Thursday, 2nd August 2007 at 1:51 pm

Eddie Jones in Bok colours

Feverpitcher sent this particular picture through to John O’Neill this morning, just to reassure the Australian Rugby Union’s boss that Eddie Jones is safely in South Africa, and taking to his new job with great enthusiasm. So what’s Eddie been up to in his new job as Springbok technical assistant? Feverpitcher can reveal all…

Here we see Jones explaining the Wallaby line-out calls to the Springboks - ‘Dan’ means it’s going to Vickerman, ‘Nath’ to Sharpe, and ‘This could be anywhere, mate’ indicates an unplanned variation. Later in the day, Jones explained where to touch Stephen Larkham so that he falls apart (just about anywhere, really), how to lure Matt Dunning into scrumming illegally and conceding penalties (whoever’s playing tighthead needs to replace Aqa di Gio with a barbecue sauce/mustard combination as choice of fragrance), and the best way to get to George Gregan (be rude about Owen Finegan),

And there’ll be plenty more nuggets of info passed on via Jones to the Springboks, who’ll know the Wallabies back to front by the time the World Cup arrives; Feverpitcher will endeavour to pass them on to you as and when they reach us. And we’ll be sure to keep John O’Neill up to speed as well…