Australian rugby team's strategy for upcoming tournaments

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#2 Eliminating Defensive slowness:

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The Australian defence was very sluggish against the Northern Hemisphere teams. They were too slow to defend within their own 22 and outwitted by the zigzag runs and nimble footwork of the opposition players, especially against Scotland. They were found wanting in terms of speed and agility. At times it seemed that they were not interested at all.

To cite one instance, I could see the Wallaby No. 4 literally limping and not even bothering to challenge when Scotland were in the process of scoring their first try of the second half through the left wing. In all, the Australians conceded 8 tries against Scotland and 4 against England. This is totally unacceptable and they would have to sort this out.

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