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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Angus Fontaine

WTF Waratahs: rugby union’s sleeping giant remains stranded at rock bottom

NSW Waratahs coach Darren Coleman
The Waratahs will not retain coach Darren Coleman after this Super Rugby season. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

“WTF is going on at the Waratahs?”

It has been a painful refrain in Australian rugby circles for far too long and the lament has never been louder than right now. New South Wales, Australia’s biggest rugby province with 150 years of history and a squad studded with Wallabies, is sitting rock bottom last on the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific ladder. The dismal 27-7 loss to the Western Force on Saturday dropped the Waratahs to 2-10 this season and snuffed out all finals hopes.

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