Rugby: Fiji went down to a shock 24-23 defeat by Portugal in Toulouse on Sunday but still qualified for a World Cup quarter-final with England and ensured the elimination of Australia.
Wallabies sent packing despite Fiji loss | 01:12Before this year’s Rugby World Cup had even kicked off Eddie Jones lashed out at reporters, declaring he was fed up with the line of questioning about the team’s prospects.“You’re so bloody negative about everything.”Multiple reports, both in Australia and overseas,and will be named Japan’s next head coach.
“I am 100 per cent committed to the job and I’ve said that previously,” Jones told reporters in France during the World Cup.“The only thing I can say is I’m committed to coach Australia. And there’s the other side of the coin that Australian Rugby who make the decision after this World Cup, whether they want to keep me or not, and that’s up to them.
“My understanding all along is that wherever he is in the world, Japan would take him back in some capacity in a heartbeat so there is a standing offer there to take him,” McLennan told the“We have asked him if he interviewed with Japan, and he has categorically denied it on a number of occasions, so we take him at his word.”
As for who could replace Jones, Peter FitzSimons wrote in a column for The Sydney Morning Herald that he “would beg Robbie Deans to come back”.
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