With their mindblowing comeback victory over the world champion Springboks, Australian rugby has issued a warning shot to the world: the Wallabies are back. That fragile prophecy, oft-imagined yet rarely voiced across two decades of regress, is now being fulfilled thanks to coach Joe Schmidt assembling a team of characters, with incredible character, capable of winning the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
The epic at Ellis Park has delivered a powerful adrenaline shot to rugby’s heartland.
