Breaking Down Australia’s Best Back Line for 2016

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Published: December 4, 2015

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The World Cup runners-up have some surgery to do on their back line for the 2016 arrival of England and their three-match series in June 2016.

Coach Michael Cheika has waved farewell to the experience of Will Genia, Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell following the tournament, and he can also no longer select Quade Cooper or James O’Connor as both men have gone to Toulon without the required 60 caps that would enable them to remain in the coach’s plans.



Add to those names that of Matt Toomua, who has signed a three-year deal with Leicester and will head to the east Midlands after the next Super Rugby season.

There are also strong rumours that wing Joe Tomane will also be unavailable after being linked with a move to the Top 14 following the end of the Brumbies' next campaign, per the Sydney Morning Herald.

The season breaks at the end of May for the international window before concluding in July, so Tomane may well figure before leaving for pastures new, but it is more likely that Cheika will be looking for players staying put to gain valuable Test match experience.

Regardless, the loss of that many players from his selection pool will force Cheika to assess a new batch of players for several positions.

 

The half-backs

Bernard Foley had the game of his life when Australia knocked England out of the World Cup, and grew into a genuine world-class No. 10 during the competition.

The shirt will take some wrenching off the Waratahs man’s back, unless he decides to have a genuine crack at a place in the Australian sevens side for the Rio Olympics.

Foley cut his international teeth in the short format, but a return to that environment for Rio seems unlikely given his importance to the 15-man team and the likelihood that Cooper will take his mercurial talents to Brazil.

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