Stephen Moore reveals brutal truth about Eddie Jones.

According to Stephen Moore, Eddie Jones needs to be honest because Rugby Australia lacks vision.

Former Australia Test captain Stephen Moore, who isn’t afraid to say what he thinks, says Eddie Jones needs to be honest about the Japan coaching position and, if he has been approached, should be fired.

The 129-Test legend, who is currently watching the World Cup in France, is appalled by the Wallabies’ appalling performance under Jones, with their record loss to Wales after Fiji being an intolerable low for the two-time champion team.

Moore participated in three World Cups, leading the Wallabies to a defeat to New Zealand in the 2015 championship match.
This tournament, where Australia is predicted to exit the quarterfinals for the first time, is a far cry from those experiences.

Moore, who replaced Dave Rennie in January, told AAP that Jones’s connection to Japan was the most recent instance of some “alarming behavior” displayed by the 63-year-old.

The 40-year-old Moore said, “I wasn’t expecting it to go this poorly.
I wasn’t disappointed, but I wasn’t disappointed when Eddie came in because he’s been a good coach for a long time.

“Undoubtedly, some of the choices that have been made and some of the behavior has been somewhat alarming and very dissimilar from the Eddie that I would have worked with very early in my career, and that’s been really disappointing.
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Moore claimed that if Jones had been considering moving to Japan less than a year into his five-year Australian contract, his situation was untenable.

Moore remarked, “If that’s true, I just don’t see how we can go on like that.”.

“Eddie is either going for it or he’s not.
Japan is looking for a coach and they are currently recruiting a coach.

“Whatever his involvement is, we need to know that, and if it’s true that he’s been talking to Japan, I don’t see how he can continue to coach Australia.

I would find that to be extremely challenging as a player.
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Moore offered to assist but claimed the issue went beyond Jones, blaming Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and his board for their ostensibly impulsive actions and empty rhetoric.

As examples, he cited the quick appointment of Jones without the then-CEO’s knowledge and the multi-million dollar deal for the unproven youngster Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii.

According to Moore, the CEO of a Brisbane insurance brokerage, “The coach piece is one part but the big picture has lacked any kind of checks and balances or strategy throughout the last three or four years.”.

“There seems to be a lot of captains picks in many different areas, there doesn’t seem to be any real governance around some of this stuff, and there are a lot of very unusual things happening,” the author said.

The member unions’ job is to see to it that the proper governance is in place, that we are moving in the right direction, and that decisions are made with consensus.
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Moore hoped for a well-thought-out plan to address the game’s issues, whether that meant consolidating or eliminating Super Rugby teams, as well as a renewed emphasis on grassroots participation.

“There hasn’t been a strategy or long-term vision for the game at every level for some time; at the Wallabies, at the grassroots, club rugby, Super rugby, and the third tier, I can’t put my finger on any type of direction we have for that stuff.

We should strive to create the best grassroots governance, high-performance model, and system possible; if we think that what we’re doing now will get us there, we’re deluding ourselves.
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