Eddie Jones compared the Wallabies to an old car that keeps breaking down after Argentina handed Australia a second successive defeat on Saturday.
Los Pumas scored a last-gasp try to snatch a 34-31 victory over the Wallabies in Sydney after the hosts led 31-27 with four minutes remaining.
The result means that Jones has gone 0-2 since taking charge of the Wallabies for the second time at the start of the year, following a 43-12 loss to the Springboks in the opening round of the Rugby Championship in Pretoria.
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While the Wallabies managed to fix some aspects of their performance at Loftus Versfeld, they were found out in other areas and Jones admitted that there was plenty to be done ahead of the World Cup.
“I remember my first car was a Datsun 1200. You’d fit the handbrake and the next day the windscreen wipers would break, and we’re a bit like that moment. Last week our set-piece wasn’t good. This week our set-piece was good. Last week, we didn’t attack.
“This week we did attack, but our decision-making around the ball was poor. This is a bit of a process we’ve got to go through. As painful as it is and as hard as it is … the team we are today is a long way from the team we want to be tomorrow, but you know we’ll keep working on it and we’ll get it right.”
Jones added that he was 100% confident that he would be able to sort the issues before the global tournament in France.
“At the moment, it seems like we’re miles away from where we need to be. But all this is going to make us harder and more hungry to get it right. We’re a team that needs to change. We know that. And that’s the reason I’m here in the job. It needs to change. We’re not seeing the change in terms of results at the moment, but we’ll see that.”
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