Flyhalf Quade Cooper fails to take chance as Wallabies bomb against Springboks QUADE Cooper's night of redemption turned into a box office bomb as the Wallabies' lethargic forward pack and pedantic refereeing killed all hope of a free-flowing contest. Who would have thought that with Cooper at flyhalf and Israel Folau at fullback the Wallabies would fail to score a try against South Africa, for the first time since 2001. Ewen McKenzie is known for doing video analysis just 90 minutes after a match and continuing until the early hours of the morning. His endless repeats of Saturday night's Australian effort would have been a mind-numbing experience likely to leave him with bloodied knuckles. The rookie national coach will wake on Sunday with little evidence of whether Cooper should be first-choice flyhalf or not. Australia's 38-12 loss at Suncorp Stadium was an accurate reflection of where this once great team is. A year of rebuilding is required. Do not expect consistent wins until after next year's Rugby Championship. The Wallabies flyhalf debate is not even worth having until their forward pack finds the technique and talent to at least keep their own ball at the breakdown. Quade Cooper and his Wallabies teammates shows the pain of defeat after being thrashed by the Springboks at Suncorp Stadium. Cooper was rarely given clean ball or forward momentum as the Springboks dominated the scrum and breakdown, smashing their Suncorp Stadium drought in the process. Springboks No.6 Francois Louw dominated the ruck as the visiting team forced 17 turnovers and the Wallabies conceded 12 penalties. Saturday night ended 51 weeks of exile from the Wallabies No.10 jersey for Cooper. Take two on his Test career was meant to be a showcase for whether he deserved to be considered the country's first-choice flyhalf but McKenzie will need patience to have that question answered. With Folau playing his first game at fullback in the gold jersey, an attack-first mentality was assumed but it only occured in the final 15 minutes when Cooper made two poor errors chasing a 26-point deficit. "They were their own worst enemy at times," Springboks captain Jean deVilliers said. There's no doubt they have a great backline. I actually told Israel Folau after the game how great it was that he signed on again. Cooper defended in the front-line and South Africa immediately targeted his channel and were rewarded when 130 kilogram Springboks prop Coenie Oosthuizen isolated him five metres out from the try-line to score a try. It is nearly a year Sunday that Robbie Deans lost patience with Cooper, a decision that shattered his confidence. An extended run in Australia's No.10 jersey is needed to finally rebuild it. There were bits and pieces there. We were trying to play catch up and he pushed the game a little bit," McKenzie said of Quade. I'll have to look at the video and see.