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The Wrap: Injuries and depth to determine Super Rugby AU A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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One of the benefits of playing Test rugby in December and starting Super Rugby in mid-February is that the ‘silly season’ is kept mercifully short.
That didn’t prevent some eyebrow-raising moments surfacing over the break, including Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan using his casting vote to determine that the 2021 Wallabies will strip in a version of the classic 1991 jersey.
Of itself that wasn’t a bad decision at all, but the accompanying rationale – that McLennan chose the 91 jersey because it was the clear favourite of the 13,000 fans polled – raises possibilities. For example, will those same fans get to vote on whether the Wallabies take three points in Test matches when they are on offer?
Hosanna for Hosea: Is Trevor the second coming of John Eales? A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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Forget the headline, forget John Eales for just one moment. The player who sprang to mind when I first viewed Trevor Hosea in action was Springbok second row Victor Matfield.
Matfield is probably the greatest lineout player of the professional era. One of my first deep digs into his modus operandi occurred on the Scotland tour of the Republic in 2006.
I was preparing for Wales’ 2006-07 international season at the time, and one of the focal points was the spring-heeled Scotland lock, Scott Murray.
Breaking down the year that was for Dave Rennie s Wallabies A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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2020 will go down as one of the strangest in Wallabies history, and not just because of COVID-19.
Half the side’s Tests ended in draws. A third of them featured red cards. Three different starting flyhalves were used in six matches. There was a new coach. And the side, while only winning a single, lone game, did show distinct signs of promise.
So let’s try to make sense of the side’s efforts in 2020.