
Right until the bitter end of his trying 2025 campaign, Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt is being tormented by troubles with his tens -- but the Wallabies coach is adamant there's still a future in the gold-and-green for his discarded flyhalf, James O'Connor.
On the eve of their 15th and final Test of the year against European champions France, Schmidt got one last dispiriting gut-punch over the No.10 position that's given him so many headaches all year as Carter Gordon, his starting five-eighth, was "gutted" to pull out with injury.