In a World Cup year, the coaches of Australia’s five provinces are as much on notice as the players
he first wave of final auditions for the Wallabies 2023 World Cup squad is about to begin, asPacific kicks off on Friday with the ACT Brumbies v NSW Waratahs. With Australia seventh in the world rugby rankings, there’s plenty to do and not much time to do it - there is little more than six months until the first pool game in France on 8 September.Already, new Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has likened the task to “a smash-and-grab job”.
So, yes, Jones will be scouting 33 players for a squad with experience, mongrel and X-factor. But in a World Cup year, the coaches of Australia’s five Super Rugby provinces are as much on notice as the players. “We’ve got to get four or five coaches that can work together to get in there, steal the trophy and get out without getting caught,” Jones says.
“We don’t tell the Super teams how to play,” Jones has vowed. “We’re not New Zealand or Ireland – we’re Australia. We have a relationship with the Super Rugby coaches but I want them to play the style they want to play. What I want to see is that the players play with that toughness that want to get better, they want to help their teammates in difficult situations.”
No Australian team has won the Super Rugby title since Michael Cheika’s Waratahs in 2014, but the Tahs , Brumbies and Reds have the best chance in 2023. The Wallabies have struggled to build combinations and win tough games so Jones will like that Australia’s sides are experimenting early with ‘starters’ and ‘finishers’ to find alchemy.
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