Two of rugby’s greatest modern day coaches lead their teams against the other on Sunday in Lyon vying for the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals.
But one — Gatland — has muted his critics by winning his first two pool games, while the flak against Jones has thickened since the historic loss to Fiji last weekend left the Wallabies on the brink of their earliest Rugby World Cup exit.
“He’s been getting enough stick from everybody else so there’s no need for me to put the boot into him,” Gatland said. “In a strange way we are probably going through the same things in terms of coming back and getting limited preparation time. “I can get down on my knees and do the Japanese thing if you want me to,” he said. “I can’t apologize anymore guys, I am really sorry we haven’t had better results. But what I know is I am 100% doing the right thing for Australian rugby.”“If I didn’t want to put myself in these positions I could be teaching and I could have a nice life. Get up every morning, wife puts the packed lunch in the bag, put a shirt and tie on, know what I am going to do. I am going to teach six periods.
His call to bring Australia’s youngest Rugby World Cup squad in 20 years to France and leave behind veterans such as Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper has been blasted by media and former Wallabies. The coach shrugged it off.“I’ve been very clear about the fact that I’ve been brought in to change Australian rugby. The results haven’t been good but I’m bringing through a young team that can be the basis of the team going forward. I’ve made no bones about that. We’ve needed to move players on.
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