James O’Connor has been stood down by Ewen McKenzie from the Wallabies indefinitely following his poor conduct at the Perth Airport.

All I can say is: finally!!!! After the era of Robbie Deans pandering to the whims of O’Connor and his poor form and conduct the McKenzie era has now been stamped with not accepting poor player behaviour like that of the past!

I hope O’Connor learns from this. Equally I hope that the ARU also learns from this a message that facilitating poor player behaviour does not lead to the player’s behaviour actually improving. This is a step that the ARU and it’s previous coach should have taken some time ago.