Wallabies owe coach, says White
A FINAL Rugby Championship win for Australia on Saturday will end a winning home campaign that halfback Nic White says the Wallabies feel they owe coach Dave Rennie after a horror 2020.
Former Melbourne Rebels flanker Sean Mcmahon – who hasn’t played a Test since 2017 – will return to the national line-up from the bench in the rematch with Argentina on the Gold Coast.
Victory over Las Pumas at Cbus Super Stadium would give the
Wallabies a sixth victory from 10 matches this year against France, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
The Wallabies took down the world champion Springboks twice, a far cry from 2020 when Australia managed only two draws with the Pumas and just one win from six Tests under new coach Rennie.
White said the players didn’t meet the standards that not just Rennie expected, but Wallabies fans deserved, last year.
“Dave and ‘Wisey’ (assistant coach Scott Wisemantel) are world class and last year as a playing group we almost felt like we let them down,” White said. “It’s almost a game of catch-up for us as a group to play at the level they want us to play at – the benchmark they have is quite high but we’re getting there.”
White missed the matches against France with injury before regaining his placed in the starting line-up from Tate Mcdermott.