Read Eddie Jones’ VERY telling four-word explanation for why he quit the Wallabies – as he compares coaching the national team to ‘eating s**t’
- Jones is done less than 12 months into a five year contact
- Comes after disastrous Rugby World Cup
- Launches parting shot at Rugby Australian
Outgoing Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has fired a telling shot at Rugby Australia following his doomed World Cup campaign in France.
Jones’s second stint as Wallabies mentor was an unequivocal disaster, with just two wins at the World Cup resulting in Australia missing the quarter finals for the first time ever.
It made his position untenable with Jones and Rugby Australia negotiating an exit just 10 months into his five-year contract.
The decline of Australian rugby has been placed squarely at the feet of Jones by many supporters following the dismal World Cup outcome.
‘Worst Australian coaching signing in any sport that I have witnessed in my life,’ one posted.
‘Massive ego no humility, no respect, it’s always someone else’s fault with Eddie,’ added another.
Jones is finished as Wallabies coach less than 10 months into a five-year deal – and has launched a parting shot at Rugby Australia on his way out the door
Australia’s Samu Kerevi looks dejected after the Wallabies were thrashed in record fashion by Wales in their Pool C matchup at the World Cup
Fans are divided on the sacking of Eddie Jones, with some happy to see him walk and others fearing that the issues facing Aussie rugby union run much deeper
But Jones has blamed Rugby Australia for the sorry state of the Wallabies, with four simple words summarising what he believes went wrong.
‘No money, no strategy,’ he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
‘I gave it a run. Hopefully be the catalyst for change. Sometimes you have to eat s*** for others to eat caviar further down the track.’
Jones had plenty of supporters along those lines, with several fans maintaining Rugby Australia bears the brunt of the blame for the state of the sport down under.
‘RA just needed a fall-guy…..and Eddie turned out to be it,’ one posted.
‘So easy to blame Eddie he never had a chance, he tried to blood some young fellas that’s about it.’
Former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has defended Eddie Jones while lashing the governing body
The glory days of Australian rugby when a star-studded Wallabies side claimed the 1999 Rugby World Cup
Jones has been backed by former coach Alan Jones, who said the exiting Wallabies boss had been given an impossible task by those responsible for the decline of Australian rugby.
‘So Eddie Jones is gone, thrown under the bus by the person who, without doing any homework, made a ‘Captain’s Pick’ to choose Jones in the first place,’ he posted on social media.
‘That person is [Hamish] McLennan, the Chairman of Rugby Australia, who should be the first to go.’
However, MailSport columnist and England’s 2003 World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward torched Jones for comparing coaching the Wallabies to ‘eating s**t’ in his comments.
‘What a pathetic thing to say,’ Woodward said.
‘Every Australian I have spoken with is just shaking their head over the whole situation. But this outburst and especially Jones’ language has just poured oil on the flames.
‘It is really embarrassing for Rugby Australia.’
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Australian Rugby Union Hamish McLennan is also coming under fire
Former Wallabies flyer Tim Horan (pictured running the ball at the 1991 World Cup) has been vocal about the state of Australian rugby and wants to see accountability at the top
Diehard Australian rugby supporters who travelled to France for the World Cup (pictured) are hoping for better days ahead
While Jones has worn the brunt of criticism for the Wallabies poor run, Rugby Australia’s financial woes have been well documented.
It dates back to 2019 when the governing body was forced to shell out an $8million payout to end the bitter legal stoush with former fullback Israel Folau over his controversial sacking.
Covid lockdowns would then ravage the Super Rugby competition, with South Africa and Argentina sensationally walking away from the league.
Despite the coffers being drained, Rugby Australia shelled out $1.6million a year for NRL talent Joseph Sua’ali’i from 2024.
Back in August, former Wallaby Tim Horan said he believed two Australian clubs are in dire financial straits/
Another former Wallaby Stephen Hoiles declared that the Super Rugby model is fundamentally flawed, coinciding with the national body’s initiation of a ‘strategic reset’ for the sport.
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