Less is more for Wallabies coach Rennie

Rugby fans can expect a more settled Wallabies line-up in 2022 as coach Dave Rennie ramps up preparations for next year's World Cup in France.

Rennie has introduced 20 newcomers to the Test arena since succeeding Michael Cheika in 2020 in a concerted effort to build a squad with sufficient experience to challenge for the Webb Ellis Cup again.

It will be a quarter of a century since Australia last raised the trophy - for a second time - by the time the 10th edition of the global showpiece rolls around in 2023.

Final defeats in 2003 and 2015 have been as close as the Wallabies have got to matching their 1991 and 1999 World Cup triumphs and Rennie knows striking the right balance between youth and know-how is key.

Hence why he won't blooding another raft of fresh talent during the Wallabies' 14 or 15 Tests this season, depending on the final program for the northern hemisphere spring tour in November.

"I'd expect us to have a more settled look around the squad because we've got a lot of knowledge and we've got a lot of confidence in the guys we're using," Rennie said on Tuesday.

"But they've got to perform and, if they do that, hopefully they can build on what they've done so far.

"But we're certainly not going to close the door on anyone jumping out of the pack.

"The door's always open. If someone emerges from left field, they'll be rewarded."

Rugby Australia's re-signing on Tuesday of 32-year-old, 114-Test prop James Slipper is evidence that Rennie is well aware that the average age of winning squads is getting older every World Cup cycle.

"But you've got to earn the right to play as well," Rennie said.

"Just because you've been around a long time doesn't guarantee you being part of a World Cup.

"And what we've being