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Anyone who has read Christian Cullen & Tana Umaga's books will know neither of them were very enamoured with Deans as a coach. Christian Cullen, in particular, mentioned that he felt it was really Deans that ran that campaign, as opposed to Mitchell, which very much confirmed the suspicions I...

Nick Bishop weights in on the Wallabies 2023 world cup squad: https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/12/02/coachs-corner-who-should-be-in-rennies-world-cup-squad-and-will-jones-make-it-to-the-tournament/ Brandon Paenga-Amosa (O)* is playing some his best footy in France. He is the strongest scrumming...

Great to see Australia's best defensive coach since Muggleton back home... any bets on him returning to Wallabies set-up in 2024 as Rennie's current D coach Fisher is rumored to be retiring from coaching after the 2023 World Cup?

It has come from retired All Blacks captain Tana Umaga in his autobiography Tana Umaga: Up Close. Umaga, now coaching French club Toulon, criticises Deans for his role as assistant to coach John Mitchell in the All Blacks' failed 2003 World Cup campaign. "Despite being a senior player, I got...

The Wallabies during Cheika's tenure didn't have a whole lot to work with & Cheika's poor choice of assistants only exacerbated the decline in results, considering the very poor standard of Cheika's assistants during his tenure, almost all of them were inexperienced & had very little previous...

McKenzie implemented appropriate disciplinary measures & enforced team standards that Robbie had let go completely AWOLE... McKenzie envisioned greater accountability & demanded respect for the jersey! That wasn't an unreasonable request was it? Was it?? McKenzie as a former Wallabies great...

Ewen McKenzie was (and still remains) arguably the most qualified person to ever coach the Wallabies IMO. His CV is unapparelled - 51 caps for Australia, 1991 World Cup winner, unquestionably one of the best tight-head props for Australia. In 2000, he joined the Wallabies coaching set-up as...

You simply cannot compare Rennie's situation with Deans. 1 - The rugby landscape was completely different, between 2008-2013 Australian teams had quality players that were capable of beating their SA & NZ counterparts. Reds were dominant 2010, 2011, 2012, Waratahs 2008-2010, Brumbies dominant...

Robbie lost them a very winnable Lion's series by not selecting Quade Cooper. This was Eddie Jones' take on it: Deans has faced a barrage of criticism from many former players and pundits since naming his squad last Sunday, and Jones has joined with his own objections and says it is "just...

Hell yes! 2013 autumn tour Wallabies were slick af, see this backline McKenzie selected tore apart Joe Schmidt's Ireland 32-15: FB 15 Israel Folau RW 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper 57' OC 13 Tevita Kuridrani 72' IC 12 Matt To'omua LW 11 Nick Cummins FH 10 Quade Cooper 68'...

I'd have Foketi, Perese, & Issac Henry ahead of Paisami at 12.

McKenzie is still the best Wallabies coach since Rod Macqueen. Deans only did great for 2010 & 2011 seasons (mainly thanks to Nuicifora's influence) but had taken the team backwards by the end of his tenure and McKenzie didn't get enough time to implement his vision, but if stayed on Link...

Aren't you forgetting Tom Hooper who's a better option than all of them?

BPA is the best hooker, the impact of him & Tupou together off the bench last year was a game changer. See SA tests.

1. Slipper 2. Porecki 3. Ala'alatoa 4. Rodda 5. Arnold 6. Frost 7. Hooper 8. Valetini 9. White 10. Cooper 11. Korobeite 12. Kerevi 13. Ikitau 14. Nawaqanitawase 15. Kellaway 16. BPA 17. Bell 18. Tupou 19. Skelton 20. Samu 21. McDermott/Finnes 22. Edmed 23. Petaia

1. Slipper 2. Porecki 3. Ala'alatoa 4. Rodda 5. Arnold 6. Frost 7. Hooper 8. Valetini 9. White 10. Cooper 11. Korobeite 12. Kerevi 13. Ikitau 14. Nawaqanitawase 15. Kellaway 16. BPA 17. Bell 18. Tupou 19. Skelton 20. Samu 21. McDermott/Finnes 22. Edmed 23. Petaia

I actually thought Wallabies back 3 against Ireland was their strongest of the year. Modern test rugby is designed for larger backs who dominate collisions & are strong defensively. For this reason, I don't like Campbell in the Wallabies back 3. Campbell is too small and (alongside Foley...

Paisami gets physically dominated, misses tackles & constantly makes poor decisions at test level. He will not be missed at all.

Tane Edmed is better than either of them. Rennie is a poor selector.

Deans didn't have the support of the senior playing group - he dropped most of them from the team! Smith, Giteau, Mitchell, etc! The minority that weren't against him were from NSW, Ashley-Cooper, Barnes, Phipps (was dating his daughter..) The best players & best leaders - Genia, Cooper...