'The definition of insanity': Eddie Jones gets 'factual' on World Cup selections

Australia if you buy that tripe from Eddie then your as gullible as the town of Springwood buying the monorail in a hilarious episode of the Simpsons some years back, go look it up. Eddie was hired to put together a side to win the 2023 RWC and failed badly. He is now trying to tell you he was left with no other option but pick an untested youth team, BS! Experience over youth then surrounding youthful prodigies with experience. He's now trying to keep himself in a job that's going to take eight not four years. Enjoy the monorail. Suckers!

absolute nonsense EJ. Look at the number of players at RWC2023 who are well past 30 & still performing. U want to rebuild for RW Oz in 2027? Fine. should have done that after RWC2023, not during. unbelievable that someone with his experience with many teams and over many RWCs should miss this point

I would add that the definition of insanity is appointing Eddie over and over again with the same results

Dumb and dumber

All available information shows the value of experience in the RWC and you can manage youth and experience (see France, Boks, NZ, Ireland, etc) at the same time

Bullshit artist artisting bullshit, on repeat . . .

Factual and Eddie can't coexist in the same space.

ARU betrayed Rennie for this weasel
This debacle is down to them

I’ve always been a fan of QC and even more so in the twilight of his career, it would have been great for him (and Carter Gordon) to have been part of the wider group in France.

As for Carter Gordon, I hope he doesn’t fall into that category of players who are falsely labelled as having been spent early in their career as a result of having been made a scapegoat for the Wallabies’ failure to get out of their pool.

Often so much is made of young stars who have shown promise at club or provincial level, only to be discarded on the basis of one or two poor performances in their first few caps. It’s said that these players’ confidence was dashed by having to face the harsh reality of the step up to test rugby. I disagree; players like Gordon remind me of someone like Matthew Tait of England. He was picked up and dumped by Gavin Henson in his first cap and England were humiliated by Wales that day, he was made a scapegoat and for years pundits and the press claimed that his confidence was destroyed by that game. Nonsense. He wasn’t picked after that game, that’s why we didn’t get to see him develop into the player who went on to absolutely tear it up against SA in the 2007 final. England have a habit of doing this with quality players; Tait, Cipriani, Wade, Simpson, Simpson-Daniel, Radwan, Arundell, Quirke, Randall, Mercer, both Simmonds could and would have all had decent test careers if they had been picked regularly.

France have a totally different approach to talent. They stuck with N’Tamack for two years when the entire country was crying out for Jalibert who was already the finished article but instead what they got was two world class fly halves and N’Tamack continues to develop into what is likely to become one of the great fly halves of all time.

Returning to Eddie Jones, I think Matt below hits the nail on the head when he points out that Jones has failed to name-check Gordon. Jones seems to be one of those people who has lingered around big business and elite sports since the 80s, a man who revels in being aggressive and harsh on the basis that this confident and direct attitude will somehow rub off on his players. It’s a myth that I expect Scott Robertson to debunk at the ABs over the next few years with an approach based on humanity and instilling trust in and between the playing group and staff.

Jones’ gamble has ultimately failed and what he leaves is a tainted legacy for Hooper and Cooper and a fly half who has to carry the psychological weight of a nation being sent home for the first time in the pool stages. Whatever you think of the risk Jones took in favoring youth over experience, his man-management in the wake of this decision has been abysmal.

its important for aussie to do well down south here . peole say they love eddie and his snappy one liners love the colours he brings with his outrageous quips yeah well snappy and colour hows that working out for you eddie no no no mate your a loser you have been losing for a long time now luck follows winners and since you backdoored dave rennie who i believe was about to bring on a team to threaten the anybody you managed to slowly lose lose lose culminating with 1/4 final exit this guy is toast aussies no one likes hmi even his old ass coaches dont want to work with him comes a time when your too old and you are just not that smart at getting your message across like you used to he sees the picture but cant paint the portrait anymore kick him to the curb he didnt even come close at the world cup Aussies are athletes they just need a real leader hes there find him eddie just makes everyone pissed off now the magic it goes as you get older i Aussies are athletes like the frikken best in the world so WTF its eddie thats WTF

“Everyone hates change because it is uncomfortable,” Jones said.”

I know one change I would not find at all uncomfortable. Getting rid of Eddie Jones real fast. I genuinely think the man is mentally ill. He needs medical help. I know I should feel sorry for him. Might when the bitterness and rage subsides with time, I suppose.