Bob Dwyer calls for a lower limit to allow foreign players to strengthen Wallabies

Rugby World Cup winning coach Bob Dwyer wants to see the threshold of foreign players revised in order to strengthen the depth of Wallabies in difficulty.

After being impressed by Will Skelton, who has been transformed since arriving at the Saracens Waratahs last year, Dwyer also believes that improving the conditions and shape of some players at the same time has made him feel better. Alien is an "indictment" on the Australian super rugby scene.

With less than a year to go until the next Rugby World Cup, the Wallabies dropped to sixth place in the world rankings after a dismal campaign in 2018, which had four wins and nine losses.

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While some have called for the replacement of coach Michael Cheika, Dwyer said the performances of coaches, players and administrators must all be scrutinized.

He said that the past year had been bad, but was convinced that Australia was not so far from the goal and pointed out that the Wallabies had been injured during the year .

"We are not as rich as we can afford to lose front-line players," said Dwyer. "We probably have to look closely at who can not play in Australia, I know we currently have the 60 test rule [for overseas-based players]. For me, we can change that at any time. "

A passionate observer of the English Premiership, Dwyer was impressed by the recent Wallabies who play it, who currently do not meet the threshold of 60 selections tested, and by the way others have returned from their stays in this country.

"I look at all the players who have played in the UK in the last few years, or who still play there, and you look at their state now compared to their state of the art in Australia," said Dwyer. .

"The perfect example is [26-year-old Saracens lock] Will Skelton. He does not look like the same person he was when he played for the Waratahs. This is not good, it is an indictment against us.

"Will is a different physical specimen." He is super-duper. "Kurtley Beale came back from England better than when he was gone." Matt Toomua is in better shape now than when he's gone.

"I think if you look [halfback] Nic White who played at Exeter, one of the two best clubs in the country, is in great shape and plays very well.

"I think we need to look closely at how our players are prepared here and not just hand them over to the Wallabies with a week or two weeks before the start of the test series and tell them yours now."

Dwyer was not convinced that lowering the capitalization threshold would result in a massive exodus of Super Rugby players abroad.

"There is no bottomless pit where they can take all players to Australia and are we worse off than people like Argentina?" Said Dwyer. "I think we need to create an environment for Australian players, which will make them want to play here because it gives them the best chance of becoming a better player."