When a national team changes coach mid-cycle, positional depth gets blown apart. South Africa, who kept continuity, looked steady. The All Blacks less so. England and Australia — both with new coaches — showed messy charts. Eddie Jones dropped Michael Hooper, his leading open-side, replacing him with a player living off roughly 20% of available game time. Revolving doors at positions like 6, 10, 13, and fullback show how selection churn erodes the pipeline of test-ready players.
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