Why Eddie Jones needed to rip the bandaid off Australian rugby and axe Quade Cooper and Michael Hooper

COMMENT: Eddie Jones has done what needed to be done almost four years ago. He has ushered through the next wave of Wallabies.

Not in drips and drabs, but at once.

He has followed the lead of Fabien Galthie, who together with Jaques Brunel dropped their own bombshell ahead of the Japan tournament after taking over France on the eve of the World Cup in Japan, by backing those he thought would benefit ahead of the 2023 tournament.

At once, young men like Gregory Alldritt, Demba Bamba, Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack and Damian Penaud, who had led France’s revival at under-20s level…