Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie fears grassroots rugby could be neglected if an Australian isn't appointed as the Wallabies coach.
On the same day as Crusaders Super 14 coach Robbie Deans confirmed he would contact Australian officials about the job, McKenzie said such an appointment could place all the focus on the elite level at the expense of development.
"If we think coaching the Wallabies is just about coaching 22 blokes to play on any given weekend, we're selling ourselves short," McKenzie told The Sun-Herald.
"You need to get the rugby community on board and to do that you need to know who the people are, where the influence is and where the politics are at - and that is something local coaches know more about than a foreign coach.
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