Eddie Jones plans to take a leaf out of the Rassie Erasmus playbook

Eddie Jones says there is no reason why he can’t replicate World Cup success with the Wallabies in the same fashion that Rassie Erasmus did with the Springboks in 2019.

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The Springboks were in dire straits after the 2015 World Cup, during Allister Coetzee’s tenure as head coach. The Springboks slumped to new depths between 2016 and 2017, which a historic first-ever loss to Italy. But after Coetzee was sacked, Erasmus as brought in to save the sinking ship with a mere 18 months before the World Cup in Japan.

And it proved to be a genius move as Erasmus inspired the Springboks to a fairytale-like World Cup triumph with the odds stacked against them.

With the Wallabies also struggling, Rugby Australia sacked head coach Dave Rennie and appointed Eddie Jones with just eight months to go to the World Cup in France.

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EDDIE JONES TELLS WALLABIES TO DO LIKE RASSIE ERASMUS AND THE SPRINGBOKS DID

And Jones believes the Wallabies can replicate the Springboks’ success.

“The only thing I’m thinking about is the next nine and a half months, because in reality what I can control is to get the team ready firstly for the Rugby Championship and the Bledisloe Cup and then to the World Cup,” Eddie Jones told Newstalk ZB.

“If you look at the history of the World Cup, I think one of the interesting things is what South Africa did last in the last World Cup. In 2018, they were a bit of a mess, winning it under 40 percent.”

“There was great disgruntlement with the way they were playing and Rassie Erasmus comes in and basically goes back to traditional Springboks rugby and they win the World Cup.

“So, there’s no reason why we can’t do that. There’s enough talented players here, no doubt about it mate.”

“Like any country we might be skinny in one or two positions. You look at Ireland, the best team in the world at the moment, but they lose Johnny Sexton and are they the best team in the world? And that’s a completely centrally contracted country,” Eddie Jones added.

“We’ve got some depth problems, there’s no doubt about it, but I think we’ve got enough talented players and I think under Dave [Rennie] the team has shown that they can compete with anyone in the world — take an Ireland to three points, France to three points, drawn with New Zealand, beaten South Africa.

“So, the track record is there. What the teams are unable to do is to do that with any of the consistency and to win a World Cup, you got to win seven in a row.”

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