{"id":311557,"date":"2023-06-25T01:20:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311557"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:59:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:59:18","slug":"jones-reveals-afl-link-behind-huge-wallabies-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311557","title":{"rendered":"Jones reveals AFL link behind huge Wallabies call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has revealed \ufeffthat he consulted Sydney Swans boss John Longmire before settling on a co-captaincy model for the 2023 Test season.<\/p>\n<p>Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/australia-news-2023-wallabies-squad-named-for-rugby-championship-springboks-test\/a882f138-a0d0-424d-8f4b-c762228caef5\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"made history on Sunday by naming \ufeffTest centurions Michael Hooper and James Slipper as co-captains\">made history on Sunday by naming \ufeffTest centurions Michael Hooper and James Slipper as co-captains<\/a> ahead of the Rugby Championship and Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs, who lost <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/super-rugby-pacific-2023-final-crusaders-coach-scott-robertson-breakdances-after-seventh-title\/8bd555f8-09e0-4f84-a00b-07c0eaa43c61\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Saturday&#x27;s Super Rugby Pacific final\">Saturday&#x27;s Super Rugby Pacific final<\/a>, use the same model \ufeffunder co-captains Sam Cane and Brad Weber &#8211; and it is also familiar territory for the Swans.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2023 Rugby Championship and Rugby World Cup on the home of rugby, Stan Sport.<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9.nine.com.au\/KRnrlm\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>All matches streaming ad free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"734567eb-5ed7-43bc-aee9-e10d80925d45\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/734567eb-5ed7-43bc-aee9-e10d80925d45\" alt=\"Michael Hooper and James Slipper of the Wallabies sing the national anthem.\" data-width=\"4079\" data-height=\"2719\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Last Wednesday mate, I went out and spent the day at Sydney Swans with John Longmire,&quot; Jones told Nine&#x27;s <em>Sports Sunday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And they&#x27;ve got a tradition of having co-captaincy, you know, they&#x27;ve had up to eight captains, they&#x27;ve had three captains and I just wanted to delve down into the area of the advantages, of the disadvantages.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And I think with Slips and Hoops, we cover the range of the squad. Both have got a slightly different approach to leadership, both have got a slightly different approach to the way they play the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/super-rugby-pacific-2023-final-crusaders-coach-scott-robertson-breakdances-after-seventh-title\/8bd555f8-09e0-4f84-a00b-07c0eaa43c61\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Breakdancing Crusaders coach seals perfect Super Rugby legacy\"><strong>Breakdancing Crusaders coach seals perfect Super Rugby legacy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/super-rugby-pacific-grand-final-2023-live-scores-chiefs-crusaders-results-final-updates-news-video-highlights\/19bb7f7f-a493-45ed-a821-3673f09079ed\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Robertson&#x27;s Crusaders &#x27;go through hell&#x27; in epic Super Rugby final\"><strong>Robertson&#x27;s Crusaders &#x27;go through hell&#x27; in epic Super Rugby final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/australia-news-2023-andrew-johns-joins-wallabies-for-training-at-coogee-oval\/0b2b06a3-e3f2-4f6a-992d-0729b43e9f50\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Second to none&#x27;: Immortal Andrew Johns joins the Wallabies camp\"><strong>&#x27;Second to none&#x27;: Immortal Johns joins the Wallabies camp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1672769257992597504?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1672769257992597504?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;And I think together they can be a really strong captaincy group.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Slipper led the Wallabies at the end of 2022 after Hooper returned home from the Rugby Championship to prioritise his mental health.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Two players with immense experience,&quot; Wallabies great Drew Mitchell said.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a7821127-e7ab-4bed-8bcf-9c3038be2e11\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a7821127-e7ab-4bed-8bcf-9c3038be2e11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4814\" data-height=\"3081\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;That probably speaks to those both being older guys, but also won&#x27;t probably play every Test match. But also just players that connect to the wider group as well.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Jones said it had \ufeff&quot;probably been one of the hardest squads I&#x27;ve had to select.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>There are eight uncapped players \ufeffin Carter Gordon, Josh Kemeny, Matt Faessler, Zane Nonggorr, Tom Hooper, Ryan Lonergan, Dylan Pietsch and Richie Arnold.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"17df5726-f68f-46c5-9a1a-106b2715f894\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17df5726-f68f-46c5-9a1a-106b2715f894-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Wallabies coach Eddie Jones watches Carter Gordon.\" data-width=\"3303\" data-height=\"2202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The big name omissions include Bernard Foley, James O&#x27;Connor, Harry Wilson, Cadeyrn Neville, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Hunter Paisami, Ned Hanigan and Lachlan Lonergan.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;ve been really impressed by the work ethic and attitude of the players and therefore there was a number of positions that were tight. The backrow was tight, standoff was tight, halfbacks was tight,&quot; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;So there&#x27;s been a few sleepless nights&#8230; you can only have so many players and we&#x27;re lucky in Australia to have such depth. I can sit here comfortably and say that we&#x27;ve picked the best squad to represent Australia.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wwos\/status\/1672772132789694465?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/wwos\/status\/1672772132789694465?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WALLABIES SQUAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Allan Alaalatoa, Richie Arnold, Matt Faessler, Nick Frost, Matt Gibbon, Jed Holloway, Michael Hooper, Tom Hooper, Rob Leota, Fraser McReight, Zane Nonggorr, Dave Porecki, Pete Samu, Will Skelton, James Slipper, Taniela Tupou, Jordan Uelese, Rob Valetini<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backs:<\/strong> Quade Cooper, Lalakai Foketi, Carter Gordon, Reece Hodge, Len Ikitau, Marika Koroibete, Ryan Lonergan, Tate McDermott, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Izaia Perese, Suliasi Vunivalu, Nic White, Tom Wright<\/p>\n<p><strong>Utilities:<\/strong> Ben Donaldson, Josh Kemeny, Dylan Pietsch<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has revealed \ufeffthat he consulted Sydney Swans boss John Longmire before settling on a co-captaincy model for the 2023 Test season. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311557\" title=\"Jones reveals AFL link behind huge Wallabies call\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":308173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311564,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311557\/revisions\/311564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/308173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}