
A new Wallabies coach and looming World Cup selection have added another level of intrigue to this year's Super Rugby Pacific, when Australian teams will bid to end an eight-year title drought.
While the bustling Brumbies came within a point of reaching the decider last year, edged by the Blues in the semi-finals 20-19, no Australian team has lifted the trophy in a full-strength competition since the NSW Waratahs in 2014.