The Wallabies’ record loss saw one ex-England star bemoan the “proper dark” state of Australian rugby, and suggest the Lions tour South Africa instead.
Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh is disappointed in the Wallabies’ record loss in Santa Fe but is confident the team’s progress under Joe Schmidt will yield a competitive series against the British and Irish Lions next year.
The UK Telegraph suggested Australia had hit “rock bottom” in Argentina and the Irish Independent headline pointed to Schmidt having 47 weeks “to stop Lions’ Australia tour from being a one-sided disaster”.
“You can see the progress is there. It is not nearly where we need it to be, but if we keep progressing at the speed with which we have moved things in the last six months, then there is plenty of time . “Obviously the enormity of the scoreline in that second half was disappointing. But there is context that is important … we are not the most experienced team in world rugby, and we are building that experience.”
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