A new-look Wallabies take on Wales on Saturday in their first match since the World Cup disaster, and there is no shortage of talking points.
The relief at Rugby Australia is palpable. It has been a long and painful nine months since the Wallabies last took to the field in the World Cup.
But that was then for the Wallabies, and thankfully, this is now. Test rugby is finally back. There is a new coach in Joe Schmidt and an opportunity to slowly rebuild the Wallabies against the visiting Wales team this Saturday in Sydney.Can the Wallabies connect in such a short time?, actors have a superstition to not mention the play’s name, for fear of invoking a curse. Similarly, the Wallabies have been reluctant to name-check either the World Cup or Eddie Jones.
“As a group, we’ve got to start understanding when is a good time when it’s a bad time and I think Joe’s especially being here next year has been able to drill that into us,” McReight said.Saturday’s skipper Liam Wright is used to captaincy at the Queensland Reds, but leading your country is evidently a different proposition. He has only played five Tests off the bench for the Wallabies, but he will bring calmness to a new side desperate to impress against Wales.
“I thought Joe had retired,” Gatland said. “He’s had about three retirements, he seems to come out of retirement every couple of years. He went back to New Zealand to retire, then came back with the Blues and then the All Blacks, hopefully, they’re paying him lots of money.”
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