adminCAPE TOWN. — Struggling Australia have “run out of excuses” and will have to work hard to win back disaffected rugby fans in the wake of another demoralising loss to South Africa, according to Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper.
Australia’s 28-8 capitulation to the Springboks in Cape Town on Saturday was their fourth loss from five matches in the Rugby Championship.
A loss to Argentina in Rosario this weekend in the final round would likely see the Wallabies finish bottom of the southern hemisphere competition, and heap further pressure on new coach Ewen McKenzie.
McKenzie, who replaced the deposed Robbie Deans after the lost British and Irish Lions series, has been criticised for tweaking his selections throughout the tournament with little success, but Cooper said the fault lay with the players.
“There’s a way that Ewen is coaching the team, everybody’s got to buy into that and adapt to it as well,” Cooper told Australian media in Cape Town. — SuperRugby.
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