By Darren Walton
November 19th 2009 @ 2:14am
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Wallabies coach poised to keep the faith
Almost halfway through his four-year tenure and Wallabies coach Robbie Deans looks to have finally settled on his first-choice team for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
In the surest sign yet that he is close to deciding on his strongest possible line-up, Deans is set to name an unchanged side for only the third time in [...]
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Blacky said | November 19th 2009 @ 3:08am | Report comment
Barnes to fly half, Quade Cooper to stay at inside centre, Ioane or Mortlock for outside centre and Giteau to go out on the wing in place of Drew Mitchell.
Cattledog said | November 19th 2009 @ 4:22am | Report comment
Probably a fair summation of Dean’s thoughts at present, Darren, but we’re a long way from the RWC. Possibly more to the point would be to say he has the nucleus of the team he wants for 2011. I really believe next year will be a watershed for Australian rugby with some others, including young Morahan, knocking on the Wallaby door. Competition will be enormous for quite a number of positions which is a wonderful problem for coaches and selectors.
Fingers crossed they get it right!