International Rugby

[Exeter 77]

Australia have been dire. Poor at every set piece, poor at the breakdown and poor kicking. There is something very amusing about Aussie fans walking out early.

[Gareth]

Eddie are you ok…are you ok Eddie

[Villa in Denmark]

And another try for Wales.

Oh dear, never mind, what a pity.

[PaulWinch again]

No sympathy whatsoever for Australia, Jones is a busted flush and they deserve everything they’ve gotten by appointing the dinosaur.

I don’t know if he’s a dinosaur. He’s been quite innovative, but he’s lost his way. He might be a busted flush, but he has been a hell of a coach.

[paul_e]

Australian rugby is a perfect storm right now, an RFU that are clueless, a team with huge gaps in quality, particularly in the front 5 and a manager who looks like a broken man.

Today was an abysmal performance given they needed to win to give themselves a chance of the QF.

[nigel]

No sympathy whatsoever for Australia, Jones is a busted flush and they deserve everything they’ve gotten by appointing the dinosaur.

I don’t know if he’s a dinosaur. He’s been quite innovative, but he’s lost his way. He might be a busted flush, but he has been a hell of a coach.

Agree Paul.
He’s also in charge of the poorest Australia I’ve seen (going back to the 70’s)
I think rugby union is in a terrible state, player wise, for them

[Jon Crofts]

No sympathy whatsoever for Australia, Jones is a busted flush and they deserve everything they’ve gotten by appointing the dinosaur.

I don’t know if he’s a dinosaur. He’s been quite innovative, but he’s lost his way. He might be a busted flush, but he has been a hell of a coach.

He was innovative 5 years ago, he perseveres with his favourites just like Southgate, he must have an amazing interview technique to land these jobs, according to many he’s already interviewed with Japan despite being under contract to Aus. Some Aussie press this morning is quite interesting, a well what did you expect attitude due to the game not being watched in Australia, nobody plays rugby and nobody cares about it. I find that hard to believe.

[Axl Rose]

The Aussies I work with are seething, Jon.

I don't even like rugby that much, but it's utterly hilarious to see.

[Jon Crofts]

Yep same with a couple of my Aussie mates, they’re blaming the Aussie RFU and Jones for leaving out some great players from his RWC squad. Like I said, he picks his favourites, his safe hands players like he did in the England job. Farrell, Youngs etc.

[paul_e]

Yep same with a couple of my Aussie mates, they’re blaming the Aussie RFU and Jones for leaving out some great players from his RWC squad. Like I said, he picks his favourites, his safe hands players like he did in the England job. Farrell, Youngs etc.

I think the squad selection issues are being overplayed by a lot of aussies to avoid the uncomfortable truth that they don't have the quality to compete with the best sides. The truth is that Skelton is the only front 5 player they have who'd get into the teams of anyone else in the top 7-8 in the world. They're ok in the backrow and have some quality in the backs (which is where the Jones issues come into play) but it's still a basic truth of the sport that you don't win much if you can't compete up front.

[Duncan Shaw]

Absolute car crash from the Aussies.  It's a bit of a travesty the way the draw halves have worked out that we will lose two of France/SA/Ireland/NZ in the quarters (I know Scotland could still do it, but they won't IMO).  Wales should have a relatively easy qtr final now.  England might struggle against Fiji again, but I think will manage to bore their way past them.

[AV84]

Jones, if nothing else, is still excellent at taking the attention away from the players and keeping it on himself.

[PaulWinch again]

Italy are getting absolutely obliterated.

[Axl Rose]

I thought Italy might give New Zealand a game...

[PaulWinch again]

Tuilagi’s defending there was embarrassing.