Legend's selection plea to losing Wallabies coach

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Wallabies fable Tim Horan has urged manager Dave Rennie to "pick and stick" with his selections done to adjacent year's Rugby World Cup aft yet different heartbreaking decision against Ireland successful Dublin.

Australia has won conscionable 4 of its 13 Tests this twelvemonth and Rennie whitethorn request to bushed Wales successful Cardiff adjacent play to guarantee occupation information done to the World Cup.

As they had against satellite No.2 France, the Wallabies showed they tin lucifer it with the champion but failed to onshore the knockout punch successful a 13-10 nonaccomplishment to top-ranked Ireland.

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"They can't conscionable find the slayer stroke successful the lucifer which is simply a shame," Horan told Nine's Sports Sunday.

"I deliberation helium (Rennie) has to prime and instrumentality now. We saw successful the Test lucifer against Italy past week helium made 12 changes to the team. This play helium made 11 changes.

"So this broadside hadn't played for a mates of weeks to get that continuity, particularly erstwhile you are 1 twelvemonth retired from a Rugby World Cup. We person positions that we are not definite however to fill. One much Test near connected this circuit against Wales. He has to prime and instrumentality and find this squad to get immoderate continuity for the World Cup successful a year's time."

Wallabies star's concerning injury

During commentary for Stan Sport, Horan said a Wallabies super-sub had shown capable astatine Aviva Stadium to capable a occupation presumption for Rennie's side.

"Jordie Petaia, if helium stays acceptable for the adjacent 12 months, he'll commencement successful the No.15 jersey astatine the Rugby World Cup," Horan said.

"He's an outstanding player, an X-factor player."

Petaia breaks done for Australia

But portion Petaia's stocks went up, Folau Fainga's went down sharply.

The back-up hooker was sin-binned successful the archetypal fractional for a cervix rotation contempt repetition warnings from New Zealand referee Ben O'Keeffe.

"Why are you doing that?" Stan Sport commentator Sean Maloney asked.

Fainga'a binned for silly cervix roll

"The crushed wherefore is due to the fact that you deficiency the subject and maturity of a Test player," Morgan Turinui replied.

The Wallabies person present mislaid 3 consecutive to Ireland for the archetypal clip since 1968.

"We had capable shot to win. It's frustrating," Rennie said.

Australia besides mislaid precocious to France 2 weeks agone and, arsenic successful Paris, dominated agelong periods of a scrappy match.

Halfback Nic White had a 4th infinitesimal effort chalked disconnected aft hooker Dave Porecki was penalised for an amerciable cervix roll.

Ireland completed the twelvemonth with wins implicit Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand and equalled its champion tally of 12 consecutive wins astatine home.

Ross Byrne - Ireland's 4th prime five-eighth - came connected for his archetypal headdress successful 20 months and won the crippled with a clutch punishment from retired wide.

"Nerves of steel. He deserves the plaudits," Ireland manager Andy Farrell said.

"It takes guts to backmost yourself for a extremity effort there. And helium took it beauteous quickly."

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