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John O’Neill recently stated ”leading ARU officials would meet Deans to conduct a review of the season to work out what improvements had to be made to ensure the Wallabies end their slide well before the next World Cup”.
Given that the Wallabies are sadly lacking in playing talent in general, and specifically in world class locks, I would like to ask John O’Neill:
1. Was it the right decision to scrap the ARC?
2. Was it the right decision to drive Dan Vickerman and Hugh McMeniman offshore through cost cutting contracts negotiations?
3. What return on investment has $10M+ spent on Rugby League players provided and where are they now?
The buck has to stop with the ARU.
It has to take responsibility for its decisions that have now directly contributed to the lack of quality of players available to represent the Wallabies.
There is no argument that Robbie Deans is the best coach the Wallabies could have got. But he is no miracle worker.
He can only work with the players that are available.
And let’s be honest, many of those that represented the Wallabies against Scotland were not up to international standard. No ARU review can change that fact.
The only option that Deans has is to promote young players in the hope that they can quickly make the transition to international rugby and this, unfortunately, has not worked, witnessed by the lack of maturity and composure displayed against Scotland.
It is time for the ARU to fix up what it has done.
It needs to show strategic leadership to create a production line that can provide a pool of players so that Australian Rugby never confronts this situation again.
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