Why legend is 'nervous' about first Eddie Test

With the Brumbies knocked retired of the Super Rugby Pacific rubric race, the absorption of Australian rugby fans present turns to the opening Wallabies Test connected July 9 (AEST).

The clash with the satellite champion Springboks successful Pretoria kicks disconnected the truncated Rugby Championship and is the archetypal Test of Eddie Jones' 2nd coming arsenic Wallabies coach.

Jones volition person taken immoderate bosom from the competitiveness of the Brumbies successful the 19-6 semi-final nonaccomplishment to the Chiefs but yet again the Super Rugby champion volition travel from New Zealand arsenic the defending champion Crusaders sojourn Hamilton for the decider.

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Australian teams are present 0-16 successful Super Rugby finals games connected New Zealand ungraded and you person spell backmost to Michael Cheika's 2014 Waratahs to find a non-Kiwi winner.

"I'm excited but besides tense astir this archetypal Test match," Wallabies fable Tim Horan said connected Stan Sport.

"It's truthful hard to triumph implicit successful South Africa. Last twelvemonth I thought it was 1 of the champion Test matches I've seen for the Wallabies, down determination successful Adelaide (in a 25-17 win).

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"It was unthinkable and conscionable the mode the Springboks then, the pursuing week, they bounced backmost successful Sydney (in a 24-8 win)

"The clashes betwixt these 2 sides are enormous. But 52,000 radical implicit connected the Highveld successful Pretoria (at Loftus Versfeld). Very hard spot to win."

The All Blacks won the 2022 Rugby Championship, sharing a 4-2 grounds with South Africa but collecting an other bonus point.

The Wallabies finished 3rd with a 2-4 grounds and Jones volition request an contiguous show betterment aft dramatically replacing Dave Rennie successful January.

"You've got to beryllium confrontational against the Springboks, particularly up front. Eddie Jones knows that. What backrow bash you prime for the Wallabies?" Horan added.

"Do you permission Michael Hooper connected the seat and prime Langi Gleeson and (Rob) Valetini and Pete Samu arsenic your backrow, Lachie Swinton arsenic well, a large assemblage player. So Eddie Jones has got a fewer much weeks yet but it's going to beryllium a cracking Test match...

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"And precise quickly, a week later, you're successful Sydney against Argentina (on July 15).

"That's the 2 matches wherever Eddie Jones starts tinkering with his team.

"Post those 2 games, you've got to prime and instrumentality moving towards the World Cup."

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