[quote="RugbyReg, post: 1040292, memb
I hate to reiterate it but the record over the last three years of 17 wins in 41 tests @ 41% is pretty damn diabolical.[/quote]
No doubt it is but its not the whole story. In the history of Super Rugby at least there has been no time where all the Australian teams have sicked ANY WHERE NEAR as badly as they have as the last three seasons.
From 2011 to 2015 with five teams Australians won about 45% of their games vs NZers. Judging performance against NZ teams is IMO a good barometer because NZ teams have all ways been 5 and always been consistent, having 4 strong teams most years, at least 3, and there are no altitude or jet lag issues playing against them.
Over the the first 20 yrars of Super Rugby aus teams roughly succeeded against NZ about 45% of the time (not including finals cause they are jigged by hone ground advantage but make little difference any way.)
Before 2016 Australian teams' worst year was 2007 where we won 30% of our games. There were only 2 other years ( from the first 20 when we won less than 40%.
Now what follows is truly diabolical:
In 2016 we won 12.5%
In 2017 we won 0%
In 2018 we won 18.75%
What's really shocking is how good this year looks compared to the previous two. Buy in fact we only won 3 games this year (4 if you include finals) but we only won 3 in 2016 too just from more attempts.
You can put down all the other wallabies coaches stats from pro era and compare them to Cheika's but its not fair if not seen also from this perspective. No other wallabies coach has had to pick from such consistent losers as our current one. You think that's not going to have an affect?