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Wallabies clear up speculation around Dave Rennie's future
By AAP
Dave Rennie will coach the Wallabies at next year's Rugby World Cup after his position was guaranteed by Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan.
Since taking over from Michael Cheika in 2020 Rennie has coached the Australian team to 11 wins, three draws and 13 losses - which is a 40.7 per cent win record.
This year the Wallabies have won three of their seven Tests.
But McLennan felt the team were making progress and that Rennie was the man to lead them into the France tournament.
"Yes, absolutely," McLennan said on Thursday ahead of the Bledisloe Cup clash with the All Blacks in Melbourne.
"Dave's done a great job. There's been real progress that has been made.
"It's pretty obvious to say this, but they need more consistency in their game. They're heading in the right direction, there's no doubt."
McLennan said current world rankings, with Australia eighth, were merely a "data point".
"The world rankings ... you can use them as a data point but everyone in world rugby could see that the Wallabies have come back and they're on the move and heading in the right direction. I take a lot of heart from that."
The Wallabies face New Zealand next week in a second Bledisloe Cup clash in Auckland before five Tests in the UK and Europe in October-November to finish the year.
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South Africa has entire teams playing in different leagues. That is a massive difference because their players are still familiar with each other when they are in the Springbok setup.
New Zealand will never have the Blues or Hurricanes or whoever pull anchor and go join a UK competition.
It will all be players dotted around all over the place.
So when they come back into the All Blacks, yeah they’ll have more experience with other styles, but they will be team mates with guys they’ve never even met.
And they’d have been playing France and Uk, will they still have NZ instincts of using skills and a fast paced game?
Or will they want a drinks break and a massage every time there is a scrum?
Go to commentsEnjoyed that. Pretty accurate assessment Brett. Good to read you again
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