Wallabies five-eighth Quade Cooper says the national team is "destroying" him and that he would not play for Australia if he was picked in the team today.
In an extraordinary few moments live on pay television on Thursday night, the injured playmaker said he stood by his comments last week that the Wallabies environment was "toxic".
"I'm just striving to be the best that I can be and that's why I said I didn't want to be involved in that kind of environment," Cooper said.
"For me to continue to improve as a player and as a person you want to be in the best possible environment and I feel that that environment is destroying me as a person and as a player, so that I can't do the best that I can do to represent my country and my family and my friends, to the best of my ability."
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When asked if he would play for the Wallabies if he was picked in the side, Cooper said he would not.
"No, like I said, it's the environment there at the moment is one that I don't feel comfortable in and if I don't feel comfortable and if I don't feel that I can give 100 per cent for my country and that yellow jersey, that's a very big problem," he said.
The Reds five-eighth's comments follow attacks he made on Twitter last week against national coach Robbie Deans and the culture in the Wallabies squad at the moment.
Cooper said his comments were not aimed at Deans personally and the pair had exchanged text messages this week.
