Wallabies line up spring tour clash with French Baabaas
Australia look set to play a crucial midweek game against a French Barbarians team as the ranks of Wallabies debutants swell to double digits this year.
Georgina Robinson is a Sports Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia look set to play a crucial midweek game against a French Barbarians team as the ranks of Wallabies debutants swell to double digits this year.
The RFU are sitting pretty on the field and off it. It appears its position of strength has left it in no mood to compromise on Australia and New Zealand's campaign for a globally aligned – and fairly remunerated – season.
The Australian Rugby Union will shun a lucrative Twickenham Bledisloe Cup clash in favour of taking Wallabies Tests to Adelaide, Perth and potentially Melbourne during the redevelopment of ANZ Stadium.
Coaching in Super Rugby is a tough enough gig - but try doing it when everyone is telling you your team might not exist in two years.
The Wallabies will travel to the hostile South African high veld missing a host of big names, after Tatafu Polota-Nau and Will Skelton joined David Pocock and Matt Toomua on Australia's Rugby Championship casualty list.
Former Waratahs assistant coach Joe Barakat will return home from Europe to join the Western Force next season.
The next two months loom as a white-knuckle time for Australian rugby as SANZAAR narrows its focus on the Super Rugby review and World Rugby chiefs meet to unravel the Gordian knot of the international game, a global season.
The Pumas make four changes for their clash with the Wallabies, including giving a start to their man on the inside, Brumbies halfback Tomas Cubelli.
The Pumas continue their upward trajectory in The Rugby Championship and have a brutal first season in Super Rugby to thank for it.
The Wallabies have made clear their misgivings about match officials, but what do the referees think of the Wallabies? And who wins if Australia persist with their strategy?
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