Australia will be hoping to start a critical ‘golden decade’ in style against a Welsh side that humiliated them at the 2023 Rugby World Cup
The Wallabies face Wales in rugby union Tests in Sydney and Melbourne as coach Joe Schmidt takes charge of Australia for the first time.The Wallabies face Wales in rugby union Tests in Sydney and Melbourne as coach Joe Schmidt takes charge of Australia for the first time.
It has been nine months since Wales humiliated the Wallabies 40-6 at the 2023 World Cup in France and fans have endured Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell since then – the, and Rugby Australia’s admission that they are almost $89m in debt and paying $5m a year in interest alone.No wonder the game is eager to look ahead, to a brighter future RA is claiming can generate $225m in cash flow and, more importantly, pump life and hope back into the code’s heartlands.
Schmidt is exactly the shrewd operator Australia needs to restore its wounded pride. Jones’ smash-and-grab mission on the World Cup ended up a debacle, with his coaching staff of NRL and AFL acolytes blowing the campaign up in the pool stages, and taking plenty of young talent – not to mention fans and future sponsors – down with them.Australia will be out to turn around a 40-6 defeat to Wales at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in two Tests in Sydney and Melbourne.
With so much to play for, Schmidt could be forgiven for starting his reign with a ‘win-ugly’, ‘embrace the grind’ philosophy. Instead, he is talking “tempo”, a ‘sort the biz, bring the rizz’ vibe which stays true to the “Wallaby Way” of running rugby. That’s an excitingterrifying prospect for local fans weary from years of seeing entertainment dissolve without discipline.
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