Okay, how many Test players are there playing flyhalf at international level these days? What exactly does one have to do to prove they are an international level player in a position.
For starters, a 60 - 11 pantsing of a bad bad bad Baabaas side does not count.
That leaves the Wales game. A game two years ago, at the end of a very, very, very long season against two weakened teams, one of which was our bunny in recent times.
Secondly, as I said, Deans said after those two performances that JOC (James O'Connor) was not a 10. They discussed that actual quote a few podcasts ago with Bob Dwyer.
For a player to be international level, they first have show they are capable at provincial level, which JOC (James O'Connor) has not yet done. This will typically take a few seasons. Then the player has to be consistent across a lot more than two tests, let alone the questionable nature of both of those tests and the fact they were two years ago.
The fact you are even trying to belabour the point that JOC (James O'Connor) has been shown to be an international level flyhalf is mind boggling to me. Is JOC (James O'Connor) an international level rugby player? Yes. At flyhalf? No(t yet).
Mate, when a certain Australian flyhalf participated in the 76 - 0 pantsing of England in 1998 he was not yet international class, but was verging on it. He would go on to show that he belonged at that level in the Wallaby 10 jersey though, something that JOC (James O'Connor) will soon get the chance to do.