So one thing is almost certain. There will be a new Wallabies coach in the very near future. Almost certainly before our next test in a month or so time.
Now I don't want to discuss the potential coaches in this thread but rather what a new coach might mean for the Wallabies players. There will be a ton of discussion regarding White or Link in every other thread.
Will any careers be ended, whose will start? Who will go from the inner circle to the outer and vice versa?
Firstly, I think the most obvious one is that James O'Connor won't be playing 10 anytime soon for the Wallabies. Whether he can force his way into another position is a whole separate argument. My guess is that he will struggle to do better than the bench this year unless there are injuries.
Ben Alexander - his career might have taken the biggest hit on Saturday night. It's hard to see any new coach keeping him as the starting 3. If you started Kepu at 3 and kept Slipper as a THP, it's foreseeable that Sio could be the backup LHP and Alexander could be outside the matchday 23 straight away.
Wycliff Palu - I don't think he deserves to lose his spot but the public perception of him has never been overly positive. I expect that when we see the internal Wallabies voting for the Lions series (the John Eales Medal), he'll score reasonably well in all three tests however many people think he did nothing. There is the potential that a new coach could decide he is no longer first choice. This decision could be delayed until Higginbotham is fit though.
Quade Cooper seems the most likely to benefit straight away. Link has certainly played his cards and has to pick Cooper at 10 if he becomes coach. White could do the same but we could also see To'omua parachuted straight into the Wallaby 10 jersey.
Liam Gill could potentially move ahead of Michael Hooper depending on coaching preference.
Aside from that I don't really see any dramatic personnel changes.
Now I don't want to discuss the potential coaches in this thread but rather what a new coach might mean for the Wallabies players. There will be a ton of discussion regarding White or Link in every other thread.
Will any careers be ended, whose will start? Who will go from the inner circle to the outer and vice versa?
Firstly, I think the most obvious one is that James O'Connor won't be playing 10 anytime soon for the Wallabies. Whether he can force his way into another position is a whole separate argument. My guess is that he will struggle to do better than the bench this year unless there are injuries.
Ben Alexander - his career might have taken the biggest hit on Saturday night. It's hard to see any new coach keeping him as the starting 3. If you started Kepu at 3 and kept Slipper as a THP, it's foreseeable that Sio could be the backup LHP and Alexander could be outside the matchday 23 straight away.
Wycliff Palu - I don't think he deserves to lose his spot but the public perception of him has never been overly positive. I expect that when we see the internal Wallabies voting for the Lions series (the John Eales Medal), he'll score reasonably well in all three tests however many people think he did nothing. There is the potential that a new coach could decide he is no longer first choice. This decision could be delayed until Higginbotham is fit though.
Quade Cooper seems the most likely to benefit straight away. Link has certainly played his cards and has to pick Cooper at 10 if he becomes coach. White could do the same but we could also see To'omua parachuted straight into the Wallaby 10 jersey.
Liam Gill could potentially move ahead of Michael Hooper depending on coaching preference.
Aside from that I don't really see any dramatic personnel changes.
