‘It does players no favours’: The ‘mad’ syndrome Australian rugby suffers – Rugby.com.au

The trophy cabinet is so bare you could forgive Australian fans for hanging onto to shiny speck of gold but Brumbies coach Dan McKellar has pleaded with observers to cool the hype and lower their expectations of the next generation.
A day before teenage sensation Joseph Suaalii is expected to sign with South Sydney in the NRL, McKellar described the hype around the fleet-footed youngster as “madness” after a barrage of headlines surrounding the future of the year 11 student.
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