World Cup 2023. Eddie Jones: “Galthy doesn’t need me to beat the All Blacks”

It has been greatly beaten by France’s fifteenth (41-17) during the France-Australia Tour, closed first and then wild, Eddie Jones He also followed with interest the All Blacks’ defeat against South Africa. This allowed him to express his point of view on the subject opening game from the world cup, France – New Zealandwhich will take place on September 8th.

The Blues and the All Blacks are no longer in the same dynamic after last weekend’s World Cup pre-season matches, which no one has escaped. Ian Foster’s men were out of the game at Twickenham, so much so that they gave the impression they were taking this conflict lightly.

Conversely, the Blues rallied stronger throughout August, ending their series with a forty-plus lead that moved to Australia. “The French looked ready to play, while New Zealand were not ready on Friday night,” said Eddie Jones.

The All Blacks are ready on September 8th

Perhaps this is an aphorism: Never bury New Zealand when the FIFA World Cup is taking place. Eddie Jones, the good connoisseur, knows it all too well: “The All Blacks have travelled, maybe they haven’t trained much, their timing, their rhythm, nothing was right. They now have two weeks to be ready.”

And he doesn’t forget that those same New Zealanders did well at the start of the summer, winning the rugby championship in the process and proving themselves effective in a key segment of today’s international rugby:

The game at the moment, which we’ve seen again tonight, is all about being able to get in the opposite 22m and turn that into points. It has become so important that it has become almost the core of the game, that there is almost a game in the 22nd and a game out. New Zealand was good at it during the rugby tournament.

France – All Blacks, great battle at the opening of the World Cup

Regularly annoying, sometimes annoying, Eddie Jones loves rugby. And like all fans of the sport, he can’t wait for the World Cup to start:

It will be a real fight. What a way to start the competition! I am sure if they could build the second Stade de France on top of the first they would have 160,000 spectators for that opening game.

Does the expert have any tips for the blues? “I’m sure Fabian has ideas to beat the All Blacks, he certainly doesn’t need me and my advice,” he said, laughing at a press conference. I hope he is right!

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