Eddie's massive World Cup call after 'devastating' loss

Wallabies manager Eddie Jones is assured Australia volition triumph the Rugby World Cup successful France contempt crashing to different nonaccomplishment against the All Blacks successful Dunedin connected Saturday.

The Wallabies led 14-0 aft a superb Bledisloe Cup commencement but were overrun by New Zealand successful the 2nd fractional of a 23-20 thriller arsenic attraction present turns to France.

Australia is 0-4 nether Jones successful 2023 with conscionable 1 warmup crippled remaining against France connected August 28 (AEST) earlier their World Cup opener against Georgia connected September 9 (AEST).

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Wallabies manager Eddie Jones talks to media. (Getty)

"100 percent. 100 percent," Jones replied erstwhile asked if Australia could regularisation the world.

"In information I deliberation we volition mate. If I could stake I would, but I deliberation you get into occupation if you bet."

Jones volition sanction his World Cup squad connected Thursday successful Darwin and said halfback Tate McDermott was a "strong candidate" to clasp the captaincy aft doing an "incredible job" successful his archetypal go.

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He has aggregate wounded concerns to chew implicit aft centre Samu Kerevi (hand) and hooker Dave Porecki (shoulder) joined prop Taniela Tupou (ribs), flanker Michael Hooper (calf) and hooker Jordan Uelese (knee) successful the casualty ward.

Jones doffed his headdress to the All Blacks for not throwing successful the towel.

"As overmuch arsenic I hatred New Zealand rugby, I've got large admiration for the mode they support astatine it. They support playing, they support doing the things they're bully at, they enactment hard successful the contest, they support going. For us, we don't privation to hide that feeling today," helium said.

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"That's a truly important feeling we person contiguous due to the fact that we've got a devastated radical of men successful there. But if we larn from it, it's going to beryllium the astir potent lesson, it's going to beryllium much than a PhD from the University of Otago."

The Wallabies person not beaten the All Blacks successful New Zealand since 2001 erstwhile Jones was successful his archetypal stint arsenic manager and this was different aureate accidental missed arsenic Quade Cooper knocked connected precocious and Carter Gordon deed the station with a kick.

"I couldn't accidental I'm blessed mate. Four losses are 4 losses," Jones said.

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"But are we making progress? You know, sometimes the effect expanse doesn't bespeak what you're really doing and that's hard for radical to understand.

"I deliberation we're decidedly moving successful the close absorption but we've got to triumph games mate."

Jones lavished praise connected flanker Tom Hooper, prop Pone Fa'amausili, fullback Andrew Kellaway and five-eighth Gordon for their efforts astatine Forsyth Barr Stadium.

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He besides cheekily weighed successful the destiny of All Blacks manager Ian Foster, who volition beryllium replaced by Crusaders supremo Scott Robertson aft the World Cup.

"Fozzie is evidently doing a bully job, but I saw him astatine Centrelink the different day," Jones said.

"I was having a look myself due to the fact that I thought if we suffer 4 games, I mightiness request a job. So I saw him determination putting his exertion in...

Eddie Jones and Ian Foster aft the 2022 gully betwixt England and New Zealand astatine Twickenham. (Getty)

"When you've had a agelong play of clip wherever we've been unsuccessful, you alteration the coaches, you alteration the players - there's thing much intrinsically incorrect and that's for Rugby Australia to person a look at."

Former Wallabies fastener Justin Harrison said Australia were connected the close trajectory nether Jones contempt the duplicate losses to New Zealand connected the backmost of beatings by South Africa and Argentina.

"Let's instrumentality ourselves each the mode backmost to Pretoria (a 43-12 nonaccomplishment to the Springboks)," Harrison said connected Stan Sport.

Braydon Ennor of New Zealand fends disconnected Jordan Petaia of Australia. (Getty)

"No power, nary presence, physicality nowhere, acceptable portion each implicit the shop. That was vastly antithetic today. That's what we privation to spot erstwhile you propulsion a jersey onto your skin.

"Of people we privation a win. We're aggravated arsenic a nation... but 20 each with 1 infinitesimal to go, we didn't expect that and that's a affirmative sign."

The All Blacks volition sanction their World Cup squad connected Monday successful Napier.

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