Will Australian XV rugby count on its best young people to relaunch? Nothing is less certain for Wallabies who would however need it, laments the Australian press in recent weeks. In full reconstruction, the selection sank by being eliminated from the group stage of the 2023 World Cup in France, a first. And time is running out: “sound” global, which will take place in the fall of 2027, is fast approaching.
Despite its sporting and financial difficulties, Australian rugby does not lack talent. But he is currently faced with a real exodus encouraged by the clubs of the powerful Top 14, the French rugby championship in XV. In an editorial published on April 28, The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) even written as “Rugby in Australia is attacked” By the French stables, evidenced by the just announced departure of Heinz Lemoto, 17, to the Toulouse stadium.
Described as the“One of the brightest talents” of the country by the Australian edition of the sports media ESPN, This rugby player in XIII or XV is not the first young person in the continent island to join the French and reigning French champion club in recent seasons. THE SMH recall that he will find the Malachi Hawkes pillar there,