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Mark Ella (57)
i think the complete opposite.We have a big bias to the players we see every week and neglect the ones that are out of sight (like R. Arnold in 3rd div Japan wtf is he doing). When most of the players I mentioned left Aus they were Wallaby squad members, if not starters and yes we can replace them but constantly with younger and more inexperienced players. I'm so envious of Ireland and France's ability to put out teams with huge amounts of caps and afford to watch players mature into even better versions. I really don't think we can understand how much experience we've lost.
Too often we hear that these guys have gone OS and are suddenly killing it. Then they come back and they aren’t particularly better they left. There are exceptions but there aren’t many.