The Eddie Jones saga, making him Wallaby coach at the expense of Dave Rennie?

It is brutal but brilliant.

The brutal part, of course, is the staggeringly callous dismissal of Rennie, a good man and a good coach. One week he is hosting a Wallabies camp, looking to the World Cup later this year in France. And the next week he is being dismissed at 6 o’clock in the morning, via Zoom, and within hours heading home to NZ. Did such a devoted coach and good man, deserve that brutality? He did not.

Against that? Well, against that, he was batting just a 38 per cent win-rate during his three years and 30 Tests in charge – the lowest in Wallabies coaching history.

Eddie Jones, meanwhile, the home-grown Messiah of world rugby coaching? His win rate with England over six years was 73 per cent – the highest in England’s rugby coaching history. In his time coaching England, he took a side that came third in its pool in the 2015 World Cup it was hosting, and won the next eighteen Tests straight with them. Before then, he did miracles with Japan, the highlight of which was defeating South Africa at that same World Cup.

And Eddie was suddenly available.

Wallabies coach Eddie Jones returned to Matraville High School.Credit:Brook Mitchell

So, going into this year, which one of those two is most likely to get the Wallabies to a World Cup Final, and maybe win the whole damn thing?

I’ll go first.

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The Eddie Jones saga, making him Wallaby coach at the expense of Dave Rennie?

It is brutal but brilliant.

The brutal part, of course, is the staggeringly callous dismissal of Rennie, a good man and a good coach. One week he is hosting a Wallabies camp, looking to the World Cup later this year in France. And the next week he is being........

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