{"id":290407,"date":"2023-09-08T08:38:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=290407"},"modified":"2023-09-08T08:38:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:38:33","slug":"eddie-jones-launches-bizarre-rant-ahead-of-world-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/rugby-union\/eddie-jones-launches-bizarre-rant-ahead-of-world-cup-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Jones launches bizarre rant ahead of World Cup opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eddie Jones launches bizarre rant claiming World Rugby has &#8216;got listening devices everywhere&#8217; and is &#8216;always in the shadows&#8217; before Wallabies coach lashes out at referee for World Cup Opener<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Eddie Jones want to see a free-flowing World Cup in France<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>English referee Luke Pearce was in Jones&#8217; sights<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Australia play Georgia from 2am AEST on Sunday\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eddie Jones is renowned for his mind games &#8211; and the Wallabies\u00a0coach was at his animated best during a press conference ahead of Australia&#8217;s World Cup opener against Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, 63, joked that &#8216;World Rugby was in the room&#8217;, have &#8216;<span>listening devices everywhere&#8217; and are &#8216;always in the shadows&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also stressed it was important that teams at the World Cup &#8216;don&#8217;t have a black mark against their name&#8217; with game-day officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It comes as English referee Luke\u00a0Pearce was confirmed as the man in the middle for Australia&#8217;s Pool C clash on Sunday (2am, AEST) against the Eastern Europeans.<\/p>\n<p><span>Pearce officiated the Wallabies&#8217; last start 41-17 defeat against France &#8211; and got under Jones&#8217; skin after he sin-binned winger Suliasi Vunivalu for an infringement many felt was a harsh call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/03\/75194121-12494391-Wallabies_coach_Eddie_Jones_wants_the_referees_to_let_games_flow-a-1_1694139003694.jpg\" height=\"348\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wallabies coach Eddie Jones wants the referees to let games flow at the World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/02\/75194173-12494391-England_s_Luke_Pearce_will_referee_the_Wallabies_World_Cup_opene-m-43_1694138049685.jpg\" height=\"927\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Luke Pearce will referee Australia&#8217;s World Cup opener against Georgia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/03\/75190753-12494391-In_a_selection_surprise_Eddie_Jones_named_Ben_Donaldson_as_his_f-a-2_1694139004107.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In a selection surprise, Eddie Jones named Ben Donaldson as his fullback ahead of Andrew Kellaway<\/p>\n<p><span>Jones later declared he wants his team to be one that fans admire and respect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This group of young men have the opportunity to do that,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For such a young team, the way they&#8217;ve conducted themselves during the preparation of the World Cup has been absolutely first class.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We also want to be that team everyone in Australia can&#8217;t wait to see play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not about me, it&#8217;s about what our players can do. All I&#8217;m trying to do is give them the opportunity to fulfil their dreams.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a selection surprise, Jones named Ben Donaldson to start at fullback ahead of Andrew\u00a0Kellaway.<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson, 24, is usually a fly-half, but his goal-kicking prowess will see him in the no.15 jersey for the first time at Test level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catch every World Cup match ad-free, live and on-demand in 4K UHD on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12494391\/Eddie-Jones-launches-bizarre-rant-claiming-World-Rugby-got-listening-devices-shadows-Wallabies-coach-lashes-referee-World-Cup-Opener.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Jones launches bizarre rant claiming World Rugby has &#8216;got listening devices everywhere&#8217; and is &#8216;always in the shadows&#8217; before [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eddie Jones launches bizarre rant ahead of World Cup opener - USA SportsRadar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/rugby-union\/eddie-jones-launches-bizarre-rant-ahead-of-world-cup-opener\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eddie Jones launches bizarre rant ahead of World Cup opener - USA SportsRadar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eddie Jones launches bizarre rant claiming World Rugby has &#8216;got listening devices everywhere&#8217; 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