Knuckles has decided to get tough on his troops, sending four players of his squad of 37 home from an early season training camp at the AIS. The four are:
- Morgan Turinui
- Tatafu Polota-Nau
- Mark Gerrard
- Lote Tuqiri
I’m puzzled as to whether this is a positive step, with the coach finally deciding to get tough on the team; or whether it’s another symptom of the malaise that has permeated the Wallabies all year. Does this represent the start of the end for the Wallabies’ World Cup victory campaign? And are we surprised that Lote failed the test?
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March 7th 2007 @ 8:56pm
Dan Shannon said | March 7th 2007 @ 8:56pm | Report comment
Personally I don’t think pre-season fitness issues are of any great importance. What is of importance is the behaviour of Lote Tuqiri in creating a bidding war between the ARU, Super 14 teams and rugby league clubs. This is reflective of the terrible level which Australian sport is letting itself becoming based on American principles of sport – money and entertainment first and second, with the pursuit of sporting excellence coming a distant third. Imagine the likes of John Eales, Nick Farr-Jones carrying on like this. It’s a cancer at the heart of sport which needs to be lanced. Simple as that.