{"id":293907,"date":"2023-09-25T11:34:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T11:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293907"},"modified":"2023-09-25T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T11:34:18","slug":"eddie-jones-is-compared-to-former-labour-leader-neil-kinnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/eddie-jones-is-compared-to-former-labour-leader-neil-kinnock\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Jones is compared to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Will the last person who still supports Aussie rugby please turn out the lights&#8217;: Australian newspaper calls for Eddie Jones to be SACKED after Wales horror show by replicating infamous front page before 1992 British election<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Australia put in a dismal performance as they lost 40-6 to Wales on Sunday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Wallabies are set to be knocked out in the pool stage for the first time\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eddie Jones has been compared to former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock after Wales all but ended Australia&#8217;s Rugby World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Warren Gatland&#8217;s men triumphed 40-6 over the Wallabies in Lyon on Sunday night, condemning the latter to their heaviest defeat in Rugby World Cup history and effectively knocking them out from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>While mathematically still alive, Australia need to beat Portugal on Sunday and hope Fiji lose against both Portugal and Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>It means\u00a0Jones now needs a miracle<span>\u00a0to avoid his team becoming the first Australian side ever to exit the World Cup at the pool stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And the former England coach was savaged by the Aussie media in the aftermath of the defeat, with the Daily Telegraph describing it as &#8216;the darkest day&#8217; in Wallabies&#8217; history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/75806051-0-image-a-14_1695636694162.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Jones apologised for Australia&#8217;s embarrassing World Cup showing in France<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/75805995-0-image-a-7_1695636534098.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies are all but out of the tournament after being thrashed 40-6 by Wales\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;If Eddie Jones isn&#8217;t sacked will the last person who still supports Aussie rugby please turn out the lights,&#8217; reads the backpage headline accompanied by Jones&#8217; portrait in a lightbulb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The choice of picture is a homage to The Sun&#8217;s famous frontpage on the day of the 1992 UK general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights,&#8217; read the headline alongside a picture of the then-Labour leader in a lightbulb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Two days later, the newspaper proclaimed its influence had been crucial to the Conservatives&#8217; unexpected 21-seat majority under the famous headline &#8216;It&#8217;s The Sun Wot Won It&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whether the Telegraph can prove as influential in ousting Jones, remains to be seen as the 63-year-old insisted he remained committed to the Wallabies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reports in the Sydney Morning Herald on Sunday said Jones had an interview for the role of Japan head coach on the eve of this World Cup in France, but he fired back when asked to comment on the reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about mate,\u2019 Jones said in his post-match press conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m committed to coaching Australia. I take umbrage at the questioning about my commitment to Australian rugby. To doubt my commitment to the job is red hot.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/75805949-0-The_Daily_Telegraph_tore_into_Jones_following_the_Wallabies_dism-a-13_1695636650505.jpg\" height=\"848\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Telegraph tore into Jones following the Wallabies&#8217; dismal loss to Wales\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/75805951-0-Their_front_page_was_a_clear_nod_to_The_Sun_s_famous_front_page_-a-12_1695636645541.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Their front page was a clear nod to The Sun&#8217;s famous front page ahead of the 1992 UK general election, in which the paper urged its readers to vote for the Conservatives\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jones admitted that the state of Australian rugby looked like a \u2018shambles\u2019 from the outside but said he was confident he can change things for the better.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sometimes games like this are the making of a good team moving forwards,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think I\u2019ve got the ability to turn things around. I haven\u2019t done a good enough job.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Writing in the Telegraph, Alan Jones called for the Wallabies coach and Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan to step down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If there is any decency, dignity or concern for the rugby family within Rugby Australia, Hamish McLennan, and the coach, Eddie Jones, should be gone today,&#8217; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In the same paper, Jamie Pandaram warned Australian rugby faces becoming an amateur sport such is &#8216;the disastrous decline of the game\u00a0overseen by decades of failed administrative and coaching decisions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In January, McLennan fired Dave Rennie after he won just 13 of his 38 Tests in charge and hired Jones to much fanfare after the RFU had terminated his deal,<\/p>\n<p>But while McLennan&#8217;s stated aim was to get Australian rugby on track ahead of the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour and a World Cup on home soil in four years, Jones has won just one of his eight Tests in charge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Jones has completely lost the trust of the Australian rugby public and will be given his marching orders if RA wants to retain any of their dwindling fan base,&#8217; Pandaram wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is no overstating how much damage has been caused by Jones and this World Cup campaign.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/75805963-0-image-a-6_1695636520379.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jones said he took umbrage at the suggestion he wasn&#8217;t focused on the Wallabies job amid speculations he spoke to the Japan Rugby Federation ahead of the World Cup\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Jones did not shy away from his role in the debacle in France.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I would like to apologise to the Australian supporters,\u2019 Jones, who led the Wallabies to the 2003 World Cup final, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our performances haven\u2019t been up to the standard required. I take full responsibility for that and apologise.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I came back to Australian rugby to try and help,\u2019 he said. \u2018At the moment I\u2019m not giving much help, am I? I\u2019m a proud Australian and we\u2019ve got to improve the whole of Australian rugby.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12557579\/Eddie-Jones-sacked-Wallabies-Australia-Rugby-World-Cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Will the last person who still supports Aussie rugby please turn out the lights&#8217;: Australian newspaper calls for Eddie Jones <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293906,"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 is compared to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock - 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