Sport | ‘Worst thing’ Rugby Australia can do is sack Eddie Jones – former skipper Mortlock

Eddie Jones. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

• Former Australia captain Stirling Mortlock does not believe the Wallabies should sack Eddie Jones as coach.
• The Wallabies look set to exit the Rugby World Cup after losses to Fiji and Wales.
• Mortlock described the 40-6 loss to Wales as a “train wreck”, but urged rugby chiefs to back Jones.
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Former Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock has said “the worst thing” Rugby Australia can do is sack embattled head coach Eddie Jones, despite the team’s poor World Cup campaign.

Two-time champions Australia are on the verge of being knocked out in the pool stage of a World Cup for the first time after being routed 40-6 by Wales on Sunday and following a shock defeat to Fiji.

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Jones was appointed head coach in January, and Australia have