Support for former Australia coach Alan Jones to return to the job continues to grow with former internationals Stephen Larkham and Mat Rogers both backing his reinstatement.

Queensland Rugby Union Chairman Peter Lewis suggested earlier this week that Jones would be the ideal person to replace John Connolly and both Larkham and Rogers have agreed there would be merit to the idea.

"Alan is a very smart man and I'm sure he has got some good ideas," said Larkham.

"He came in and had a chat with us before one of our test matches - he certainly keeps in contact with a lot of the players.

"From what I remember, he also had some good ideas, was a bit of a lateral thinker and he offers probably a little bit different a coaching style to some of the coaches that are running around."

Dual international Rogers said Jones would be a refreshing change to the modern day coaches.

"The more I think about it .... this really could be a masterstroke," he says.

He believed the other candidates for the job - Ewen McKenzie, Laurie Fisher, Scott Johnson, John Muggleton, David Nucifora and Robbie Deans - were "all from the same stale mould".

"There is an old saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result," Rogers said.

"I challenge the Australian Rugby Union to do something different. Give Alan Jones the Wallabies coaching job. I think he'd be brilliant.

"In fact, give it to him right now and let him get started with the shake-up.