Time to accept 'mind blowing' new world order

As hard arsenic it mightiness beryllium for some, Quade Cooper and Sonny Bill Williams accidental it is clip for rugby fans Down Under to judge and set to the caller "mind blowing" satellite order.

A twelvemonth retired from the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the planetary crippled has ne'er been much competitory with 9 nations holding genuine ambitions of holding aloft the Webb Ellis Cup astatine the Stade de France.

Ireland presently tops a rankings list that has been perpetually successful flux this year.

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New Zealand, which has traditionally dominated the rankings, beryllium 4th down France and South Africa portion Australia has slumped to a grounds debased of eighth.

The All Blacks person suffered historical location defeats against Ireland and Argentina this play portion the Wallabies mislaid astatine location to the Springboks for the archetypal clip successful 9 years.

"It's changing the norm, right," Cooper, the injured Wallabies playmaker, told Wide World of Sports up of Thursday's Bledisloe Cup opener successful Melbourne.

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Sonny Bill Williams and Quade Cooper astatine Marvel Stadium. (Getty)

"You're truthful utilized to definite teams winning each week. I retrieve going backmost seven, 8 years, you benignant of knew you were going to bushed that squad oregon different squad it was going to beryllium a 50-50. Now everything is up successful the air."

The Wallabies beryllium 3rd connected a congested Rugby Championship ladder connected 9 points, with the All Blacks starring connected 11 following their 53-3 demolition of Argentina.

All 4 teams person 2 wins and 2 losses.

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"The All Blacks losing to South Africa and Argentina, present we've got a 2 crippled bid against them. No-one's undefeated successful the Rugby Championship and that's unheard of.

"So it's breathtaking and a bully clip for rugby," Cooper said.

"I looked astatine the satellite rankings the different time and I was caput blown.

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"It's beauteous brainsick but it means that it's truthful close, the margins are truthful adjacent and each week teams are moving up and down."

Williams agreed that alternatively than being a blip connected the radar, the bluish hemisphere nations were present to stay.

The northbound person lone won 1 of the 9 World Cups to day (England, 2003) with the Springboks and All Blacks some boasting 3 and the Wallabies two.

Quade Cooper and Sonny Bill Williams talk to the media. (Getty)

"It's backs against the partition for the confederate hemisphere teams," the two-time World Cup victor told WWOS.

"The hard happening for New Zealanders is accepting that, coming to grips with that. When Australia oregon New Zealand are on, they tin bushed anyone connected their day.

"It's astir getting that consistency. Of people Dave's (Rennie) nether pressure, conscionable similar Ian Foster's nether unit successful New Zealand and each players are nether pressure.

All Blacks manager Ian Foster and Wallabies manager Dave Rennie astatine Sky Stadium. (Getty)

"It conscionable comes with the abstraction of being a manager successful nonrecreational rugby, astatine an planetary level. A large nonaccomplishment for them (Wallabies) - not conscionable due to the fact that he's my member - is Quade.

"Because his spot is helium makes players astir him better... a manager is lone arsenic bully arsenic the players that helium has. It's what players acceptable successful that intricate jigsaw puzzle."

Williams won the 2012 Super Rugby rubric nether Rennie astatine the Chiefs and is assured helium remains the close manager for Wallabies.

Wayne Smith, Sonny Bill Williams and Dave Rennie aft the Chiefs won the 2012 Super Rugby title. (Getty)

"At the moment, he's figuring things retired but it's pugnacious from an Australian rugby constituent of presumption due to the fact that you ever privation results," Williams said.

"The Australian nationalist emotion their sport, arsenic soon arsenic Australia person a mates of wins it's sold retired stadiums. So hopefully they tin get backmost connected that buzz."

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