And was the imperfect rugby upbringing of the Aussies part of the problem?

That England system mentioned earlier — we have it in Australia now, but it is the AFL and NRL youngsters who are trained that way, not the rugby boys. New Zealand, through its several rugby unions, operates something similar and sweeps elite 13- and 14-year-olds into their system. Ditto in South Africa.

Australia is doing it back to front: on a national basis, because we don’t have a dozen domestic professional teams or the same number of regional unions they have in the RSA or NZ, to do it locally. They’re doing it on the cheap too, with their Gold Squads and National Academy.

And the Under 20 coaches? Cheap. Nucifora, Eddy and Scrivener are already employed by the ARU in the High Performance Unit.

Was it the cattle, the coaches or our national set-up? A bit of each, methinks.

 

Australia plays England in the playoff for 7th place on 22 June at 16.30 South African time.

Date	Team	Score	Team	Venue
17 Jun, 14:45	France	19-17	Australia	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
17 Jun, 17:00	Ireland	27-12	England	University of Western Cape Stadium, Cape Town

Date and time	Team	Score	Team	Venue
04 Jun, 14:45	Australia	67-12	Scotland	University of Western Cape Stadium, Cape Town
04 Jun, 18:45	France	15-18	Argentina	University of Western Cape Stadium, Cape Town
08 Jun, 14:45	Australia	3-15	Argentina	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
08 Jun, 16:45	France	30-29	Scotland	University of Western Cape Stadium, Cape Town
12 Jun, 14:45	Argentina	17-12	Scotland	University of Western Cape Stadium, Cape Town
12 Jun, 16:45	France	31-7	Australia	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

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Opponent	Force Poss.	Force Terr.	Losing Margin
Stormers	58%	62%	7
Cheetahs	67%	52%	9
Sharks	67%	52%	8
Bulls	67%	52%	1

 
 

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Opponent	Force’s Possession	Force’s Territory	Losing Margin
Stormers	58%	62%	7
Cheetahs	67%	52%	9
Sharks	68%	55%	6
Bulls	50%	55%	1

 
 

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