JOE Schmidt has an impressive log book, but he will need a magical next instalment if he is to achieve what looks like mission impossible.
The much-travelled Kiwi coach’s mission is the Wallabies winning the series against the 2025 Lions a year from now, despite Andy Farrell’s tourists being bankers to achieve a clean sweep.
In Schmidt’s favour the former Leinster and Ireland coach could not have asked for a better baptism in charge of Australia against a callow Wales team, led by former Lions coach Warren Gatland, which has arrived Down Under after the indignity...