When RugbyAustralia began thinking about an appropriate venue for EddieJones’ first press conference back as the new Wallabies coach, grandiose locations like the Opera House were considered before the decision was made to return to where it began.
When Eddie Jones and the Ella brothers played for Matraville High in the mid-1970s, training sessions began with a necessary ritual.Not that training involved too many skinned knees. The team’s all-conquering first XV in 1977, which featured four future Wallabies - Lloyd Walker and Mark, Glen and Gary Ella - played touch footy for “90 per cent of the time”.
On Tuesday, forty-five years later, Jones and the Ella brothers were back at Matraville High - and the hooker from Chifley was still talking.When Rugby Australia began thinking about an appropriate venue for Jones’ first press conference back as the new Wallabies coach, grandiose locations like the Opera House were considered before the decision was made to return to where it began.
Jones composed himself and, as he has done several times since being recruited back to the Wallabies in a shock January twist, the 63-year-old began a virtuoso 40-minute performance, laying out his vision for returning Australian rugby back to its glory days. “All rugby kids and a few kids that played soccer. We need to create role models and we need to create heroes for the young kids.”
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