Wallabies and Suntory Sungoliath centre Samu Kerevi has backed the under fire Eddie Jones but did confess to trying to steal some of the England head coach’s ‘secrets.’
Jones took a trip to Japan earlier this week to continue his consulting role with Suntory following a poor Six Nations campaign, and Kerevi’s comments are likely to cause a stir.
Kerevi will benefit from Jones’ advice and experience as the Wallabies prepare to host England for a three-match Test series in three months.
“He’s been coaching England and they are a really physical side. The way European teams play rugby is a bit different to Japan and back at home in Australia,” Kerevi said.
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“My work ethic off the ball, he spoke last year about trying to get more touches in my hands. He’s spoken about Manu [Tuilagi] a lot and how he’s progressed his game, but also for myself just trying to add a few things to my game to really expand my skill set. That was his big thing from last year.”
The 28-year-old joked he was trying to pick Jones’ brain on the England set-up.
“I’m mostly trying to get the England secrets away from him at the moment. I’m asking him a few questions on how they play and how his centres’ movements are, so hopefully I can help if I get selected back into the Wallabies,” he said.
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“He’s been a great addition to us. I’ve dealt with him the last couple of years and had good conversations with him, especially one on ones. Rens [Wallabies coach Dave Rennie] has spoken about it the last couple of days, [Jones is] really experienced at that international level, so any insights he has for my game I really take on board and try to implement throughout the season.
“He’s always coming around saying how fit I am – really I’m not – but that positive reinforcement from a guy like him is awesome.”
