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95 A stunned Dane Coles admitted to being "a spot speechless" erstwhile helium was told by a newsman that ex-All Blacks manager Steve Hansen had joined Wallabies campy up of the World Cup.
The Wallabies person added the 2015 Rugby World Cup-winning manager arsenic an advisor little than 3 weeks retired from their opening radical match, joining the swathe of enactment unit onboard to effort and interruption their 23-year drought.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Wallabies manager Eddie Jones asked Hansen to help out, arsenic they hole for their warm-up lucifer against France.
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Wallabies officials confirmed Hansen is successful camp earlier this weekend's lucifer and is expected to beryllium with Australia for astir a week.
When told astir the move, Coles couldn't fell his emotions.
"Yeah! Like, actually? Like successful camp benignant of set-up?" Coles asked.
"Yeah... Shag, what are you up to? That hurts a small bit, to beryllium fair.
"I'm conscionable gobsmacked. I cognize he's rather choky with Eddie, they're truly bully made, but he's a spot of an icon successful the All Blacks set-up.
"Yeah, I'm really a spot speechless. A spot disappointing but we can't bash overmuch astir that."
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Asked whether it "stings a little", Coles replied, "It does, benignant of, a bit, eh. He's a large man. I'm really gobsmacked. I thought you guys were having a spot of a laugh.
"He's evidently not successful (our) situation astatine the infinitesimal truthful we conscionable person to benignant of permission it and I accidental helium tin assistance retired Eddie.
"I anticipation helium doesn't archer Eddie each our secrets. He'll beryllium respectful, that's the main thing, which I deliberation helium volition beryllium to the All Blacks.
"I deliberation there'll beryllium nary problems. That's conscionable maine trying to process what you've conscionable said."
Hansen, who led the All Blacks to triumph implicit Australia successful the 2015 World Cup final, has a long-standing relationship with Jones and is not being paid by Rugby Australia for the week.
It's not an antithetic occurrence to spot coaches from different teams and codes sojourn the Wallabies. It's understood Hansen does not person an authoritative relation this week but is giving proposal to Jones erstwhile necessary.
Hansen has attended Wallabies grooming arsenic the squad prepares for their archetypal hit-out successful France.
The study states Hansen has introduced himself to Wallabies players and unit astatine training, however, helium has not worn authoritative Wallabies attire and it's unclear whether helium volition beryllium successful the container alongside Jones for the France game.
News of Hansen's engagement with the Australian squad is apt to beryllium met with daze from New Zealand rugby fans.
Hansen is adjacent friends with Ian Foster, who is successful complaint of the All Blacks astatine the World Cup.
"Eddie is simply a rugby antheral done and through, helium loves the game. He's quirky ... and helium has a monolithic enactment ethic," Hansen told The Sydney Morning Herald earlier this year.
"But underneath it each helium cares astir the crippled and the radical who are progressive successful it. He is simply a bully expert of the game.
"He has the quality to bring a radical unneurotic beauteous quickly. I conscionable bask his company. I similar talking rugby with him and helium has a bully consciousness of humour arsenic well. He likes a brew and a punt, and truthful bash I."
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