Australian players provided highlights for the Barbarians in a defeat to Wales in Cardiff but there was no love for the recently departed Wallabies coach.
Eddie Jones and his Wallabies have ridden again in the guise of the Barbarians - but, alas, the result was just the same for rugby’s favourite pantomime villain.amid a rare old tumult, Jones was back to oversee 10 of his former Wallabies in the famous invitation side on Sunday to play Wales in Cardiff but ended up presiding over a 49-26 defeat.Getty
In truth, Jones probably got more out of his hastily-assembled side, who showed plenty of the famed Baa-baas’ attacking style, than what he squeezed from Australia in France.And, ironically, his black-and-white hooped Wallabies really shone, with the excellent Tom Hooper scoring one of their four tries, replacement prop Angus Bell’s rampaging run and try assist-kick leading to another and Rob Valetini thundering around to great effect.
“I want to thank the crowd, the people who’ve been coming here for 18 years and spend their hard-earned money to watch Wales through the good times and the bad,” said Jones, smiling that the man-of-the-match award was “a bit of tokenism” but he’d accept it gracefully anyway.
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