{"id":292951,"date":"2023-09-18T11:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292951"},"modified":"2023-09-18T11:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:35:55","slug":"ex-wallabies-skipper-michael-hooper-slams-eddie-jones-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/ex-wallabies-skipper-michael-hooper-slams-eddie-jones-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper slams Eddie Jones&apos; tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ex-Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper slams Eddie Jones&#8217; tactics in shock Fiji World Cup loss after being snubbed for a place in coach&#8217;s squad<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Hooper has hit out at Eddie Jones&#8217;s tactics at the World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Australia suffered a shock defeat by Fiji in Saint Etienne on Sunday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It leaves their hopes of qualifying for the knockouts hanging by a thread\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michael Hooper has stuck the boot in on Eddie Jones following Australia&#8217;s shock loss to Fiji at the Rugby World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Wallabies captain Hooper was omitted from Jones&#8217;s squad for the tournament in France, leaving the 31-year-old to go through a &#8216;grieving period&#8217; after missing out on the major competition.<\/p>\n<p>Hooper has since turned to TV punditry for the tournament and was on the microphone for Australia&#8217;s defeat by plucky underdogs Fiji on Sunday, who ran out 22-15 winners in Saint Etienne.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Jones is under major pressure ahead of the Wallabies&#8217; next Pool C game, against Wales, with their World Cup future at stake.<\/p>\n<p>And Hooper has questioned Jones&#8217;s tactics during the shock loss in France.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/10\/75550703-12530845-image-a-19_1695031135930.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael Hooper has questioned Eddie Jones&#8217;s tactics at the Rugby World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/10\/75550657-12530845-image-a-20_1695031186607.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies&#8217; campaign hit a roadblock after their defeat by Fiji in Saint Etienne<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am a huge fan of getting your reserves on,&#8217; Hooper said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Why would you leave reserves on the bench until under 10 minutes?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Get them out on the field to rip into it. But taking Samu (Kerevi) off &#8211; I&#8217;d love to see him go 80. But particularly with what is coming next week, maybe there was a bit of preservation there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hooper also added that Jones&#8217;s tactical decisions left more questions than answers with the experienced coach having no solution for Fiji&#8217;s rampaging centres.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Fijians were getting such good go forward, so we take Carter off and moved Donaldson into the front line,&#8217; Hooper said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What are the Fijians going to do? Keep running down that channel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So it&#8217;s a really interesting one to do at the 48-49 minute mark. I think this game&#8217;s asked more questions than (provided) answers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/11\/75550655-12530845-image-a-21_1695031206562.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hooper questioned Jones&#8217;s use of his squad during the latter stages of the contest<\/p>\n<p>Jones took full responsibility for his side&#8217;s defeat in Saint Etienne.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After that I probably deserved more, mate. They should be throwing baguettes, croissants at me. I deserve whatever I get.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Watch every Test match and World Cup game, ad-free, live and on demand on the Home of Rugby, Stan Sport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12530845\/Ex-Wallabies-skipper-Michael-Hooper-slams-Eddie-Jones-tactics-shock-Fiji-World-Cup-loss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper slams Eddie Jones&#8217; tactics in shock Fiji World Cup loss after being snubbed for a place <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292950,"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>Ex-Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper slams Eddie Jones&amp;apos; 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