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"Healed that team": Rugby Australia President on the impact of Joe Schmidt

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Sat, 4 Oct 2025, 2:36pm
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"Healed that team": Rugby Australia President on the impact of Joe Schmidt

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 4 Oct 2025, 2:36pm

Rugby Australia’s President has nothing but praise for Coach Joe Schmidt ahead of the final Rugby Championship clash. 

The All Blacks are facing off against the Wallabies tonight at a sold-out Optus Stadium in Perth – the Wallabies just three points behind the New Zealand side. 

Former Wallabies Captain and current President Nathan Sharpe joined Piney to preview the match, sharing his thoughts on Schmidt’s coaching.

“I think the way that Joe approaches things, around his connection, his care, y’know his values, and integrity, he’s brought that into the team and for want of a word, healed that team.” 

“Now they’re starting to build something pretty special, and I think you can see that in the way that they approached a lot of the games this year. 

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