Wallabies must 'put brakes on' teen prodigy

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Former Australian planetary Morgan Turinui says the Wallabies shouldn't unreserved teen prodigy Tom Lynagh into a Rugby World Cup.

Son of Wallabies large Michael Lynagh, the teen is successful his archetypal play of Super Rugby Pacific contention and an extracurricular contender for a spot connected the level to France.

There's an aerial of anticipation astir 'Turbo Tommy' fixed his father's past and his brother's occurrence successful England.

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However, Turinui believes it's champion not to fast-track the lad of a weapon successful a World Cup year.

"The 1 happening astir Tom Lynagh I would accidental is I enactment the brakes on," said Turinui connected Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven.

"He's 19. He needs to play a batch of rugby. The large signs are there, but I deliberation he's portion of the adjacent wave.

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"He needs an Australia A programme which helium volition get this year, much and much matches – spell backmost to nine footy, get bashed astatine nine footy, play good astatine nine footy.

"He mightiness person a large Super Rugby season, but he's a 19-year-old 10 and we've had this occupation earlier with innumerable names from the Mack Masons to each this – we propulsion them in, we pain them and past we spit them retired arsenic well. Let's larn our lesson."

All Blacks large Andrew Mehrtens said starting Lynagh up of an experienced caput similar James O'Connor is simply a large endorsement for the youngster.

"I deliberation he's done good and conscionable the information that I deliberation Brad Thorn has the religion successful him to play him successful this crippled again," said Mehrtens.

"It'd beryllium precise casual aft (James) O'connor comes backmost past week, gets a spot of a sensation disconnected the bench, to commencement your much experienced guys, idiosyncratic who's delivered for you, peculiarly successful 2021 against the Brumbies.

"He showed a batch of composure. You know, radical volition say, 'Oh, you similar his aged antheral and truthful you're gonna beryllium bully to him', but helium truly has not enactment a ft wrong. And yeah, similar I say, he's got that timing connected his goal-kick erstwhile it conscionable comes disconnected the footwear effortlessly."

Turinui tipped Ben Donaldson, Quade Cooper, and Noah Lolesio to get the motion from Eddie Jones to signifier a trio of 10s for France.

Lolesio volition play other Lynagh erstwhile the ACT Brumbies look the Queensland Reds connected Saturday astatine GIO Stadium travel 7.35pm (AEDT).

Mehrtens said it's arsenic important for Lolesio to amusement he's got the goods a fewer months retired from Rugby World Cup selection.

"It's a bully accidental for Lolessio to get successful and commencement staking his assertion successful a twelvemonth that's got a World Cup astatine the extremity of it due to the fact that he's been astir apt the large anticipation for the past 3 years," said Mehrtens.

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"He performed good against the France squad that came retired which, you know, successful hindsight, look astatine the spot of that French team. I cognize astatine the clip radical were saying this is not peculiarly strong. Look astatine each those players from France who person gone connected to beryllium the mainstay of what's a truly beardown French squad now.

"Lolesio, he's got the skill, he's got the ability, he's astir 3 years up of that curve successful presumption of Tom Lynagh.

"You don't get excessively often that 1 connected 1 contention betwixt tens, successful presumption of physically fronting up to 1 another. But you surely don't privation your teammates to let the different 10 immoderate leeway. You know, you privation your squad to unopen the different bloke down."

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