![]() ![]() The Australians can take solace in the improvements they have made throughout the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup as they build towards a World Cup in which they fall favourably on the bracket. We’ve got a devastated group of men in there, but if we learn from it it’s going to be the most potent lesson it’s going to be more than a PhD from the University of Otago.” “That’s a really important feeling we had today. “As much as I hate New Zealand rugby, I’ve got a great admiration for the way they keep at it, they keep playing, they keep doing things they’re good at, they stay hard in the contest, they keep going, and for us, we don’t want to forget that feeling today. They don’t give up and that’s the great thing about New Zealand rugby. ![]() All the time, you know it’s going to go down to the wire, you know it’s going to be a battle. In one game we’ve had them, in my whole career. There were performances to please the Wallabies’ brass, too, with Carter Gordon playing a more settled hand in his second test start, Andrew Kellaway making his mark at fullback, while the loose forward Tom Hooper and lock Nick Frost also had impressive shifts.īut while they had the All Blacks on the ropes early, the Wallabies couldn’t capitalise, and Jones credited the New Zealand side for their consistent ability to stay in a game. The past two weeks have shown the Wallabies are trending in the right direction ahead of next month’s World Cup, with periods of extended success against their Kiwi counterparts the fixture in Dunedin a step up from the glimpses the Wallabies showed in Melbourne a week ago. “It’s one of the easier things to improve, but we need to develop better habits in that area and when we’re starting to get those, we’re going to be a hell of a team.” “Our work on the ball was pretty good tonight, as it was last week, so we can improve our work off the ball. “New Zealand’s work off the ball is better than ours, and that’s an area we need to improve,” Jones said. The Wallabies made a ferocious start to the dead rubber Bledisloe Cup test on Saturday afternoon, rumbling up the field and running out to a 14-0 lead within 10 minutes of the test kicking off.īut after a dominant opening 40 minutes, the Wallabies couldn’t keep the All Blacks from taking control of the game after the break and fell to their fourth straight loss under Jones’ watch.Īssessing his side’s performance after the test, Jones pinpointed the major difference between the two sides. Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has identified the key area where things went wrong for his side in their 23-20 loss to the All Blacks in Dunedin, but is confident it’s an area that his team can address quickly. Wallabies coach Eddie Jones will now turn his attention to the Rugby World Cup. ![]()
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