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Scrum V

Eyes on the Opposition: Australia

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Eddie Jones will be back in the opposition dugout against Wales this autumn - but this time back in Australian colours. He returned to the Wallabies after leaving England and his side face Wales in Lyon on Sunday 24th September.

In the first of a four-part series on Wales' World Cup opposition, Gareth Rhys Owen is joined by Robbie Owen - a.k.a. Squidge Rugby - and Australian commentator Sean Maloney to look at how the Wallabies are shaping up.

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You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about the

0:03.8

podcast I work on. I'm Dan Clark and I commissioned factual podcasts at the BBC.

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What podcasting does is give us the space and the time to take brilliant BBC journalism

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and tell amazing compelling stories that really get behind the headlines.

0:23.7

And what I get really excited about is when we find a way of drawing you into a subject

0:28.4

you might not even have thought you were interested in.

0:30.2

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0:39.7

You're listening to BBC Sounds.

0:43.0

Tell you what, you are good at it, mate. South everybody's good at winning.

0:47.0

So you don't have to be a smart ass, mate.

0:50.0

We weren't good enough.

0:51.0

So we got a friend up next week.

0:55.0

He's back. Yep. Eddie Jones back in his homeland.

0:59.0

Yeah, the plan to lead England to World Cup glory unravelled and now he's in charge of the Wallabies.

1:05.0

So far, Rocky Star, two games, two defeats, but we will be seeing plenty of

1:11.9

him in the upcoming months.

1:14.0

So, a warm welcome to the first of a four-part mini series

1:18.0

which we will be releasing over the coming weeks.

1:20.0

This will be focusing on Wales's opponents in this year's World Cup.

1:24.0

It's a deep dive into the state of each nation as we approach the tournament.

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