Five wins out of fourteen matches in 2025. One win in the last eight. Those numbers alone should end the debate. And when you actually look at the wins, it gets even worse. A couple of them came against absolutely useless opposition Fiji, for God’s sake. One was a dead rubber Lions match that meant nothing. The other one everyone keeps clinging to is South Africa, which we’ve already covered, a Springbok side not tuned in, experimenting, and gifting intercepts.
So strip it back and be honest about it, who exactly have Australia beaten in 2025 that actually matters? Outside of South Africa, it’s dead rubbers and soft touches.
That’s it, this is being sold as progress or success? In what universe does that logic work?
Honestly, mate, this isn’t nuanced or debatable anymore, the record is there in black and white. There’s being blind, and then there’s full on ostrich with the head in the sand stuff.