Eddie Jones is standing his ground and has pledged to turn around the Wallabies, despite a historically bad start to his second tenure in charge.
Jones, 63, fronted the media in Sydney on Tuesday morning, with speculation swirling he might be standing down to take a job in Japan.
Rushed back into the Australian job in a Rugby World Cup year back in January, Jones insisted he was in for the long haul for a sport that is on life support. Ruthlessly casting aside a number of experienced players, Jones opted for untested youth at the World Cup, seemingly with one eye firmly on the next edition on home soil.
“We came into the Wallabies with a short preparation time, I had to make quick decisions on what we do, I made a decision we have to go with youth, that’s the best option for Australia going forward.“The results in the World Cup weren’t what we hoped, but I still think we made the right decisions there.On the eve of the World Cup, Jones had a famously combative press conference, where he blasted the negativity coming from the media and suggested they all need to “give themselves an uppercut”.
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