Australia beat Italy 57-10 to end Schmidt era with win
Australia snapped a six-match losing streak after dismantling a depleted Italy 57-10 in the Nations Championship on Saturday, ensuring coach Joe Schmidt ended his unsuccessful tenure on a winning note. The home side ran in nine tries to two in front of 19,268 fans at Perth’s HBF Park, with lock Josh Canham bagging a hat-trick. […] The post Australia beat Italy 57-10 to end Schmidt era with win appeared first on The Namibian .
Australia snapped a six-match losing streak after dismantling a depleted Italy 57-10 in the Nations Championship on Saturday, ensuring coach Joe Schmidt ended his unsuccessful tenure on a winning note.
The home side ran in nine tries to two in front of 19,268 fans at Perth’s HBF Park, with lock Josh Canham bagging a hat-trick.
Schmidt will now hand over to Les Kiss, ending an underwhelming stint where he won 12 of his 31 Tests in charge since assuming control from Eddie Jones.
The victory did ensure the New Zealander avoided the ignominy of finishing with the worst winning percentage of any Wallabies coach in the professional era.
