Eddie Jones says Australia's rugby system is broken, as he prepares to coach the Barbarians in their clash with Wales.
Eddie Jones will be reunited with eight of his World Cup Wallabies when he takes charge of a Barbarians invitation team in Cardiff —Jones said he believes the rugby system in Australia is broken, and he had been trying to fix itAnd in his first public appearance since his resignation on Monday, Jones told reporters he believed his job as Australia coach would have been compromised had he stayed in the role.
Jones has picked six players — Rob Leota, Rob Valetini, Angus Bell, Tom Hooper, Ben Donaldson and Andrew Kellaway — who featured in the record 40-6 hiding by Wales that sealed Australia's fate at the World Cup. "Post-World Cup there was always going to be a decision to be made whether we were going to change Australian rugby or not," Jones said when asked about his resignation."When the unity of where we were going wasn't the same — not because of the lack of desire from Rugby Australia but there's other forces at play — then the only thing I could do was resign.ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation.
The emotional focus in Cardiff will be on the send-off for the great lock Alun Wyn Jones, who will captain the Barbarians against the team he led with such distinction while earning a record 158 Welsh caps.SportMaxwell to miss World Cup clash with England after falling from golf cartFormer Opal Renae Garlepp on climbing the coaching ladder and overcoming fear
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