Wallabies coach has ‘no excuse’ for ‘bad loss’ as brutal All Blacks test looms

Australia coach Eddie Jones insisted Saturday that his group can flip the nook by the point they meet the All Blacks in a fortnight after slumping to the second straight defeat of his reign.

The former England boss was hailed because the saviour of Australia when he was appointed in January to exchange the axed Dave Rennie after the group misplaced 9 of 13 internationals final season.

But it has been a rocky begin to his second stint within the job, crashing 34-31 to Argentina on Saturday in Sydney on the again of a 43-12 thrashing by world champions South Africa at Pretoria final week.

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They subsequent meet a harmful New Zealand — who toppled the Springboks 35-20 in Auckland on Saturday — on the Melbourne Cricket Ground earlier than a return leg in Dunedin forward of the September-October World Cup in France.

Jones admitted it was “a bad loss” however was adamant they will problem the All Blacks and get themselves again on observe.

“In 10 days we can be a completely different team, and that’s the aim,” he insisted.

“We tried to play a bit freer which involved a bit more decision making, but at the moment it’s not quite gelling.

“But we’ve got to accept there is going to be a little bit of pain.”

Woeful self-discipline was once more an issue in opposition to Los Pumas with 14 penalties conceded, together with one within the dying minutes that allowed Argentina to launch a last assault that finally received them the sport.

“If you look at our squad at the moment, there are a number of guys coming back from long-term injuries, so we’re not where we should be,” stated Jones.

“But that’s no excuse for today’s performance.

“It’s more about how can the team just be better decision makers around the ball and our ability to get off the line a bit harder.

“Again, we didn’t put enough pressure on them with our defence.”

Captain James Slipper admitted the poor self-discipline “really hurt us”.

“We’ve got to turn that around … there’s quite a few of us who have to look at those individual penalties and rectify it quickly,” he stated.

“Performances like that, we won’t go far at the World Cup.”