Updates from the Wallabies v Springboks match in Perth
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Australia: The Wallabies’ travails at No 10 continue with Carter Gordon breaking his leg against the Pumas last time out. Les Kiss considered veterans James O’Connor and Bernard Foley as replacements but opted instead for Ben Donaldson. There is no replacement five-eighth on the bench with Kiss opting for a 6-2 interchange split.
Those younger guys, we’re trying to make sure we get them upskilled, [have] them understand how they can lead the game and drive it forward.
Part of the thinking was ensuring that those guys can have a bit of blue sky and make sure they take the team and the game forward the way that we’d like to. And we know that we can always, always lean back into the experience if we need to.
We rolled the dice a little bit against the All Blacks by [selecting] consistently the same team. We obviously were getting some momentum as [the series went] on longer, but if we keep on doing that, how would we know when we get to the Nations Championship at the end of the year, or at the World Cup next year, what can the next guy do?
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