August 01, 2023
Coach switch leaves Wallabies floundering
Sports commentator Ken Laban says many in Australian Rugby circles will be ruing the hasty dismissal of Dave Rennie for Eddie Jones.
It follows three successive defeats for the Wallabies under Jones in the past month – against South Africa, Argentina and the All Blacks.
He says Rennie, a Rarotongan who won the super rugby title twice with the Chiefs and is now coaching Japan’s Kobe Steelers – deserved better from the Australians.
“Would the Wallabies have been any better in the Rugby Championship under Dave Rennie than Eddie Jones? Well you’d have to say that at the end of Dave Rennie’s tenure with the Wallabies last year they were starting to look better than they are this year,” he says.
Ken Laban says he knows behind the scenes many senior Australian players were unhappy with what happened to Rennie.