BALANCE OF POWER
IF YOU look at the Australian emblem, the kangaroo and the emu famously can’t go backwards,” says former Wallabies captain James Horwill when asked if there is a quintessentially Australian approach to competition.
That thought process, in the Australian psyche, has pushed through to a sports psyche as well.”
Over the years it has been hard to ignore the mythos of the Australian winner in almost all sports: heroes are expected to be fair, dignified, yet bloody hard and willing to do whatever it takes.
It’s a hell of a lot to live up to. But in a Test rugby team then, surely you want your forwards pack in particular to embody all of those Aussie archetypes?
With this new era of the Wallabies, led by highly-respected Kiwi Dave Rennie, expectations are climbing. And everyone who is green and gold to their core will want the Wallabies pack to be at
