Matt Giteau backs decision to cut Australian Super Rugby team
Former Wallaby Matt Giteau believes Australian rugby will be better off with just four Super Rugby teams in the years to come.
Writing for the Players' Voice, the former Western Force star said he felt for the players and staff in Perth but added that something needed to change after the disastrous 2017 Super Rugby season.
"This is a bit controversial but, from the outside looking in, I think for Australian rugby to be successful and be a force again, five teams are too many for us. Four teams is the way to go. I’m not saying the Force should’ve been the team cut, but someone had to be moved out," Giteau wrote.
"You look at those five teams this season and pretty much all the starting XVs were guaranteed their spots. That’s not ideal. I remember back in the Super 12 – when the Reds, Brumbies and Tahs were very successful – how hard you had to train to hold your position. You never got in a comfortable position where you thought, ‘I’m safe now’. You were alway