{"id":424096,"date":"2024-09-29T21:45:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T21:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=424096"},"modified":"2024-09-30T01:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T01:09:19","slug":"schmidt-pleas-for-patience-as-ugly-truths-laid-bare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=424096","title":{"rendered":"Schmidt pleas for patience as ugly truths laid bare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>W\ufeffELLINGTON:<\/strong> Coach Joe Schmidt insists there are some green shoots among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/wallabies-hpr\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wallabies\">Wallabies<\/a> regeneration despite another barren Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#x27;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/rugby\/bledisloe-cup-2024-live-scores-all-blacks-wallabies-second-test-results-latest-union-news-video-highlights-updates-20240927-p5ke83.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"33-13 loss to the All Blacks at Sky Stadium on Saturday\">33-13 loss to the All Blacks at Sky Stadium on Saturday<\/a> consigned them to a 0-2 Bledisloe clean sweep while they also collected the championship wooden spoon with a 1-5 record.<\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies are ranked 10th in the world, equal with their worst-ever status that they also slumped to during last year&#x27;s disastrous Eddie Jones coaching reign.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the Wallabies and Wallaroos with every match streaming ad free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9.nine.com.au\/h6b5c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>on the home of rugby, Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"4ff58eb3-7cf1-4258-b8f0-b35002507938\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4ff58eb3-7cf1-4258-b8f0-b35002507938\" alt=\"Coach Joe Schmidt of Australia talks to his players at Sky Stadium.\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia also conceded \ufefftheir most ever points against in tournament history &#8211; 213 &#8211; at a rate of more than 35 per Test.<\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies genuinely troubled the All Blacks in both trans-Tasman encounters but consistency remains painfully elusive.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Look, I don&#x27;t really look at rankings,&quot; Schmidt, a former World Rugby coach of the year, told reporters as the campaign came to a close.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/news-2024-austrlaia-beats-england-odi-series-dls-system-rain-result-20240930-p5kegd.html\"><strong>Aussies beat dodgy England tactics to win series<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/mole-2024-season-review-cronulla-sharks-20240929-p5kegl.html\"><strong>Sharks face grim reality over $1m star who &#x27;lost his way&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/afl\/grand-final-2024-kane-cornes-rips-poor-isaac-heeney-injury-excuse-20240929-p5ked3.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>&#x27;He failed again&#x27;: Cornes fumes at Heeney injury &#x27;excuse&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6362589277112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pickerimage-41.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan scores stunning try\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cm1lumcl1000c0gllbnj1qcgi\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I look at performances and aspects of performance.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I know they didn&#x27;t win a game in the championship last year (0-3) and we did this year, and we got within three points and scored four tries against the All Blacks last week. We missed a few today.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What I can&#x27;t control is the outcome, but what I can contribute to is the process of trying to get the right people and connect them well enough that they can perform. Other people will tally up rankings and they&#x27;ll look at outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1839967643559719418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1839967643559719418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Professional sport is about outcomes, but it&#x27;s also massively about the process to try to make sure that we give ourselves the best chance of getting those outcomes. The whole coaching group, that&#x27;s our focus at the moment.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt has handed out a whopping 16 new Test caps this season as well as shuffling through four captains before settling on wholehearted No.8 Harry Wilson as a leader of promise.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This year&#x27;s big project was about building depth,&quot; Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6362587295112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pickerimage-42.jpg\" alt=\"McReight strikes for Wallabies\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cm1lu2p6g00070hoozihx5826\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia will now take a breather before embarking on a daunting Spring Tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/rugby\/bledisloe-cup-2024-news-wallabies-coach-joe-schmidt-on-nrl-star-joseph-suaalii-jumping-gun-20240928-p5keau.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"that is set to include NRL convert Joseph Suaalii.\ufeff\">that is set to include NRL convert Joseph Suaalii.\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies will meet England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland in a calendar that kicks off in London on November 10 (AEST).\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Those four Test matches, they make up the Lions for next year, so we get a good look at their personnel. Some of them I still know from having coached them and I know how good they are,&quot; former Ireland coach Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"6cd6cb54-6d7f-4c75-8283-c85daae69bd4\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/6cd6cb54-6d7f-4c75-8283-c85daae69bd4\" alt=\"Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt looks on.\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s a bit like when we come up against the All Blacks here, you know it&#x27;s going to be a really tough tour but if we can get building through that tour then I think we&#x27;ve put ourselves in a position of potentially being competitive next July (against the Lions).&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt now has a 4-5 record overall with the Wallabies since taking the reins from Jones.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are growing as a team and I feel like we&#x27;ve got to take our lessons learned and come northern tour, it&#x27;s going to be epic. Four games over there,&quot; Wallabies flanker Fraser McReight said.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2a35c9de-3cb5-4a5a-a0e0-96fc86d4adfe\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2a35c9de-3cb5-4a5a-a0e0-96fc86d4adfe-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fraser McReight of Australia at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.\" data-width=\"4678\" data-height=\"3119\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;If you look at the teams we&#x27;re coming up against, you&#x27;ve got (World Cup) semi-finalists, quarter-finalists, tough teams over there. I feel like we want consistency on the board. Obviously, we want wins &#8211; we want to be competitive. It&#x27;s probably the way you want to put it.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Wins are obvious but to be competitive on the scoreboard, competitive in most things around the park &#8211; set-piece, defence, attack. We don&#x27;t want it to be one way or the other for sure.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>South Africa clinched the tournament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/rugby\/championship-2024-news-springboks-thrash-argentina-to-seal-first-title-since-2019-20240929-p5kecf.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"with a dominant 48-7 win over \ufeffArgentina on Sunday (AEST).\">with a dominant 48-7 win over \ufeffArgentina on Sunday (AEST).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>W\ufeffELLINGTON: Coach Joe Schmidt insists there are some green shoots among the Wallabies regeneration despite another barren Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup campaign. 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