Eddie Jones picked the youngest and least experienced World Cup squad Australia has sent to a tournament, cutting established leaders like Michael Hooper and sidelining injured veterans like Samu Kerevi and Len Ikitau. The reasoning appears to be a deliberate reset: lower expectations now to build something new rather than recycle a cycle of underperformance. Whether green talent like Carter Gordon or Fraser McReight can absorb that pressure is the entire bet.
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