These are the rugby headlines for Monday 30 October.

Eddie Jones ‘disastrous failure’ for Australian rugby

Australian legend Matt Burke described Eddie Jones’ stay in Australia as a “catastrophic failure”. The Wallabies crashed out of the Rugby World Cup at the group stage in the worst campaign in their history. It was the first time in the history of the World Cup that they failed to reach the quarter-finals. A 40-6 thrashing of Wales sparked the 2023 campaign into life.

Jones resigned as Australia coach on Sunday despite repeated assurances to the press during the tournament that he was “committed to Australian rugby”.

Burke, one of the greatest full-backs of all time, says Jones was absolutely the wrong choice to take Australia to the World Cup. “The Wallabies are inferior to Qantas in terms of how they are perceived,” he told Big Sports Breakfast.

“Maybe it’s better for Australian rugby. “Jones would always say he was broke, but in retrospect, when we look back, it wasn’t the right choice.”

“We all got caught up in the hype about Eddie Jones. Look what he did to England in 2019, but it was a catastrophic failure. The last six months he had and the poor decision making was the most frustrating thing.”

Last weekend, Sir Clive Woodward criticized Jones for comments he made following his resignation. You can read more about it here.

Owen Farrell was destined to dominate rugby league

Former Wigan Warriors star Jackson Hastings has backed England midfielder Owen Farrell to dominate rugby league if he makes the switch.

Pharrell is now 33 years old and in the twilight of his career, so a code switch isn’t entirely possible. He recently became England’s all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing Jonny Wilkinson’s previous record. He is, without a doubt, a legend of the union game.

On Twitter, the Hastings league star explained: “I want to see Owen Farrell in rugby league. “He did all this in the union, one of the greatest of all time, I think he would have dominated the championship, he would have been great for the sport.”

England rugby league captain Sam Tomkins even called Farrell “the best rugby league player of the last 10 years” despite never having played the code.

Speaking to The Mirror earlier this year, Farrell scoffed at the idea of ​​playing with 13 players. He said: “I always wonder if I can do it, if I will be good.

“I love the game, I love watching Wigan. I’m obsessed with the NRL, I watch everything I can. Until I moved down south, until it was said that my father was going to join rugby, I didn’t know what rugby was. For example, I sometimes watched England games, I watched the World Cup, I watched some Six Nations, but to be honest I didn’t really like it. The love for the game came later. But my first love was none other than rugby.”

“South Africa is the best team in World Cup history”

England legend Matt Dawson called South Africa “the best team in World Cup history”.

South Africa beat New Zealand in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final and became the first team in the competition’s history to win the Webb Ellis Cup four times. And to make it even more impressive, they have now won two matches in a row.

Writing in his BBC sports column, England’s World Cup winner Dawson explained: “I don’t think anyone has come close to this before and, given the format going forward, I’m not sure it will happen again. It’s not because they won back-to-back tournaments, although there were 14 players in the round of 16 who competed in Japan four years ago.

“That’s the nature of his game. Coming out of a tough group that included Ireland and Scotland and then beating hosts France in the quarter-finals, England in the semi-finals and New Zealand in the final is a huge achievement.

“They won the World Cup beating the best countries and it was really good. The All Blacks may have had better individual players when they won in 2011 and 2015, but I would pick South Africa as the better team.

“I say this because both the game and the competition are very different from 12 years ago. Going back to 2015, how many teams would realistically win? I just don’t think it was close. New Zealand also fought on equal terms and were a great team, but I don’t think they were as tested as South Africa in this competition.”

The Rugby World Cup final passed through the Joker’s door

FA Cup sexist Daniel Jarvis celebrated with South Africa on the pitch after the Rugby World Cup final.

YouTuber Jarvis went viral in January after switching off his phone in the BBC television studios before Liverpool’s match against Wolves. Gary Lineker, Paul Ince and Danny Murphy struggled to keep up with the report as sexual sounds erupted continuously for more than two minutes live.

As the Springboks celebrated their victory on the field, Jarvis took part in a trophy photo shoot, looking completely out of place in a black coat and sunglasses among the green Boks.

Faf de Klerk even recognized him and said, “Are you that guy?” He hit Damian Willemse before being taken away.

Speaking to The Sun, he said: “A few of them came up to me saying ‘Jarvo’ and shaking my hand. I thought, my friend, you just won the World Cup and you’re more interested in seeing me! I couldn’t believe it.”