Former Wallabies coach Robbie Deans thinks the long queue to wear the Queensland Reds' No.10 jersey is the "perfect" scenario for Australia's playmaking stocks.

New Zealand's Deans was Australia's longest-serving Test coach, overseeing 75 games between 2008-13.

He's back in the country with Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights ahead of Saturday's Ballymore clash with the Reds, this time as director of coaching after handing the reins to Atsushi Kanazawa.

In his decade with the Japanese club he's focused on the development of local talent and proudly boasts of their ability to win titles with home-grown No.10s.

As Wallabies coach in 2013 he famously favoured James O'Connor over Quade Cooper in his initial squad to tackle the British and Irish Lions.

Fast forward 12 years and again James O'Co

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