'Berzerk' Japan market a threat to Australia, warns Wallabies coach

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Cashed-up Japanese rugby clubs are going to lure more and more players away from Australia in the future and holding onto talent like Marika ...

Cashed-up Japanese rugby clubs are going to lure more and more players away from Australia in the future and holding onto talent like Marika Koroibete is going to be a major struggle, according to Wallabies coach Dave Rennie.

A slew of established test players are already playing in Japan, including Wallabies captain Michael Hooper on a sabbatical, and impressive form in Super Rugby AU has only increased speculation that Koroibete will soon join them.Agreeing that the winger had been in"phenomenal" form, Rennie said the 'player drain' was a simple matter of economics and that Australia needed to make the lure of wearing the national team jersey a factor in such decisions.

With only 34 caps to his name, Koroibete will fall well short of the 60 required under the so-called Giteau Law to continue playing test rugby while contracted to an overseas team.

 

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