Superstar winger Marika Koroibete had decided to hang up his boots for the Wallabies after the World Cup. But then disaster unfolded – and plans changed.
Emotions were running high – and low – in the Wallabies’ dressing room last year as their World Cup campaign collapsed. But somewhere between Australia losing to Wales and the team boarding a flight home, disappointment and anger evolved into something else for Marika Koroibete: conviction.
“Then, yeah, obviously the result that came was not what I wanted, and how I wanted to finish. So I pretty much changed my mind. I want a strong finish.” “There’s been no conversations really. He has been focusing mainly on the local boys playing Super, which makes sense. He rang me in July to tell me they were going with the local boys but to keep training.”Koroibete joined the Wallabies in camp in Brisbane on Saturday and a sense of righting the wrongs of 2023 is strong.
Koroibete’s workload is managed wisely while playing for the Robbie Deans-coached Panasonic Wild Knights and he helped the team go through the regular season undefeated. The Wild Knights lost in the final to the Richie Mo’unga-led Toshiba side but after some time off, Koroibete says he’s mentally and physically fresh.
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