Australia coach Eddie Jones was both praised and criticised for his post match interview following the Wallabies defeat to Fiji.
Fiji capitalised brilliantly on an ill-disciplined performance from Australia to grab their first win against them since 1954 and jump ahead of the Wallabies in the tightly contested Pool C.
After the game, Jones said: “Thoroughly deserved victory for Fiji. They outplayed us.
“We were just off today. We were a poor version of ourselves. There is a bit of soul searching to do. It makes the Wales game pretty important.
“If you look at the stats of the game, we dominated but we were a poor version of ourselves”
SOCIAL REACTION:
One fan wrote: “Honestly I’ve just seen the Eddie Jones interview and he just didn’t care.”
Another said: “In other words they was rubbish and out played by the flying Fijians
A third commented: “He’s deluded. Jones interview was embarrassing,”
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Martin Johnson dream team:
BACK-THREE:
Fullback: Serge Blanco (France) – “A great France full back who dominated games.”
Winger: Joe Roff (Australia) – “You’d put David Campese up there but Roff is my choice. A fantastic all-round rugby player, and old-style wing.”
Winger: Jonah Lomu (New Zealand) – “Not much difficulty in choosing one of the most awesome wings to have ever played.”
CENTRES:
Outside-centre: Philippe Sella (France) – “I used to watch him as a kid on TV and think he was brilliant; and then ten years later I played against him and he was still brilliant. He still looks as if he could play for France today. One of the best backs I’ve ever seen. If you hit him it was like running into concrete.”
Inside-centre: Danie Gerber (South Africa) – “Scored a hat-trick against England in the first half in one match in the 1980s. He didn’t play many Tests because of apartheid, but he had power and pace. I don’t know if he could pass: it seemed like he never needed to. I played against him in a charity match in 1996 when he must have been well into his 40s, he was still awesome.”