Eddie Jones address Japan coaching speculation and the Wallabies loss against Wales.
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00:00 Did you do a job interview with Japanese rugby a couple of weeks before the World Cup?
00:05 And if so, what was the thinking?
00:08 I don't know what you're talking about, mate.
00:10 Eddie, do you have a second interview lined up with the JRFU?
00:15 I said I don't know what you're talking about, mate.
00:17 Can you give Walibi's fans your absolute 100% commitment that you will not be coach of Japan next year?
00:23 I'm committed to coach Australia.
00:25 Next year?
00:26 I'm committed to coach Australia.
00:28 That doesn't sound very definitive, Eddie.
00:30 Thank you. Next question, please. We said one follow-up.
00:32 I don't think many of the boys were aware of anything, to be honest.
00:35 We've had a good week prep, probably our best week of prep, and we didn't turn up tonight.
00:40 So it's got nothing to do with the outside noise.
00:42 It's just got to do with our performance. We weren't good enough.
00:44 I really take umbrage at the questioning, that people are questioning my commitment to coaching Australia.
00:51 I really take umbrage at it.
00:55 Yeah, I've been working non-stop since I've come here, and I apologise for the results.
01:00 I keep saying that.
01:01 But to doubt my commitment to the job, I think, is a bit red-hot.
01:04 So we're not going to deal with any of those questions any further.
01:08 So I'm happy to talk about Wales. I'm happy to talk about Portugal.
01:11 If you want to keep going down that line, I'll excuse myself.
01:14 So do you want to decide what you want to do?
01:17 Eddie, are you still fully committed to this Australian project?
01:21 Yeah, 100%.
01:24 How? Why? Do you feel that way?
01:26 Well, I came back to Australia to try to help.
01:31 At the moment, I'm not giving much help, am I?
01:34 But that doesn't mean my commitment to help them has changed.
01:39 I came back to want to try to help.
01:41 But there's not only the Wallabies we've got to improve.
01:44 We've got to improve the whole system of Australian rugby.
01:46 And that's not an excuse.
01:48 But we've got to have a really good look at ourselves
01:52 and see what we've got to do to improve the way we're going about our rugby.
01:56 Well, that's not my judgment, mate.
02:00 That's the judgment of Rugby Australia.
02:03 Are you able to explain why you think you are the right person to continue?
02:07 Well, I think I've got the ability to turn things around.
02:11 I was hoping we'd be able to do it by now, but we haven't been able to.
02:15 And as I said, I take full responsibility for it.
02:18 I haven't done a good enough job.
02:20 And I'm bloody disappointed about that, mate.
02:24 I was put in this job to turn Australia around.
02:30 And I don't think I could have done it with the players that had been playing.
02:37 I think we needed a fresh change.
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