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A stream of similarities between the Melbourne and Canberra-based sides were evident this weekend as both opened their Super Rugby campaigns with losses to…
Once the saviour of Australian rugby, Michael Cheika's cries of foul at being persecuted by World Rugby's referees are falling on the deaf ears…
You can make all the excuses in the world, but at the end of the day an 'L' is put down for the Wallabies'…
I certainly agree Sam, to an extent. While we’ve been moving forward, albeit slowly, I still couldn’t imagine us beating the All Blacks. However, as you said if we beat England this weekend it’ll be a good reflection of how far we’ve come. Nor do I think either that poor discipline is the only thing to rectify. We’re far from a bad side, but 6/14 isn’t what we’ve come to expect. Maybe I’ve highlighted penalties and yellow cards more than they actually influence the game, as our exit is a big issue, so to is our scrum holding its own.
That being said, our backline attack has improved in leaps and bounds, and particularly across our back and second row, as well as our outside backs our depth has increased dramatically.
Green and Gold seeing yellow
“You got anger, that’s good you’re gonna need it, you got aggression that’s even better you’re gonna need that, too. But any little two year old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger” – Coach Boon
Using the yellow cards of Coleman v All Blacks, Mumm v Ireland and Skelton v Scotland as examples, at the moment they just seem reckless. This is where I think the Walalbies are missing the likes of Timani and McMahon
Green and Gold seeing yellow
Sorry, you’re right, I should have been more specific. Tradational powerhouses = imbalanced overfunding and favouritised states despite lack of success and/or form
The big difference between the Rebels and Brumbies’ losses