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6th April 2016
12:49pm BST

"It's something that, here in NSW, we're wanting to investigate to make sure our pathways and our kids coming through are taught the skills that we think are necessary to play running rugby. "It's a structural thing. The difficulty for us is, I think, the Eddie Jones era of playing A, B, C certain type of rugby. That lack of decision making has had an effect on Australian rugby in the fact that it's very pervasive in the schooling system. "So we tend to get our boys at 18 and probably their skills are very good but they're just missing that decision making (ability) in an open environment."Gibson says he is embracing the challenge and, while he gets to the bottom of it, will embrace the strengths of the current Aussies in his squad. It MUST be noted, however, that the Waratahs won the 2014 Super Rugby title and the Wallabies did reach the 2015 World Cup final. Then again, there's no pleasing some Kiwis.
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