There was no typo with the 2.08m Arnold brothers, with Jones saying he’d picked Richie after being impressed with his form for Toulouse in France’s Top 14. Richie, 32, played 17 Super Rugby games for the Brumbies and the Force before moving north in 2018. The more high-profile twin, Rory Arnold,
was overlooked after electing to stay with Japanese club Hino Red Dolphins, even with the club withdrawing from the Top League over a bar scandal.
“I think he is working on the factory line at Hino, isn’t he?” Jones said. “He is making those trucks. Because he is not playing rugby at the moment. To get selected you have to play rugby. We don’t pick blokes who make Hino trucks.”
Jones, who called for Australian players in most of Australia’s underperforming Super Rugby sides to lift their game, said he’d spoken to about 15 players left out and told them what they had to do to force their way in.