A new era starts under new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt on Saturday against Wales.
, the 58-year-old New Zealander admitted he was hesitant but did so for the greater good of the game in this part of the world.
Schmidt’s plan during the next two years is straightforward enough: get the Wallabies playing respectable rugby so they can push the British and Irish Lions on their 2025 tour.The Wallabies are rugby’s shopfront. When they struggle, it perpetuates the myth that the game is on its last legs when it is not. Staggering about like the drunkest man at the party, but definitely not dead.
There’s also this tiresome narrative being spun that the resurgence of the New Zealand Warriors has killed rugby in New Zealand, including the All Blacks. Nothing could be further from the truth.Super Rugby mightn’t survive. Young players in Australia will still chase the money and opportunity in the NRL.
O’Shea relocated to Australia after finishing his playing career in the 1970s, where he soon won the hand of one of Australia’s golden girls.
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