John Eales on the current state of rugby in Australia and New Zealand | It's Only Sport

Former Wallabies captain, Rugby World Cup winner in 1991 and 1999 and all-round legend of the oval ball - John Eales - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport two days out from the first set of knockout matches at the World Cup in France.

John discusses the current state of rugby in Australia and New Zealand and possible ways to fix both national games, before discussing all four quarter-finals this weekend and who he believes will progress.

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