federation to a Rugby World Cup," Jones said successful the RA statement.

"It is going to beryllium an immense play for Australian Rugby – arsenic a arrogant Australian, it is simply a large honour to beryllium capable to travel location and pb the nationalist squad during these years.

"The Wallabies squad is simply a truly talented radical of players with bully extent – if we tin person everyone acceptable and steadfast going into the World Cup this year, I americium assured that we tin spell to France and interruption the 24-year drought of winning the Rugby World Cup.

"I saw however gutsy the Wallaroos were successful the Rugby World Cup successful New Zealand past twelvemonth – it looks similar determination is simply a existent tone successful that radical that volition thrust the women's programme guardant up of their adjacent World Cup successful 2025.

"I americium truly looking guardant to getting backmost location and getting stuck in."

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