Wallabies coach criticised reporters at a tense pre-World Cup media conference at which he brushed off the sudden resignation of attack coach Brad Davis and revealed Quade Cooper was not returning his calls.
Eddie Jones says dumped Wallaby Quade Cooper is not returning his phone calls and denied former captain Michael Hooper had been forced to ring team management to find out whether he had made Australia’s World Cup squad last week.
Following a tense exchange with reporters, the Wallabies coach labelled it the “worst press conference I’ve ever had in world rugby” after taking umbrage at questions about his squad. Unsuccessful players were supposed to be told by Jones but by Wednesday evening, many hadn’t heard from the Wallabies coach and were unsure if they were to board a flight the following morning to Darwin for a camp.Jones eventually tried to ring Cooper to tell him the bad news. Cooper, who Jones said earlier this year was all but certain to head to the World Cup, was also left out of an Australia A squad that will play a match against Portugal on August 26.
Asked if it was true that Hooper had had to ring to find out about his place in the squad, Jones said, “not to my knowledge”.“Michael wasn’t selected for the tour,” Jones said. “There is still a question mark over his fitness. That is taken into consideration.”“You think the selection process is bad because a player has complained? I apologise for that. We’ll go out there and do our best boys.
“Family reasons, mate,” said Jones when asked why Davis had left. “I think there’s an opportunity for us and I think we’ll improve our coaching staff. We had a discussion a couple of nights ago. There is a potential candidate ready to step up now. I think we’ll improve the coaching staff.”Davisy after being recruited by Jones from London Irish, where he had worked as a defence coach.
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