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Rugby Australia certainly have started 2023 in style, with the controversial coaching appointment of Eddie Jones as head coach.
Dave Rennie has been sent as a castaway to find a new land, while a previous castaway has returned to these shores.
Questions needs to be asked of RA, such as if this is a way to deflect unneeded attention that they have attracted, as well as why it’s a five-year contract when two or three years would have been more valid based on performance, and building genuine depth and a strong culture.
Jones will benefit from Rennie building depth and a united group of players, but discipline is a major problem that needs fixing.
England had discipline issues under Jones and he struggled to progress the team recently, so will coming home refresh him and his thinking?
Overall Jones was the most successful England coach, but many assistant coaches were either sacked or walked during his tenure, ex-players spoke of his military type of training, while clubs complained their players were injured and couldn’t play for them.
Since the 2019 World Cup, England have become stagnant compared to France and Ireland, with losses frequent. This should not happen with England’s resources and financial power.
Now that Jones has been welcomed back, one wonders if RA understand him as much as they should? RA might think that they can control Jones which is naive.
There is going to be a clash of egos and only one will come out on top,
Jones talks straight and will not bow, RA might just have appointed their worst nemesis and he could hold them accountable for their own failings.
Rennie was a more compliant man, while Jones is a gunslinger who shoots from the hip.
Like him or not Eddie Jones will not be restricted by those above him. A new dawn is here so I hope RA are up for the fight!
Whoever comes out on top, lets just hope the Wallabies and their supporters are the real winners.
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