{"id":286776,"date":"2023-08-26T22:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T22:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=286776"},"modified":"2023-08-26T22:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T22:34:57","slug":"nik-simon-wallabies-boss-eddie-jones-is-taking-one-game-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/nik-simon-wallabies-boss-eddie-jones-is-taking-one-game-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"NIK SIMON: Wallabies boss Eddie Jones is taking one game at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NIK SIMON: Eddie Jones is taking one game at a time as his side prepare to take on France on Sunday but the Wallabies boss admits he has &#8216;no interest&#8217; in England who are &#8216;just another team for him now&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Australia play France on Sunday in their final game ahead of the World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eddie Jones&#8217; side take on Georgia on September 9 in their opening group match\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But Jones admits that &#8216;Rugby Union is a struggling sport currently in Australia&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2018What are you up to here?\u2019 says Eddie Jones, stepping out of Le Bar Bikini at Australia\u2019s team hotel in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>In the lobby, Steve Hansen is sitting in a quiet corner, deep in conversation with one of the backs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neal Hatley, England\u2019s former forwards coach, stops between meetings and explains how this was the place where designer Louis R\u00e9ard unveiled the bikini in the 1940s.<\/p>\n<p>But there is no time for sunbathing. The Wallabies are scrambling to prepare their young team for the World Cup. Australia are yet to win a game since Jones took over at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We can chat for a couple of minutes if you\u2019re quick,\u2019 says Jones. He talks about the buzz during his first couple of days in the French capital, seeing footage of the hosts every time he flicks on the TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/23\/74757291-12449269-Eddie_Jones_pictured_Australia_side_are_set_to_take_on_France_on-a-16_1693087216376.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Jones&#8217; (pictured) Australia side are set to take on France on Sunday in their final Rugby World Cup warm up match\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/23\/74757327-12449269-The_Wallabies_have_26_players_in_their_33_man_squad_that_have_pl-a-17_1693087216377.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies have 26 players in their 33 man squad that have played under 10 Tests, and Jones says this is a &#8216;deliberate&#8217; plan to help &#8216;regenerate Australian rugby&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The atmosphere will be electric and it\u2019s going to be the most competitive World Cup we\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With Australia, 26 of the 33 have played under 10 Tests. We\u2019ve deliberately gone down the path of regenerating Australian rugby. I\u2019d be a liar to say I didn\u2019t feel like it was daunting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At the same time, there\u2019s probably two young teams in the top eight and that\u2019s us and France, so we\u2019re the teams with the most growth.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jones had just finished a press conference on Zoom, with no Australian journalists present in person. They will arrive in good time, but the low-key nature reflects the job he faces to build rugby\u2019s profile in his home country.<\/p>\n<p>A quieter life than England? \u2018It\u2019s no comparison, mate. We\u2019re a struggling sport at the moment in Australia and that\u2019s the opportunity we\u2019ve got.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jones is facing some familiar challenges in his new post. The churn of staff from his days with England has continued with coach Brad Davis recently leaving his post.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/23\/74757377-12449269-They_ll_take_on_France_who_have_an_equally_young_squad_but_are_f-a-18_1693087216377.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll take on France who have an equally young squad, but are fancied as one of the favourites to win the tournament &#8211; especially seeing as they are playing on home soil<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/22\/74757387-0-image-a-38_1693085724209.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies kick off their 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign against Georgia on September 9<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve upgraded our coaching staff. As much as you don\u2019t like coaches leaving, it\u2019s been a bonus for us. I get to work with a coach who I\u2019ve worked with for a number of years.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Australia face a daunting friendly against hosts France in Paris on Sunday, but Jones warns against reading too much into warm-up fixture results.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The big thing is that you don\u2019t know what each team\u2019s working on,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With Japan in 2015, we lost four of five warm up games because we were working on things that were going to help us beat South Africa. We\u2019re trying to create a new style of game that suits our players that maybe hasn\u2019t been played previously.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So, what does he make of England\u2019s performances? \u2018I\u2019m not interested in England, mate. I\u2019ve got no interest. I like the players, I like Steve Borthwick. But they\u2019re just another team for me now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12449269\/NIK-SIMON-Eddie-Jones-taking-one-game-time-prepare-France-Sunday-Wallabies-boss-admits-no-England-just-team-now.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NIK SIMON: Eddie Jones is taking one game at a time as his side prepare to take on France on Sunday but the Wallabies boss <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/nik-simon-wallabies-boss-eddie-jones-is-taking-one-game-at-a-time\/\" title=\"NIK SIMON: Wallabies boss Eddie Jones is taking one game at a time\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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