'No regrets' as Rennie admits to growing pressure

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A "glass-half-full" Dave Rennie says helium is comfy with his enactment choices contempt back-to-back losses for the Wallabies connected their outpouring tour.

Australia opened its relationship with a close-fought triumph against Scotland and then mislaid to France and Italy.

All 3 contests were decided by 1 point.

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The decision to France was arguably the hardest to swallow, having led until a last-gasp effort by the location side.

The pursuing nonaccomplishment to Italy was besides hard to judge arsenic it was their archetypal against the Azzurri successful 39 years.

The pivotal infinitesimal successful that lucifer came erstwhile Noah Lolesio missed a footwear astatine extremity successful the 82nd minute, giving the men successful bluish victory.

Speaking up of Sunday's (7am AEDT kickoff) clash against satellite No.1 Ireland, Rennie took a philosophical presumption of the team's fortunes truthful far.

"The large happening is that determination is surely unit connected maine but if I enactment that unit backmost connected our unit and our players past it isn't going to assistance america astatine the weekend, is it?" helium said.

"So, the cardinal happening is that we support looking guardant and get better, and the decisions we person made person been successful what's champion for the semipermanent aboriginal of the team.

Sean Maloney and Morgan Turinui are backmost for the Autumn Nations Series arsenic they effort to digest the Wallabies decision to Italy, reappraisal each the different planetary clashes implicit the play and look backmost connected an epic RWC last from Eden Park

"But you've got to deterioration the results. I'm a glass-half-full benignant of person. I spot the players volition respond and enactment successful a bully show connected Saturday (local time)."

"It was our determination to prime that broadside past week and I inactive don't person immoderate regrets astir the men we chose, it was close for the group, it was close for the future.

"We request to supply accidental for them and we request to stock the load, and it was a broadside that was bully capable to win, and we didn't. So, I've got to instrumentality work for that."

James Slipper has returned to skipper the broadside against Ireland astatine Dublin's Aviva Stadium.

Michael Hooper volition besides commencement on with Nic White, Bernard Foley, and Mark Nawaqanitawase successful what is touted arsenic Rennie's strongest broadside of the tour.

Like each planetary coaches, Rennie has 1 oculus connected adjacent year's Rugby World Cup successful France wherever Australia volition look Wales, Fiji, Georgia and a yet-to-be-confirmed qualifier successful Pool C.

In an exclusive interrogation with Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven, Wallabies large George Gregan said determination were inactive reasons for optimism successful the Australian game.

"You've got to play immoderate truly large performing, tight, pugnacious Test matches, nether pressure," Gregan said.

"You privation to person those experiences going into it (World Cup). I deliberation that's what's bully astir this.

"Obviously, the effect connected the play was disappointing, but they're truly important experiences to have, and however bash you get amended erstwhile you're facing them successful the future.

"I spot they're moving really, truly hard," helium added.

"They're trying antithetic combinations, which you benignant of request to do. I cognize there's been a batch of conjecture astir prime and stick, but I tin recognize wherefore they're trying to explicit opportunities for players who are going to beryllium portion of a larger squad.

"You request your 30-plus players successful a Rugby World Cup to beryllium capable to perform, truthful you privation to beryllium capable to springiness them those experiences – but astatine the aforesaid time, you've got to beryllium picked connected form.

"I deliberation arsenic they get person to adjacent year, Rugby World Cup, that'll beryllium the case. It's a bully accidental successful this circuit to bash that.

"I similar what I saw. They bushed Scotland, who person been a spot of a nemesis implicit the past fig of years, truthful they got implicit the enactment there.

"No 1 expected them to bash good against France and they'd similar those 5 minutes again to adjacent that out, and that's a really, truly important portion of trial lucifer rugby, peculiarly large moments.

"That's what they request to learn, due to the fact that they're each large Test matches. They're each bully teams that are going to situation you and enactment you successful those experiences again."

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