With a blend of youth and experience, Australia hope to reestablish the team’s identity on a smash and grab mission in France
ays out from the World Cup, and Australian fans are on tenterhooks. Winless in their five lead-up games, the Wallabies enter rugby’s big dance ranked ninth in the world with the youngest squad since 1991 and only five players over 30. Most pundits and bookmakers don’t give them a hope in hell.
Herbert, a Rugby Australia board member, believes administrators must unite too. “The whole organisation has been a little disjointed but it’s slowly coming together. When we went to the World Cup in 1999 our leaders – CEO John O’Neill, captain John Eales and coach Rod McQueen – were really connected. Yes, they had their differences, but they worked in sync. We’re seeing that now. The board has backed Eddie’s vision for this World Cup campaign and also the one coming up in 2027.
Jones has picked a youthful side for the “smash and grab” mission on the 2023 World Cup, young dynamos he hopes will form the spine of the squad for the 2027 edition in Australia. However, James Horwill, who led the 2011 Wallabies to the World Cup, says youth, not experience, is the edge Australia need in France. “Kids bring that confidence that nothing can hurt you, let’s just play. Fans want to see our boys throw caution to the wind and have a crack. There’s nothing better than young players having a real dig.”
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