Pathways and talent ID must be prioritised if RA is to avoid the looming iceberg

Australia 15 Fiji 22. That is the reality. After all the bluster, furore, crouch critique and eventual acceptance there is no getting away from the fact that the Wallabies Rugby World Cup hopes are hanging by an increasingly taut thread.

Not that even the most optimistic fan expected to come out of the tournament as world champions, but at the very least a quarter final was standard fare.

Pre-tournament there was equal measures of bemoaning the…