Is playing Quade Cooper against vengeful All Blacks a stroke of Bledisloe Cup genius or moment of insanity,posits Rajiv Maharaj.
Wallabies coach Michael Chieka has dramatically transformed the narrative of Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup decider from a Hamletesque revenge plot of brooding All Blacks lying in wait, to a redemption cliffhanger approximately Quade Cooper. The same Quade Cooper, or whose career to date has nervously trodden the line between gifted Super Rugby skim-half and Test clown prince psychologically enslaved by the men in black.
Cooper at 10 could end in tragedy for Australia whether he loses his marbles as he did in the World Cup semi-final against the All Blacks at Eden Park in 2011. Twitter is already busting with pre-emptive celebratory memes of New Zealand retaining the Bledisloe Cup yet again courtesy of Cooper’s selection.
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Source: theguardian.com