There was a time when it seemed like Australia could whistle up a fresh world class playmaker at will but those days are long gone and Wallabies flyhalf stocks are looking threadbare with little more than a year to go until the World Cup.
“Our thinking is he’s going to go through to the World Cup but only time will tell. I think he’s keen to get out there and show he’s got plenty of footy left in him.” It is a far cry from nine years ago when Rennie’s fellow New Zealander Robbie Deans had five credible candidates to play flyhalf against the British and Irish Lions and plumped for O’Connor.
Rennie accepted that flyhalf was the position of most concern with the World Cup on the horizon, not to mention the more immediate challenges of Tests against world champions South Africa and New Zealand when the Wallabies head home.
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