{"id":334685,"date":"2023-09-28T20:20:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=334685"},"modified":"2023-09-28T22:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:01:57","slug":"one-foot-out-one-foot-in-sbw-whacks-eddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=334685","title":{"rendered":"'One foot out, one foot in': SBW whacks Eddie"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAINT-ETIENNE:<\/strong> Sonny B\ufeffill Williams has doubled down on his criticism of Wallabies coach Eddie Jones<\/a> and has put his hand up to be a constructive force for good in the struggling Australian game.<\/p>\n

Williams, the two-time Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand, was appalled by the bombshell Sydney Morning Herald report that revealed Jones had held a Zoom interview for the Japan coaching job shortly before leaving for the France.<\/a><\/p>\n

\ufeff"As a player, if a coach shows his characteristics and does things like that, I'm not going to follow him into battle," Williams said on Stan Sport after the record 40-6 loss to Wales in Lyon.<\/a><\/p>\n

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"I've got to be prepared to die for a coach, and go out there and give my heart and soul.<\/p>\n

"If someone is doing that \u2013 and the narrative that he's saying is about the jersey, about the next four years \u2013 that's how I feel."<\/p>\n

Williams is a close friend of Quade Cooper – dumped by Jones before the World Cup – and also won a Super Rugby title under Jones' predecessor Dave Rennie with the Chiefs.<\/p>\n

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Williams was again asked \ufefffor his Wallabies opinion on Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven<\/em> and had no hesitation taking another swing at Jones – who is contracted with Rugby Australia until 2027.<\/p>\n

"Eddie as a man, as a person I'm a little bit upset about how he's let this current group down by… him having a meeting with the Japanese rugby union," he said.<\/p>\n

"A couple of days… before getting on the plane to come here shows to me that he has one foot out and one foot in."<\/p>\n

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Williams \ufeffsaid Jones' youth policy had backfired badly.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Wide World of Sports<\/a>, RA chief executive Phil Waugh admitted \ufeffthat Jones and others had the belief that "some players in the squad were more advanced and ready than what's proven to be".<\/p>\n

Williams agreed.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Sonny<\/p>\n

"(Michael) Hooper, Cooper, (Bernard) Foley, not being picked, solely relying on young Carter Gordon and his back-up, (Ben) Donaldson that's not even starting for New South Wales Waratahs," he said.<\/p>\n

"The second point would be coaching staff, a coach (Brad Davis) walks out a couple of days before we come over here.<\/a><\/p>\n

"And then we get a forward that hasn't even played rugby union (Jason Ryles) as the attack coach."<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/p>\n

Williams, who lives in Sydney and has been dubbed "Aussie Bill" Williams, stressed he wanted to be part of the solution and not simply add to the pile on.<\/p>\n

"O\ufeffbviously, when it comes to Australian rugby union, I've been in this space for a few years now and I want to see it thrive. A lot of things need to change, reset button… strategies within the community, Western Sydney, for example, I would love to be a part of that (development).<\/p>\n

"A couple of years ago, I tweeted that we need to get some structures in place, strategies in place around the Western Sydney area. Let's start a college competition in the public schools based out west and see where we go from there."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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