Ex-Wallabies coach Eddie Jones threatens his players with a CATTLE PROD in never-before-seen footage as new doco exposes World Cup disaster

Eddie Jones has been caught on video threatening to use a cattle prod on his Wallabies players in a new fly-on-the-wall documentary that lifts the lid on Australia’s miserable Rugby World Cup campaign.

Now coaching Japan after stepping down from his position as national team coach, Jones produces the dizzying motivational tactic in the trailer for the new Stan documentary series The Wallabies: Inside Rugby World Cup 2023.

The 63-year-old brings out the cattle feeder in his first team side camp after returning for his second spell as coach, saying: ‘If you can’t run fast, I’ve got this: the cattle feeder. Pop!’

It’s a fitting introduction for the man who was dogged by controversy almost from the moment he rejoined the squad in January 2022.

The fly-on-the-wall documentary also captured devastated Wallabies stars such as Ben Donaldson (pictured) struggling to come to terms with the miserable losses they suffered in France last year.

The series will also feature two famous moments in the build-up to the World Cup – firstly, when Jones held an extraordinary press conference at the airport as the squad departed for France.

He branded the experience “the worst press conference ever” after hitting reporters in a stunning outburst, accusing them of being too negative when they questioned him about his selection decisions and the team’s poor form.

“I know what’s wrong with Australian rugby and you guys are part of the problem because you’re so damn negative about everything,” he said.

Then there’s the dramatic moment when Jones tells a reporter, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, mate,” as he is asked if he interviewed to become Japan’s head coach shortly before the World Cup started.

Jones denied the report several times, but eventually took the job in Japan in early December.

No censorship here: one of Jones’ outbursts in the coaching box is shown warts and all as he explodes on his players during a match

Nick Frost (centre) summed up the stars’ feelings as he came off the pitch after Australia’s historic defeat to Fiji in the World Cup

Several scenes in the trailer show Wallabies players looking shattered as they endured a disastrous tournament in France, where they slumped to their first-ever loss to Fiji and were defeated 40-6 by Wales.

At one point, Ben Donaldson is seen on the verge of tears after defeat, while another clip shows Jones shouting: “Hold on to the bloody ball!” in the coach box.

“You have to give so much to the game, and then the game doesn’t love you,” says Jones – which is a good summary of what happened to the team during the tournament.

Jones returned to Australia to take over from Dave Rennie on a $4.5 million contract running until 2027, with rugby bosses planning for him to develop the team with the next World Cup – which will be Down Under organized – in mind.

He won just two of his games in charge of the Wallabies and identified two major problems with the direction the sport was taking in Australia.

“First, it’s capturing the talent,” he said. ‘Right now at the age of 14, 15, every athletic kid, the NRL teams, they want them if they’re tall and can run, AFL teams want them too – and if they’re tough, rugby teams want them – and what we do’ What we’re doing, we’re not capturing the amount of talent we need to capture and retain.

The Wallabies: Inside Rugby World Cup 2023 premieres on Stan on February 22.