"Yeah, we've got about three or four that are ready to sign mate, big names," Jones said, with a mischievous grin on his face.<\/p>\n
Watch the 2023 Rugby Championship on the home of rugby, Stan Sport.<\/strong><\/em> All matches streaming ad free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n "I can't tell you now (which ones). But no, I think it adds to the competitive tension… we need to get rugby back competing as a winter sport. And by signing a guy like Suaalii, it helps that. If we sign two or three others, it'll help that and it'll also show kids.<\/p>\n "A lot of the kids now go to a big private school and by the time they're 15, if they're good, if they're good readers of the game, they catch and pass – they've got a Rabbitohs contract or a Roosters contract in front of them.<\/p>\n "And the inevitability of that is hard to stop because we're competing against 17 clubs that all have the recruitment budget of Rugby Australia.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Aussies poised to win Ashes after devastating spell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> How axed Blues star let Origin call-up slip<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> West Coast Eagles boss blames players for 'darkest day'<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "So we've got to get some of those players back and ideally we keep more of them at a young age, which we have to do, but then to get a few of them back after they've done a apprenticeship in rugby league is fantastic."<\/p>\n Jones also expanded on his move to bring league legend Andrew\ufeff Johns into the Wallabies camp in Sydney last week.<\/a><\/p>\n Johns worked with Australia's playmakers at Coogee Oval, honing their skills ahead of the Rugby Championship opener against the Springboks in Pretoria on July 9 (AEST).<\/p>\n Jones – who named his Rugby Championship squad on Sunday<\/a> – also brought Rugby World Cup-winning Wallabies coach Bob Dwyer into camp last week to deliver similarly clear messaging.\ufeff<\/p>\n "It goes back to what Bob was saying, we want to play straight and that's always been the Australian way," Jones said.<\/p>\n "We've lost our way a little bit there and Andrew Johns – I've never seen a guy who understands that part of the game better than him. Just the little tricks he does with his eyes and his feet. We've got a young guy, Carter Gordon, who's only played 15 Super Rugby games. So to have 35 minutes with the maestro, it's going to be invaluable for his career."<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1673141527306989571?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n 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> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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