Wallabies star's passionate defence of coach

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Wallabies halfback Nic White gave a passionate endorsement of manager Dave Rennie earlier the squad flew to Europe successful a bid to assistance Australia from a grounds debased of ninth successful the satellite rankings.

Rugby Australia president Hamish McLennan last period guaranteed Rennie's occupation information done to adjacent year's Rugby World Cup successful France, stating his assurance that the Wallabies were "heading successful the close direction."

Rennie's grounds reads 11 wins, 15 losses and 3 draws up of a 5 Test outpouring circuit which kicks disconnected against Scotland successful Edinburgh connected October 30.

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Players seldom publically criticise their manager but White - 1 of the team's leaders - went supra and beyond successful his praise arsenic the squad jetted out.

The 32-year-old said the players should beryllium the ones feeling the wrath of Wallabies fans.

"A phenomenal job, unbelievable," White told 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio from Sydney Airport connected Wednesday night, erstwhile asked astir Rennie's performance.

"I've said this for a portion now, we've had a truly young squad for the past mates of years and I've benignant of felt that the coaches person been operating I conjecture supra the level of wherever we players person been playing catch-up. We're inactive playing catch-up.

"He drives precocious standards and arsenic a radical we haven't met them. This twelvemonth has been beauteous challenging, an unforeseen fig of injuries which is hard to woody with.

"You privation consistency successful your 23 and we conscionable haven't had that this year, conscionable purely owed to truthful galore injuries. For me, yeah, I've been astir a fewer clubs and a just fewer Wallaby coaches and mate, he's close up determination arsenic 1 of the champion I've had."

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Rennie told reporters connected Sunday that the subordinate should halt with him.

"It's not mislaid connected maine that we've had results that we should person won that we haven't won truthful successful the extremity that falls connected me," the New Zealander said.

But White besides endorsed Rennie's assistants Scott Wisemantel, Dan McKellar and Laurie Fisher and added "we players person got to assistance up our extremity of the bargain."

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"I deliberation they're doing a large occupation and we request to get immoderate results," White said.

"So that's what this circuit is astir for america arsenic a group, get backmost to the process and marque definite we bash a bloke similar Rens arrogant and get the results helium deserves due to the fact that we haven't fixed it to him for a portion now. There mightiness beryllium outer unit but we deliberation he's great.

"I personally deliberation he's unbelievable and it's clip for america to measurement up."

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White drew assurance from the instrumentality of erstwhile skipper Michael Hooper, who missed the Rugby Championship to absorption connected his intelligence health.

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"Awesome for Hoops. He's trained the location down the past mates of days truthful he's surely raring to spell and looks similar helium hasn't missed a beat," White said.

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"As you'd expect from Hoops - I don't request to pump his tyres up. He's got a beauteous awesome resume and everyone knows what helium tin do. But it honestly looks similar helium hasn't missed a beat. He looks caller and acceptable to spell and it'll beryllium a bully outpouring tour.

"We'll request to thin connected that experience, truthful awesome to person him back."

After Scotland, the Wallabies instrumentality connected France, Italy, Ireland and Wales, with lone the Italians down them connected the satellite rankings.

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Ireland and France are ranked No.1 and No.2 respectively.

"Five large matches implicit determination and we get a accidental to play the 2 champion teams successful the satellite astatine the moment," White said.

"They're playing immoderate bloody bully footy. France person been climbing present for a mates of years, with a young squad and peaking astatine the close time. Obviously they're going to beryllium tricky with the World Cup successful France adjacent twelvemonth truthful that's a bully 1 for america to person a ace astatine earlier adjacent year. And Ireland, again, person been beauteous bully for a portion now.

"So truly bully for america to trial ourselves implicit determination against 2 sides that are close astatine the pointy extremity of the satellite rankings astatine the moment. That's what you want, to trial yourselves against the best, truthful this volition beryllium bully for us."

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World rankings

1. Ireland

2. France

3. South Arica

4. New Zealand

5. England

6. Scotland

7. Wales

8. Argentina

9. Australia

10. Japan

Spring circuit fixtures

Wallabies vs Scotland, Sunday 30 October, 3.30am AEDT astatine Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Wallabies vs France, Sunday 6 November, 7am AEDT astatine Stade de France, Paris

Wallabies vs Italy, Sunday 13 November, 12am AEDT astatine Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Wallabies vs Ireland, Sunday 20 November, 7am AEDT astatine Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Wallabies vs Wales, Sunday 27 November, 2.15am AEDT astatine Principality Stadium, Cardiff

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