Here’s your round-up of all of the latest rugby information for Wednesday, November 1.
Australia hits out at ‘unfair’ Jones feedback
Rugby Australia’s chief govt Phil Waugh believes Eddie Jones’ criticism of legendary trio Michael Hooper, Quade Cooper and Bernard Foley was “fully unfair”.
Before Jones departed the function as Wallabies head coach, he said the aforementioned trio, all of whom had been omitted from the squad for Australia’s disastrous Rugby World Cup marketing campaign, had been “previous the phases” of being good function fashions for the facet. However, Waugh has leapt to their defence.
“I feel it is a fully unfair remark,” Wallabies chief Waugh mentioned. “Across Michael Hooper, Quade Cooper, Bernard Foley, I feel there’s 280-300 Test matches between these three. They’ve all put their physique on the road over a protracted time period and are function fashions to not simply their friends however young girls and boys coming by the system.
“So I feel it’s a fully unfair remark in direction of these gamers, given what they’ve contributed to rugby.”
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Waugh additionally insisted he ‘feels the ache’ of the Wallabies’ dismal 2023 World Cup marketing campaign, however mentioned they will not rush into appointing a successor to Eddie Jones.
“The performances of the Wallabies – and that’s our shopfront window – haven’t been good enough,” he mentioned after confirming Jones’ departure. “So for all supporters, we really feel the ache. We really feel that accountability, we really feel like we have allow them to down. I apologise and I’ve completed that plenty of occasions, simply across the efficiency as a result of it has been bitterly disappointing.
“Now we need to move forward, with the same direction, the same vision and the same passion. We’ve got a lot of ground to make up, with building trust with our stakeholders, with the community.”
Outgoing All Blacks coach Ian Foster and former Wallabies boss Michael Cheika are simply a number of the early names talked about as potential successors to Jones, however Waugh insists a choice is not going to be rushed.
“Look, it’s all very raw. I think everyone’s a candidate,” he added. “We’re open to getting one of the best coach for our system and our workforce when it comes to prime quality.
“We want to make sure that we get the right panel together. Once we get that panel together, then run a process. Our next test is not till July next year. So we have time.”
Kolisi defends Barrett amid on-line trolling
South Africa captain Siya Kolisi has jumped to the defence of Jordie Barrett after the All Blacks star discovered himself the goal of trolls on social media.
Barrett copped abuse for a video that appeared to indicate him subbing a handshake from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa when receiving his silver medal on the trophy presentation on the finish of Saturday’s World Cup closing. The 26-year-old was a standout performer for his facet all through the competitors, however missed the prospect to kick a penalty over to place his facet in entrance late on.
South Africa returned to a heroes’ welcome on Tuesday, and Kolisi appeared to exit of his technique to defend Barrett from the warmth of criticism that has since gome his means. “After the game there was a video that went up on TikTok of Jordie Barrett and somebody thinks he didn’t shake the president’s hand and he’s been getting a lot of people being hard on him,” he mentioned.
“Obviously it’s robust shedding a World Cup closing and getting that on social media is just not good. I do know him personally and he’s somebody I do know very effectively – he’s not that sort of person. The video was taken in all probability after he shook the president’s hand and we simply needed to say we the South African workforce are absolutely behind him.
“We respect New Zealand rather a lot, they respect us rather a lot. So please let’s simply have fun. There’s nothing worse than shedding a recreation, then additionally being on social media getting all these messages. It’s actually been robust for him and clearly the workforce and his household. As a South African workforce we’re behind him.”
Parker hit with five-week ban
Cardiff Rugby prop Ciaran Parker has been hit with a five-week suspension following his crimson card within the defeat to Benetton.
Parker was dismissed within the 78th minute of the United Rugby Championship encounter final week after his shoulder linked with the chin of Simone Ferrari.
A disciplinary panel determined the offence warranted a six-week ban, though Parker’s responsible plea and subsequent apology was sufficient to cut back the ban to 5 weeks. Having picked up a crimson card again in January, additionally for head contact, no additional mitigation was utilized.
Parker started his ban in Saturday’s 16-9 win away to Dragons, and can now miss the conflict with the Scarlets this weekend, in addition to the fixtures with Bulls, Zebre and the Stormers.
Flanagan expects Dragons to coach with different sides
Dragons boss Dai Flanagan admits he expects his facet to coach with different groups because of the ongoing cutbacks within the Welsh recreation.
All 4 areas within the Welsh recreation are working with smaller squads for this marketing campaign, with respective budgets diminished to £5.2m every. Flanagan subsequently says his facet should “assume innovatively” about coaching strategies going ahead, together with the opportunity of coaching with different groups.
“We have gotten a platform to coach on Thursday the place we are able to prepare in opposition to one other 23, which is nice as a result of we have now solely acquired 28 match gamers,” he mentioned.
“In today and age with smaller squads, smaller budgets and the intent to get extra stabilised businesses, we have now to assume innovatively and that is what we are attempting to do.
“So we want an opposition for Thursday and thru a relationship we are able to get that. I do know the Ospreys spoke about it publicly in the summertime, about coaching in opposition to Cardiff a bit extra. We have gotten a possibility to go in opposition to 15 on Thursday which is able to put together us greatest for Munster.”
