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Dave Rennie kicks-off new era of Australian rugby as his tenure as Wallabies coach begins
By Online Editors
A new era of Australian rugby is underway after new Wallabies head coach Dave Rennie touched down in Sydney on Monday.
Taking advantage of a month-long break from the PRO14, the incumbent Glasgow Warriors boss has travelled Down Under on a 10-day meet-and-greet tour across Australia.
Rennie's trip began on Tuesday morning with a traditional welcome ceremony at Rugby Australia headquarters alongside chief executive Raelene Castle.
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He is expected to spend the rest of the day meeting members of RA staff before having lunch with Castle and director of rugby Scott Johnson.
The 56-year-old will then spend Wednesday in Daceyville with the Waratahs, where he will meet with a raft of Wallabies players, including current national skipper Michael Hooper, and newly-instated New South Wales coach Rob Penney.
Rennie's visit to eastern Sydney will also provide him an opportunity to mingle with a number of members from the highly-promising Junior Wallabies squad, which finished second at last year's World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina.
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If the Welsh players cannot be bothered to get themselves.fit, for what is essentially their full time job and their country, then there is no hope for them.
Most of their forwards were huffing and puffing within 15 minutes!
Go to commentsFor the sake of the game we must restrict the TMO to advising the ref only when called on to do so. Im sick to the back teeth of the endless interventions. With an inexperienced whistler like the bloke this morning, the TMO ran the show.
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