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    EDDIE JONES - AUSTRALIA’S JOKER IN THE PACK

    Oct 12, 2023 4 minutes

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    Wales

    Australia

    Fiji

    Georgia

    Portugal

    KEY MATCHES (NZ TIMES)

    Wales v Fiji

    Sept 11, 7am

    Aus v Fiji

    Sept 18, 3.45am

    Wales v Australia

    Sept 25, 8am

    Fiji v Georgia

    Oct 1, 4.45am

    Wales v Georgia

    Oct 8, 2am

    Eddie Jones was spot on with the first part of his short-fuse “smash-and-grab” slogan for the Wallabies’ World Cup bid.

    Unfortunately, it had a very different meaning to what he intended. Yep. The Wallabies were roundly smashed in every facet by the Springboks in early July.

    Outmuscled. Outkicked. Outrun. Out-tackled. Out of sight. Pick a parameter and conceding penalties in Pretoria was about the only stat where the Wallabies got higher numbers.

    You could easily write off the Wallabies for the World Cup simply on the

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