The future of the 2014 Super Rugby champions hangs in the balance after a 12th straight defeat
There is an old saying in rugby union that when NSW is strong Australia is strong. But no one would want to rely on our oldest and biggest rugby state at the moment after the NSW Waratahs’ 59-23 loss to the Highlanders in their Super Rugby Trans-Tasman game in Dunedin became their 12th consecutive defeat, equalling the worst losing streak by an Australian side.
Along with Queensland, NSW forms the heartland of the game in this country, producing most of the professional players and potentially attracting the largest fan-base. That is why the Waratahs’ woeful results this year are a disaster for Australian rugby – both from a high-performance perspective and a commercial point of view.
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