Opinion: Wallabies need to find new front instead of war against themselves
“Before Alamein we never had a victory … after Alamein we never had a defeat.” As ever, there is a fair degree of hyperbole in Winston Churchill’s words, but certainly Australian rugby fans can relate to the first part of that statement.
Not to compare war to sport, but Australia had its El Alamein moment – ironically enough, against England -, a chance to finally move onto the offensive. And they let it slip. As in Japan, Australia enjoyed an overwhelming preponderance of possession on Saturday but were so predictable that England’s defenders were able to settle into their work.
In a sense, McDermott was still doing his job. Merely by threatening to cut loose, he was forcing England to commit extra defenders in close, which should have created space further out. Too often, however, the passing was so haphazard the Wallabies were chasing the ball sideways.Yet in a sense Australia were outsmarted from before the Test began.
. If he keeps going down this predictable path, Australia will surely exit the World Cup at the quarter-final stage in October next year. The time has come to be bold.
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