Why Eddie handed Wallabies keys to ex-NRL star

Wallabies manager Eddie Jones has explained his decision to entrust his defence to Brett Hodgson despite the erstwhile NRL star's comparative deficiency of acquisition successful rugby.

Hodgson has signed connected a two-year declaration arsenic Wallabies defence manager and becomes the archetypal large portion of Jones' Rugby World Cup enactment unit puzzle.

Hodgson, 45, played 351 games successful the NRL and England's Super League and represented NSW successful six State of Origin games.

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England defence manager Brett Hodgson astatine Pennyhill Park. (Getty)

He past started a dual codification coaching vocation successful 2012, moving with Sale Sharks, Hull FC and Wests Tigers earlier joining Jones with England past year.

"Anyone who's watched rugby league volition cognize that helium was a good subordinate and helium played good supra his value and was bully capable to play State of Origin," Jones said connected his podcast Eddie.

"We've been successful interaction for possibly the past 4 oregon 5 years. And I deliberation he's going to bring thing a small spot antithetic successful defence for the Wallabies."

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Johnathan Thurston of Queensland tackles Brett Hodgson of New South Wales. (Getty)

Jones past further explained wherefore helium regularly targets ex-league players arsenic his adjunct coaches.

"Rugby national is similar rugby league with a contention astatine each play, for the shot and a contention astatine each restart. The signifier portion of the game, league and national is precise similar, successful that we're trying to get the shot guardant arsenic rapidly arsenic we can.

"And the opposition's trying to halt you getting the shot forward. So the league guys person been honed successful that country of the crippled and their quality to spot the item of the crippled is higher than a rugby coach. And I deliberation they conscionable bring a antithetic position to what we've been doing."

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"We saw young Tom Lynagh play for Queensland connected the weekend, did immoderate large things.

"Raced back, picked up a ball, bounced retired of 3 tackles and got his squad backmost connected the beforehand foot. Worked hard successful defence, didn't get galore attacking opportunities, but he's decidedly a subordinate of promise.

"And truthful those young 10s, they acquisition trouble astatine the commencement of their careers, but to get the champion retired of them, you've got to backmost them and it's 1 of those hard decisions for coaches connected however to backmost a young 10. Because erstwhile you enactment a young 10 in, you're going to suffer immoderate games. They astir larn done failure. Quade Cooper's different example. We had him successful Queensland, archetypal year, I deliberation we won 2 games.

"Then 4 years later, he's the champion 10 successful Super Rugby and has gone connected to person a fantastic career. There's inactive a spot much successful the vessel determination if Quade's listening.

"Ten is the astir hard presumption successful the crippled astatine the moment. It astir apt ever has been, but present with the enactment velocity it's harder than it's ever been.

"The 10 is nether changeless pressure. So it's that hard determination for the coach... you've got to support playing and instrumentality a spot of pain."

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JONES ON THE WARATAHS...

"Maybe they were a small spot emotionally overcooked for their archetypal game.

"That's ever a hard crippled against the Brumbies, you know, some teams, arsenic we spoke astir past week, astir apt don't similar each different that much.

"It's the archetypal game, you've had 4 months and anticipation successful New South Wales is high.

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"There's a batch of hype astir and they get into the game, they're excited astir the game, they've had a large prep, and past it doesn't enactment retired that good for them...

"So they get deflated and past it's hard for them to travel backmost aft that.

"But I deliberation what we saw successful the past 10 oregon 15 minutes wherever they fundamentally fto spell of trying to beryllium cleanable and conscionable played the crippled with a spot of intent."

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