Tough talking Eddie's only goal for World Cup

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Expect the Wallabies to triumph the Rugby World Cup.

That's the connection from Eddie Jones to fans upon landing connected location ungraded for the archetypal clip since being appointed Australian coach.

It's a bold call, but 1 which Jones is blessed to trumpet conscionable 9 months retired from this year's tourney successful France.

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After being fixed the footwear by England's Rugby Football Union, it was Rugby Australia who swiftly swept the 62-year-old nether its wing.

"I deliberation they should expect america to triumph mate," said Jones astatine Sydney International Airport.

"That's wherefore we're going to vie successful the World Cup and we've surely got a squad bully capable to win.

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"I'm highly honoured and humbled to manager Australia again," helium added.

"It's a large play coming up for Australian rugby opening with the World Cup successful 2023, truthful 9 months we've got to get the ft to the pedal and get connected with it."

What beingness is similar nether Eddie Jones

It's a 'build it and they volition come' attack for Jones who believes the Wallabies' marque of rugby, engaging with the community, and winning volition animate the country.

With a semipermanent declaration that volition spot him done to the 2027 Rugby World Cup successful Australia, it's a accidental to redeem himself aft his agonising 2003 defeat.

Jones volition person lone a fistful of opportunities astatine Test level to get the Wallabies up to velocity earlier the all-important tournament.

That'll spot them look South Africa and Argentina successful a condensed Rugby Championship earlier 2 Tests against New Zealand.

The All Blacks were a wobbly broadside astatine the champion of times successful 2022 and capitalising connected that is beforehand and centre of Jones' caput starring into the Rugby World Cup.

"We privation to get connected the beforehand leafage by winning," helium said.

"We privation to spot the headlines 'Wallabies triumph the Bledisloe Cup for the archetypal clip for 22 years'. That's the headlines we privation to see."

The situation up isn't mislaid connected Jones, who remains optimistic astir his side's chances.

"The astir breathtaking portion of this is we've got a batch of enactment to do," said Jones.

"There's a large accidental here. You tin consciousness there's a definite magnitude of goodwill astir wanting the squad wanting to bash good and we've got to marque definite we capitalise connected that."

Jones' enactment begins astir immediately, heading to the Sydney Sevens with Rugby Australia.

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