It proved to be a disastrous tournament for Australia as they were knocked out with Eddie Jones coming under scrutiny.
But 2003 World Cup winning head coach Sir Clive Woodward insists the blame lies at Australia Rugby officials for being ‘hoodwinked’.
He told the Sydney Morning Herald: “The problem is administrators come in and they get hoodwinked by all this stuff. They don’t really understand the sport, they come in with a business background and are successful people and they get hoodwinked by people like Eddie Jones, who start talking about the Lions tour and 2027.
“The moment you do that, you not only lose it with the public, you lose it with the team. Because you can’t talk about a development team. It’s not about that.
“I don’t blame Eddie for that. If he can get away with it, good on him. But I do blame the guys in charge, because they’ve just been hoodwinked.”
