If Matt Faessler gets selected for a Wallabies debut in South Africa next week,he’ll be following in the footsteps of his no-nonsense grandfather.
Australia will play their home Bledisloe Cup clash at the MCG,just before World Rugby decides whether Melbourne,Perth or Sydney will host the 2027 World Cup final.
Dave Rennie deserved better,but no one treads the line of madness and genius like the man who has taken his job and is renowned for his workaholic ways.
Dave Rennie must shoulder the blame for all but setting his Wallabies side up to fail at Eden Park while the side’s discipline problems also need addressing.
Nine days after almost pulling off a sensational win in Melbourne,the Wallabies were never in the hunt at a ground that has haunted Australian teams for decades.
The Wallabies’ Eden Park hoodoo continues.
The Wallabies may well lose again at their Eden Park house of horrors,but it’s hard to ignore the positive signs looking at the bigger picture.
Bernard Foley will once again wear the No.10 jersey as the Wallabies try to move past last week’s infamous finish to the Bledisloe opener.
World Rugby has backed Mathieu Raynal despite last week’s controversial Bledisloe Cup decision,labelled by some former players as the worst they’d seen.
All the hoopla will bring to the table those for whom the rest of the year is a bit of blur,and I offer the following as something of a menu for the uninitiated.
If Mathieu Raynal had wanted him to tap dance all the way to the lineout,Bernard Foley should have immediately channelled Michael Flatley.