Junior Wallabies coach blows up over world championship washout fiasco

Rugby Australia are looking for a replay of the washed out World Championship beneath 20 fixture towards Eire that left Aussie coach Nathan Gray fuming and pointing the finger of blame on the rival staff’s physician.

The choice to name off the sport in a single day in South Africa – however let subsequent two matches on the identical area proceed following the deluge – ended Australia’s hopes of constructing the semifinals.

They wanted to beat Eire to make the highest 4 however except the RA request to reschedule the sport for early Thursday AEST is accepted they are going to end within the Fifth-Eighth playoff spots.

After heavy rain World Rugby match organisers declared the sphere at Athlone Stadium not protected to play on.

Coach Nathan Gray. (Picture by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Photographs)

Junior Wallabies coach Gray blew up in an interview with Rugby Go, that has been faraway from the official WR web site – suggesting the Irish had been responsible of soiled tips.

“Bitterly dissatisfied for the gamers and the workers however the choice has been taken out of our arms and we don’t get the chance to play Eire and end on prime of our pool,” he stated.

“We performed two video games of Rugby Championships in a lot worse circumstances however a powerful push from the Irish physician appeared to work with World Rugby in cancelling the sport.

“The boys are shattered. We had been very nicely ready for this sport and educated in worse circumstances two days in the past.

“It’s a possibility that has been taken out of their arms however I’m positive World Rugby are doing it for the precise causes, I simply hope they’re true.

“…The circumstances are high-quality. The floor water isn’t that unhealthy. Yeah it’s boggy and moist however no worse than any circumstances Eire have performed in earlier than and definitely we’ve performed in earlier than.

“The circumstances are correctly higher than what we performed Italy in so it’s a bit complicated.”

An RA spokesman instructed The Roar that World Rugby had been contacted with a request for a replay however didn’t instantly hear again because of the time distinction.