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New Article for Rugby Union
Israel Dagg • October 30th, 2024 12:35 pm
What a difference a year makes. This time last year, Tom Wright, like most Australian rugby fans, would have been processing the Rugby World Cup knockout stage that didn’t contain the Wallabies, with the worst Australian tournament on record already several weeks in the past.
Eddie Jones was literally in his final days as Wallabies coach. This week marks the one-year anniversary of his spectacular downfall. Hamish McLennan, Jones’ biggest supporter, had but weeks left of his reign as Rugby Australia chair, and once they had both departed, the game of rugby in Australia got on with the increasingly difficult job of recovering and revitalising itself.
Wright’s own game was at a similar crossroads. He’d made a strong fist of his first full season at full-back for the ACT Brumbies – succeeding Tom Banks, who had made a big-money move to Japan – and after spending much of his time at international level rotating between the wing and the bench, finally got his chance in the Wallabies No.15 jersey. In a RWC year, it really looked like planets were aligning for Wright.
