While Australian rugby has been on a decline for quite some time now, it's fair to say that the appointment of Eddie Jones as their head coach seems to have accelerated the process.
The move to bring him on board earlier this year was a controversial one, with many believing the the Wallabies needed a more forward thinking personality in charge of the side. As we have seen in recent weeks, their gamble on the 63-year old has not paid off.
Australia lost two of their four pool games in the Rugby World Cup, first coming up short against Fiji before hammered by Wales. As a result, they are set to be eliminated in the pool stages of the competition for the first time in their history.
All Blacks legend baffled by Eddie Jones actions
Despite having only taken charge of his first game during the summer, there is already a real possibility that Eddie Jones will be leaving his role as Australia head coach in the near future.
Not only did the team hugely underperform in France, but there have also been reports suggesting that the Aussie interviewed for a job with Japan before the tournament even began. Questions about that rumour did not go down well during a recent press conference.
It seems even those outside Australia are already growing sick of his antics.
Speaking on Stan Sport, All Blacks legend Sonny Bill Williams said the Wallabies fans and players deserve more than what they have been getting from Eddie Jones in light of the Japan reports.
I look at it like a glass half full always, but I look at it as what could have been.
These guys, if this is their last game – to me, they should be in the quarter-finals with the squad that they have.
Rightly so, questions need to be asked if they don’t make it to the quarters from an infrastructure view all the way down to a coaching point of view.
If [Jones] wants to stay, we need to know, Bro, did you go and have that meeting? Did you have one foot out and one foot in?’ The players, the fans – not me at all – deserve that at least.
Even if he does remain in the role beyond this competition, it is all but inevitable that Eddie Jones is going to fail as Australia head coach.
The problems in the country's rugby union scene was deeply rooted, but you hardly could have imagined a worse figurehead for their national team than their current coach.
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