REACTION: 'If they play like that against England they'll get a heap put on them'

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Mate you are joking. Such foresight that unlike Rassie, Rennie didn’t speak with the OS clubs to clear the way for them to play last year. Blueprint there but he didn’t follow it. Then we have the current half a’Ed system that sees performances like tonight. Dude is clueless.

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No.. DR had nothing to do with it.. who had the foresight in selecting these overseas players?

No mate just shows I have a job and kids.

It’s not Rennie who changed the win loss record it’s relaxing the OS player rules that has had that effect. Something that Rennie should have required to be scrapped like Rassie did. You gloss over the 3 nil drubbing from NZ without the OS players. Going to be a similar result against England this weekend and then Wales.

That’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard. Over Dave Rennie! Wow.. just .. wow. Best season by the wallabies in seven years. Climb the rankings to 3rd. Lose one game.. Talk about spit the dummy and throw your toys around :laughing:

Not being sure if Hodge is injured really undermines your credibility.

Now the Bokke, not sure how that will go? I think the Boks might nab it late similar to the Welsh game… But I’ll back the Scots :silly:

I thought it was a bit ridiculous to get him back as well.. The Darkness Destroyer, strikes again :silly:

Absolutely. Anyone that pays attention to world rugby should have already known that this Scottish squad is one of their best in decades. That was one of their finest grinding wins they just banked.

I think he’s talking about the Calcutta Cup between England vs Scotland.. England haven’t won since 2017.. Yes he’s correct. England haven’t won that over Scotland since then.. As I’ve said before England had only won 1 game against Scotland in the past 4 tests.. Scotland team is better than a lot of people assume.

In the words of the great man “you can not be serious!” :laughing:

... England beat Scotland in the 2020 6N tbf.

Agree with this. Dan McKellar needs to be head coach with Stephen Larkham, George Gregan and Michael Chieka assistants.

This loss is on Rennie - 1. AAA and JS at the end of their careers and losing scrum power. Rennie done nothing to bring on younger guys who should be blooded in this type of tour. Faamisili, Elof if he commits to Aus etc. Robertson is too small for international rugby. With Toupu out we are back to the 90s with losing games as a result of scrum penalties. 2. Paisami is a liability and played enough tests to know whether he is up to it and he isn’t. Doesn’t keep defensive shape and flys out for the big hit, low skills and a hot head eg the FR clean out and the set up 2 from the line with missed tackles. Just get a cool head in there to support JOC who can tackle like a Curtis Rona or even Toomua can score with good play design and recycling the ball. Or even give Foketi a go. He at least has the size to play 12. 3. Hasn’t developed back up 10s at super level as Noah has now had enough tests to show he is not up to it. Eg Harrison not the best ball runner but higher conversion percentage and better kicking game than both Noah and JOC. 4. Discipline and lineout % TBD but Latu is a better player than both of the other hookers and gives better jackle options. 5. Need to bring Skelton on earlier in the game. He is fit and plays well past 60 in France. He wasn’t given enough ball. 6. Unsure if hodge is injured but he should have been made a 15 years ago. His kicking game takes a lot of pressure off the team. Instead wasted time with Banks etc. 7. Need to bring first receiver closer to the ruck with a pod in support. Too many wide passes from the base with insufficient clean out support so too many turnovers. 8. Play far too lateral. Not enough pick and go from the forwards. Have good ball runners in there particularly if you bring In Faamisili, Skelton and Latu. Set that up more and then go wider, particularly given how weak Paisami is in the carry. 9. Play more % rugby with focus on exits and finding touch rather than kick to compete. Kick to compete is fine if the kicks are spot on but if they are too long or too short it’s a long day eg against NZ back 3. England have similarly good back 3. With Arnold in there we have a world class lineout. Play to it. 10. Coach to take the hit and recycle rather than pushing the pass, particularly in the forwards. Fainga'a etc do that all the time and mess up plays. Rennie is one of the major problems for the team.

I thought Nic White was atrocious yesterday. He made it seriously hard work for our receivers, balls going wide and to ground far too frequently. Tate needs to start for me. Arnold was the only of the french 3 I’d retain. Skelton had no impact off the bench, and Beale was poor. Our hands yesterday were shocking. As much as we didn’t get any favours from the refereeing, we still should have won the game. Our mistakes lost the game. Scotland got a plucky win and good on them.

I think McDermott needs to start with JOC. We need a playmaking 9 as our 10 12 combo aren't going to do much whoever you put there from this squad. At least McDermott can got out and slow the defence, draw players, run and create. JOC hasn't played for months so wasn't expecting much from him to be fair but he will need to be a lot better in the next two game. There's lots of issues, not just 10 and 12. Forwards were also dreadful. Rennie again last week saying AAA is world class, he was so far from that yesterday it is beyond belief. Scotland didn't even have their best prop and lock playing. Valetini went missing. No idea how Rennie gets this bunch up to threaten England and Wales after the last two performances.

It’s a possibility. He may also have stopped listening to their incessant whinging. Perhaps they would have been better served by being respectful and picking and choosing what they questioned rather than every decision that went against Oz.

I could not Handles that!