‘Wimps’ to world beaters: How the Wallabies busted rugby’s ultimate myth in 14 days - Fox Sports

To sum up the Wallabies over the past month, it is appropriate to turn to recently departed Rebels coach Dave Wessels.

What the past fortnight has shown is the Wallabies are not near where they want to be and not nearly as poor as some believe they are.

They have now moved up to number three in the World Rugby rankings, moving ahead of France and England.

The Springboks have, meanwhile, fallen behind the All Blacks, who will wrap up the Rugby Championship should they get a single losing bonus point over the next fortnight against South Africa.

The series has shown what Rennie, his coaching staff, and Rugby Australia’s management is capable of.

Not even Will Genia, Cooper’s long-time halves partner saw Cooper being called into the Wallabies’ squad after leaving Australian rugby following 2019.

Only a fortnight ago former Wallabies coach Allan Jones questioned Rennie’s ability as a selector following the Bledisloe bloodbath.

When Rennie took charge of the Wallabies last year, the New Zealander started Taniela Tupou in Bledisloe I in Wellington.

With Brumbies captain Alaalatoa absent ahead of the birth of his child, Rennie turned to Tupou to start in his own backyard Suncorp Stadium.

Few props in the world can do what he does and in the day and age of lightning fast defensive linespeeds and a mess at the breakdown, Tupou can give the Wallabies impetus over the gainline like no other.

“It’s fantastic for him that he backed up from last weekend and it wasn’t just a one-off,” Rennie said following Saturday’s win