Australia Vs Portugal: Hodgson is Australia's RWC defence trainer

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Australia Vs Portugal: Hodgson is Australia's RWC defence trainer

Eddie Jones has selected ex-NRL star Brett Hodgson as defence instructor on a two-year contract as he starts building Australia’s managing structure ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2023. Rugby Australia broadcast the selection Monday, the first since Jones returned as Australian rugby head coach last month at the expenditure of Dave Rennie. Hodgson worked concisely as defence coach in England last year before Jones was dismissed as head coach.

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He played more than 350 games at the peak level of rugby league in Australia and England, as well as winning an NRL championship with Wests Tigers in 2005 and signifying New South Wales in the annual State of Origin series against Queensland. He moved into training in England and worked in both rugby codes before linking up with Jones. I’m eager to be back in Australia and working with Australia, specifically in an RWC year. Hodgson said.

There’s sufficient hard work ahead and I’m looking forward to hitting the ground successively and making a positive impact on the team. Jones is still yet to proclaim his forwards and attack instructors. Brett’s a hard-working and complete young coach who will be a great asset to the Australia Rugby World Cup team and the training staff, Jones said. He’s worked under some great training mentors in his time as a player and a coach.

2003 Rugby World Cup Final

So he’s well-schooled and I know he’ll give his finest to the job of producing the best defence in the world. The 63-year-old Jones trained the Wallabies for the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, which they lost to England, before being dismissed in 2005. He became England's head trainer in the wake of the country's group-stage exit in the World Cup it hosted in 2015.

He won the Six Nations three times with England and beset up 18 straight wins through his mostly successful tenancy, which included multiple triumphs over the Wallabies and a run to the Rugby World Cup Final in 2019. But he has fired in December after a poor latest run in England six losses, one draw and five wins in 12 tests in 2022.

Eddie Jones progressed back to Australia last month to swap Rennie, who led Australia to wins in just five of 14 test games last year. Jones will have only five test matches in charge before the France Rugby World Cup 2023 kicks off in September. Rugby fans can buy Australia Rugby World Cup Tickets at exclusively discounted prices.

Jones could be the redeemer of Australian rugby even if he FAILS to deliver RWC 2023

Even if he doesn't win the Rugby World Cup in September or New Zealand hoists yet one more Bledisloe Cup this year, Eddie Jones may still be measured as the redeemer of the sport in Australia. The recently chosen Wallabies coach for second time has rapidly re-energised the sport after he swapped Dave Rennie in January. Proof of the Jones magical touch was imitated in the 25,000-plus crowd who were at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

In recent years the tournament has struggled to attract admirers through the gate but with Jones back at the helm of Australia, there is hope the stressed code can once again become applicable on local

shores. Rennie was a bland charm compared to Jones, who has already ruffled some plumes at the NRL after declaring the likes of Cameron Murray and Ryan Papenhuyzen are on his player triumph list.

And given Jones productively poached Lote Tuquri, Mat Rogers and Wendell Sailor ahead of the RWC 2003, history could easily recap itself, leaving Peter V'Landys and company nervously looking over their carries. Sydney Roosters young gun Joseph Suaalii also knows if he flaws to rugby, a contract of at least $ 1.5 million per season will follow from RA. Not bad for a 19-year-old, who at the instant wouldn't be earning half that amount in rugby league.

Jones, 63, has been the gasp of fresh air Australia Rugby World Cup side needed

Tellingly, the Australian last won the Bledisloe Cup against New Zealand in 2002 and the continual defeats have left rival puzzles rejoicing year after year. Jones is also well alert that if Australia wins the World Cup in France come September, a statute will follow. Maybe even a road parade in his tribute. This week Jones sustained the hype, penning an open letter to the Australian rugby public. The note was clear if everybody is on the same page, why not insult to dream?

Australia can win the RWC in Paris on October 29, Jones wrote. Right now, we don't have the side, but we do have the flair. We also don't have a strong path from where we start today to where we want to end up. Eventually, that path will be fixed by the Australian players and the choices they make between now and then. That path will be shaped by the values the players set for themselves and their colleagues.

Australia Rugby World Cup side re-sign world-class Valetini to long-term contract

Powerful backrower Rob Valetini has dedicated his future to Australian Rugby by signing a four-year addition with Rugby Australia and the ACT Brumbies through to a home RWC in 2027. Long regarded as

a player of important potential the 24-year-old is inflowing his prime years as Australian Rugby looks forward to a golden period including a British and Irish Lions tour in 2025. Rugby fans can buy Portugal Rugby World Cup Tickets at exclusively discounted prices.

He rejoices in his new deal by being named the 2022 Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific Player of the Year, following his dramatic form for the Brumbies last season, who fell one-point short of reaching the Grand Final. The exhibition kicks off the 2022 Rugby Australia Awards, which will be declared in February and March. Important on both sides of the ball, Valetini’s Rugby journey began in Melbourne before making the move to the nation’s capital.

Valetini became the Brumbies’ eldest player ever to earn 50 Super Rugby Caps in 2022 and has already claimed the club’s respected Brett Robinson Players’ Player of the Year award after a breakout season in 2021. He made his Wallabies debut in 2019 against Samoa and has gone on to make 30 attendances in the gold jersey to date, featuring in 29 of Australia’s past 34 Test games dating back to the 2020 Rugby Contest.

Australian and ACT Brumbies backrower Rob Valetini

Valetini will start in the back row in tomorrow night’s Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific opener in Sydney, looking to continue his sturdy form in ACT colours and earn a spot in Eddie Jones’ team for the France Rugby World Cup 2023. Wallabies and ACT Brumbies backrower Rob Valetini said, I’m thankful for this chance and grateful for the funding from my family and friends in my rugby journey so far.

The boys at the Brumbies are like family now and coming into work every day with them, playing alongside my friends, is special. I’ve got a lot of objectives to achieve for both the Brumbies and the Wallabies and that’s what drives me every day to work hard. Australia Rugby World Cup side head coach Eddie Jones said Rob has the potential to be a significant player in Australian Rugby and his pledge to Rugby Australia is outstanding.

We’re looking forward to seeing his development at the Super Rugby level this season. ACT Brumbies head coach, Stephen Larkham said, it’s difficult to exaggerate how important it is for the club to have Rob sticking around. I remember seeing Bobby as a child before he came down and you knew then he had all the tools to be a superior player, and that’s what he’s become. He’s world-class.

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