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Another blot on Eddie's copybook. He wore out his welcome in various roles in Australia, and he is now talking about moving on before the World Cup has even started. So much for getting the team to concentrate. I give him about 6 months in the Republic before they string him up or kick him out.

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Hongo: Eddie Jone had Alan Jone undermining his coaching role with the wallabies from the start. Alan Jone is a Big mouth talkback radio announcer and has a huge following which hounded Eddie of Australian Rugby. Alan Jone has never put on a boot in his Life but has a lot of pull in high places. Australia Rugby has had a strong relationship with rich privates Schools. So if you good at Rugby in Australia, there is a excellent chance that a scholarship with one of these rich private School would be given. A. Jone has a big say in who get these scholarship hence his strong position in Australia Rugby. Eddie is a great coach and a great person.Unlike Alan Jones who was charge sex offences in England when has caught in a toilet asking a off duty Policeman to have sex with him for money. THat the reason why Hongo

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Dear John: Thanks for telling me nothing I don't already know. I've known Eddie Jones ever since he was running around at Randwick in Sydney in the 1980s. Average talent as a player and very average as a coach. He did nothing for the Wallabies. Meanwhile Alan Jones is an even bigger no talent. He just got lucky in that he crawled his way into the Wallabies job many years ago when Australia had perhaps the best backs ever, anywhere, the Ella brothers. It also has to be remembered that Alan Jones was in the pre-professional era, when everyone actually had a job. One friend of mine who was coached by him said Alan Jones was big on rhetoric, but as dumb as....

Regarding Aan Jones' private life, that is perhaps the worst kept secret in Australian rugby, in addition to his arrest in London (which I believe never went trial), there are numerous other stories. However, nobody will publish until the Parrot (Jones is dead).

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Yes Hongo I believe your correct. I mean good coach for Japan because he is more aware of the Japanese culture .Yes The trail was thrown out because It was a the Policeman word against Jones word. I any other case the Policemans word would be treated has fact.

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