Former Wallabies star Drew Mitchell has slammed the tactics, selections and training workloads implemented by Australian coach Eddie Jones at the World Cup.
podcast with former teammates Adam Ashley-Cooper and Matt Giteau, Mitchell criticised Jones for“Eddie sits there and goes, ‘yeah, it’s my fault. I take full responsibility’,” Mitchell said. “What the f--- does that mean though? He doesn’t get dropped this week ... it’s just an empty f---ing line in a press conference. What does that equate to? Nothing.“You’ve made some glaring decisions around Quade [Cooper], around Michael Hooper. Captaincy; there’s [been] six captains in seven weeks.
“Let’s not take away from the fact that Fiji played really well. But let’s also not take away from the fact we f---ing shouldn’t have lost to Fiji.” “Let’s not take away from Fiji first and foremost. I thought Fiji were amazing. I think at the breakdown they absolutely smoked us. This has been a bit of a long time coming. You talk about leadership in an organisation. We’ve had six captains in seven games. We’ve had a multitude of changes at CEO level, president level, coaching level. This is beyond just what happened [on Sunday]. We got bitten in the arse. It’s time to probably wake up a bit.
Fiji coach Simon Raiwalui responded to Mitchell on social media on Wednesday, saying the general commentary around his side was a “little condescending”.
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