Agree. I haven't watched a lot of French rugby as when I do watch it I find the game very slow and lacking flair / attacking intent. That said I can't help but recall how immensely useless and predictable giteau was in his last couple years here. He was like kurtle Beale on steroids when it came to crabbing.
I have a lot of respect for deans rugby brain and I think he was spot on. Gits was figured out at the top level.
And maybe he has changes and is playing better but I do agree with Spiro a bit.
Same with Mitchell. He was devastating until his ankle injuries and then he was not quite up to it but got into wallabies on rep and effort - certainly no longer on pace and power.
The policy will get a review if a player like genia goes and Aus rugby finds itself with no back up. When exposed and a key player is available but offshore then they will have a look
It's more likely that if Genia went that people would remember how inconsistent he's been in the past few seasons. I don't think it would matter if he moved, rediscovered his form and actually improved as a player in Europe.
There just aren't enough of the SH public/press that pay attention to European rugby for a player's form in Europe to sway opinion. That's something that's a problem in both hemispheres especially with Rugby pundits who you'd expect to be a little better informed than the bulk of us.
Unfortunately it's quite clear that most pundits watch hardly any rugby from the opposite hemisphere. Sky Sports aren't so bad as their pundits jump between covering Super Rugby, ITM, CC & European rugby.
But many pundits seem to think that time freezes between international windows and have no idea of players form coming into a test window. This is very obvious when a player "comes from no where" to impress on their debut tour even though they've been playing the same all season for their club.
I don't see that changing anytime soon.
