Eddie Jones Show trial rolls on with heat intensifying on Wallabies

09/29/2023 11:41 AM

Australia's abject World Cup has heightened frostiness on both sides of the barricades with uncertain future for head coach

Professional sport moves on fast. Particularly in Australia where this weekend is all about the eagerly awaited NRL and AFL grand finals. Will the Broncos beat the Panthers? Reckon Collingwood will tame the Brisbane Lions? In terms of comparative menus a potentially meaningless pool game between the Wallabies and Portugal on Sunday is the stale Vegemite sandwich no one really wants to eat.

But the show must go on, particularly the Eddie Jones Show. Or the Eddie Jones Show Trial as it is becoming. Barely an hour currently goes by without another former Wallaby lobbing in his 10 cents about the head coach or the diminished state of Australian rugby in the wake of last Sunday's lamentable 40-6 defeat by Wales. The blowback has been intense and is ongoing.