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Latham tells sheepish Shepherd to lead flock
Wayne Smith | June 26, 2008
SIDELINED Wallabies great Chris Latham has called on his successor as Australia's fullback, Cameron Shepherd, to back himself more and for Shepherd's critics to back off him while he finds his feet in the Test side.
It was a frustrated Latham who prowled up and down watching the Wallabies play Ireland in Melbourne a fortnight ago, a match he would certainly have started in had he not torn his pectoral muscle in the Reds' Super 14 match with Robbie Deans' Crusaders. But adding mildly to his frustration was Shepherd's no-risk performance at fullback.
"I think Cameron played a game where he didn't want to do anything wrong, which is understandable," Latham said yesterday. "But at the end of the day, that inhibits what you want to do right."
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