Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

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Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Peter FitzSimons Columnist and author November 23, 2025 — 10.28am Advertisement

Don’t believe the cheap and easy headlines.

“Worst Wallaby team in 67 years, blah, blah, blah.”

They’re not remotely that, even if they have only won five of fifteen Tests this year, and even if they come off this spring tour without a win to bless themselves with.

For as our blokes just proved against the French in Paris , they’re still a team capable of taking, shaking, raking and even baking the very best teams in the world on their home ground, and playing stupendous rugby that thrills rugby lovers across the world.

Just as it was last week against Ireland, when they wer