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Eddie Jones reveals Wallabies will wear white in France

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Eddie Jones has revealed the Wallabies will wear their new white jerseys in a World Cup warm-up match against France in August in response to new international guidelines to help colour blind supporters.

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The Wallabies cannot wear their famous gold against Portugal in one of their World Cup pool matches in France and in preparation will wear white against the French in an effort to get used to the colour.

Jones told ABC News Radio sport reporter Catherine Murphy: “We just have to make sure the players are used to it. The big thing with colours is you have to be used to them, you have to be able to identify your teammates very quickly.

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“It’s not our choice, it’s forced on us by the organisers of the World Cup. I don’t worry about things we can’t control. It’s there so we’ll make the best of it.”

Australian rugby union is facing flak from its league rivals over players switching codes but Jones opted to side step the latest flare up. Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’I is moving to rugby union for the 2025 season, and Broncos Payne Haas has also become involved in the row.

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“I’m not involved in that (Haas) and, to be honest, with that I don’t have any interest other than watching and enjoying NRL. I’m only interested in the next five months. We have a smash and grab, we have to get our team together, we have to work out a way to play together and to win — firstly in Pretoria, where Australia has never won in the history of the game.

“He (Haas) is not going to play in that game so I don’t really have much interest.”

“I don’t read those headlines and I don’t take too much notice of it. I think it’s fantastic for sport to have a little bit of rivalry. I’m sure some people find it amusing and others find it boring.”

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Jones held his first training camp as Wallabies coach last month and brandished a cattle prod having said he may need one for underperforming rugby league convert Suliasi Vunivalu.”The cattle prod worked. It gives you a bit of a shock, the cattle prod. He did really well but it’s like any other player, there’s massive competition in that wing spot,” added Jones.

“We’ve got Mark [Nawaqanitawase] from New South Wales, we have young [Max] Jorgensen, we have [Marika] Koroibete who we caught up with on Monday.

“There’s huge competition for those wing spots and for Suli (Vunivalu) it’s about keeping improving, keep working on his game, getting a little bit fitter, getting more touches of the ball.We know he’s a great player and he’s moving in the right direction.”

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Willie 646 days ago

What would be wrong with green and gold HOOPS?

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Anand 646 days ago

First it was about black n whites
Then about LGBTQWXYZ
now it's colour blindness

It should only be about sports and having one represent their country.

Also, for those who don't know - colour blind people only have problems distinguishing between certain colours - they are not totally blind 🦯

I spoke to some colour blind people and they think it's utter nonsense

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RedWarrior 22 minutes ago
Many England fans echoing the same gripe following Six Nations loss

The English defense was excellent in the first half. This is considering Ireland's attack has improved significantly since the Autumn with former Leinster attack coach Goodman. Ireland were beaten by NZ in the Autumn, are behind SA and arguably behind France so de facto 4th in order (rankings take time to catch up) As Eddie Jones said Ireland are still in that elite group so England's domination in the first half is noteworthy.

I believe they have spent the time since the Autumn largely on defence. On broken play they were relying on Smiths instint along with some jiggery pokery. For Smiths early line break a Twindaloo blocked Baird which left the gap for smith. It looked like he did Aki, but Baird was a little late arriving and clever play by Tom Curry allowed the gap for Smith. Earls line break was Smith spotting Baird coming out and beating him with a beautiful pass to Earl.

We saw the rehearsed plays for a couple of Ireland's tries. The Aki try was just identifying that England tended to hide Smith on the wing creating a vulnerability which Ireland exploited with one of Akis great finishes.

Although Ireland were relaxing at the end the two English tries were good enough quality and we may see more of it next week (Scotland will also have taken note).

Although on the easier side of the draw Borthwick almost took England to a RWC final.

But in common with the top4 you need to have firepower to get those tries in big games. Can Borthwick manage that? I don't think so.

Next week even if England have a great first half again, you would be looking at France converting 3 of those Irish chances and pushing on after the break.

Can Borthwick develop a plan to beat France in the next few years. If the answer is no England need to find someone who can.

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