Alan Jones urges Kurtley Beale to forget pre-game instructions

By Jon Geddes
April 29, 2009 Former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has urged Kurtley Beale to forget all the pre-game instructions and rely on his instincts in his much-anticipated return to New South Wales Waratahs' starting side this weekend.

"I'd be saying 'let everything they tell you to go in this ear and out the other and you just do what you see'," Jones said.

In a bid to spark up the backs Beale, who will stay at NSW next year, has been named at inside-centre for Saturday morning's clash with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

Lachie Turner is now fullback, replacing Sam Norton-Knight, with Peter Playford on the wing.

"Chuck all these coaching manuals out the window and detonate them," Jones said. "Go and play some football, it's a simple game.

"Beale is there to attack, that is his mandate and he can attack and be creative."
As NSW fight to stay alive in the Super 14 Jones called on the team to take more advantage of the phenomenal talent of Beale's centre partner Timana Tahu.

"He is as good a player as there is in any code in this country. Will someone give him the ball with some space," Jones pleaded.

"Instead he has a whole heap of forwards receiving the ball before he gets it.
"It's very disappointing. Tell me when Tuqiri last got the football.

"Turner gets the ball and does brilliant things and then we starve him."
Jones identified half the Waratahs' problem being forwards standing out in the backline.

"My game plan would be to tell the forwards to be forwards and the backs to be backs," he said.

Halfback Luke Burgess remains on the bench but Jones argued he should be in the team.

"He's young, he's ambitious, he is committed, he can kick, he can run," Jones said.
"OK, he has made mistakes. We don't judge players on the weaknesses, we judge players on their strengths. We have invested in Burgess and that investment will pay off."

Jones raised questions about the Waratahs' coaching structure.

"Chris Hickey can coach, he has got tremendous results prior to coming to NSW at every level. In my opinion he is eminently qualified to take the job," Jones said.
"Something must happen in this so-called professional era that there are obviously too many people in charge."

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[Alan Jones urges Kurtley Beale to forget pre-game instructions].

Thats what the Tahs as a team have been doing all season ? Taking no notice

And Alan wonders why he didn't get the Wallabies job this time around :verysad:

Go cheetahs do us all a favor and smash the tahs

Holeee shit, I so hope Kurtley listens to Jonesey....It'll be hilarious, if Beale plays his natural, dodgy game with the 40% 60% chip kick as his major attacking weapon, with Tahu outside him picking up the scraps and cleaning out at the breakdown, the 'Tahs are gunna go down by 80 points!

I'd recommend they look for quick, clean ball, and a strong passing game......also get Lote to stand on the wing once in a while....that's the position he's paid to play (as I understand it)

Anyhoo, Attack isn't really going to be the 'Tahs primary concern with Beale and Tahu in the centres........revolving door much?

And when Jones was the boss, I wonder how he would have reacted to outsiders telling his team to ignore his instructions...?

I think one Mark Ella did exactly that, no love lost there!
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