Waltzing Dempsey’s false step

NICK CAIN

Crash ball: Jack Dempsey playing for Australia against Fiji at 2019 World Cup
PICTURE : Getty Images

The last time I saw Jack Dempsey on the international stage he was storming about the field in Wallaby green-and-gold making a nuisance of himself like any self-respecting flanker.
Now we are told that Dempsey will be playing for Scotland in the Autumn series despite having won 14 Wallaby caps, the last of them during the 2019 World Cup.
Before the tournament in Japan the World Rugby mission statement was to extend the residency criteria for international eligibility to five ye...

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