It was always going to be hard to gauge the Wallabies in two Tests against the Springboks. But “work in progress” signs can’t stay up forever.
Give the punters something to cling on to, Joe. Of course, it was always going to be hard to gauge the Wallabies across two Tests against South Africa, with the danger of being disproportionately harsh.
But the Wallabies need to show improvement in Argentina with ball in hand, because the two Tests against the Boks and the second test against Wales have been stodgy. But the appeal of playing him, even sparingly, only increased on Saturday after he produced something that has been sorely lacking: genuine speed.
But you can bet the Springboks will go back to serial Rugby World Cup winner Handre Pollard for the upcoming Tests against the All Blacks in South Africa. There will be little to no experimenting for those games, especially as the other Springboks’ URC newcomers who got their shot in Perth showed that they were a considerable downgrade on the top-liners.Incoming Waratahs defence coach Lachie McCaffrey was like a proud dad in the halftime interview during the Otago-Auckland NPC match on Friday.
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