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The 2023 preseason rugby matches are almost upon us! More than a month of matches start from 28 January, first in Fiji and then…
Managing change is a tough gig. In any group there are those who welcome it, a group who are curious and willing to explore,…
Just out of school, I worked in a carpenter's shop to learn a trade. I soon learned of tensions between the qualified carpenters in…
The Otago Daily Times headline is ten changes to the lineup
Super Rugby teams week 9: Beale back for first time in 1494 days, Reds make 6 changes, Wallaby returns for Brumbies
I’ve already got the rejection letter. One ankle-tap – just one – and they reckon you’re not fast enough to be a waterboy.
It was a winger, fer chrissakes.
CONFIRMED: Wallabies land final piece of coaching puzzle as ex-Lion signs on ahead of showpiece event
Don’t be so sure. The High Performance Unit can’t even get a report on leg injuries (and frequency thereof) out the door and into the light of day.
CONFIRMED: Wallabies land final piece of coaching puzzle as ex-Lion signs on ahead of showpiece event
It’s been quite spectacular, hasn’t it? For all their faults however it must be said that the Murdoch press is generally coherent, and manage to handle their apostrophes.
CONFIRMED: Wallabies land final piece of coaching puzzle as ex-Lion signs on ahead of showpiece event
Arf!
CONFIRMED: Wallabies land final piece of coaching puzzle as ex-Lion signs on ahead of showpiece event
>That lack of commitment to preparation, unwillingness to change, and desire for quick fixes will blight every potential model, regardless of source.
Well expressed and I fear that you are correct in full.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Tips: AC/DC not Rolf Harris. Muriel’s Wedding is a documentary. Rupert Murdoch is an American. John Clarke and Murray Ball (Footrot Flats) were Australian. Shane Warne was a non-smoker. Hoodoo Gurus first three albums, until you get used to how they changed their production later. The answer to every citizenship test question is “Sir Donald Bradman”. Your next excursion here should be a breeze.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Apparently there’s a rugby league team in Auckland which calls themselves the “New Zealand Warriors” with the same aplomb that the Auckland Herald newspaper calls itself the New Zealand Herald. No matter what they claim, they’ll always be JAFAs and if you want to establish a clear regional identity for the Blues Super Rugby franchise then just call them the JAFAs and everyone will know exactly. I hope this helps.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
It’d be hard to argue that they don’t pick overseas talent!
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
I found that term harsh. It should not be used to describe any player no matter what their performance. It should be reserved for incumbent Board members only.
Enough of realistic expectations, let's get excited about future Wallabies
41.67%. It’s a good number although 42%, 41.7%, or 41.66666% would be of equal interest. Truth to tell, it’s kicking percentages I’m most intrigued by. How Lolesio is doing this week (no change, stats are still up there); the number of kicks which have slammed into the uprights (lots more again in this weekend just gone); number of Australian Super players who have read the Laws and found you can get points for a drop goal (1).
All three: Lolesio’s accuracy, the effect of hitting the posts, and drop-kicks – are under-rated.
Five things: Lesson Aussie rugby can learn from Kiwis - and why next month will determine whether SR gap has closed
Just a speculator here by way of answer, but maybe they were waiting for the $8-$9m that RA owes them?
It’d make a difference to the bank account, having that money come through.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
@Jazz, I tune out with Harrison because he just drones on. At least you’ve managed to get some content out of what he is, and is not, saying. I appreciate your summary, because now I know!
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
Can you track it down, because I can’t, but my understanding it was a protocol not a Law, otherwise I’d said a Law.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
more than two phases = outside the rules.
The result stands, of course, but the fact of officials operating outside the rules they are there to apply, also still stands.
I hark back to it as another symptom of a systems-level problem in rugby officiating which has not yet been adequately addressed. At the moment, officials may go on such frolics, and the doing so does render redundant the exploration of minutiae such as the shot clock and how it operates.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
I wouldn’t worry about it, Geoff. The officials can do what they like, even outside the rule book. We saw this when the All Blacks had a try disallowed in the World Cup Final.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
>you’ve got RA gunning for the Rebels to be ousted and the rebellion with the same agenda and effectively with the same executive leading the charge
Hi Don – I’d missed that agenda from SOARR and so I had advocated for change, because the governance chops of the RA Board are known to be incompetent.
But SOARR likewise running an agenda on the Rebels is shite too.
The benchmark approach for a receivership is to trade your way out if you can. That’s normal commercial practice. By wanting to cull the Rebels, the SOARR folks appear to possess the same poor, perhaps willfully blind, approach to good governance.
Previously I had been delighted with SOARR’s arrival due to the poor governance of Waugh and his colleagues. But now they look no better. Details of SOARR’s agenda have become clearer, I made a mistake, I now withdraw any support for them.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
A shout-out to the Rebels W team, who held their nerve to convincingly beat the Drua Women. A double! The first time both teams have won on the same night, so I am told.
'Kid wonder': Lancaster, Gordon shine as Rebels take one giant step in locking in maiden Super Rugby finals berth
Congratulations Rebels! None of this knife-edge will they/ won’t they of the Sydneysiders.
The game plan worked, to negate the Highlanders territory kicking, and phase structure.
'Kid wonder': Lancaster, Gordon shine as Rebels take one giant step in locking in maiden Super Rugby finals berth
I have heard it said many times that the problem with Super Rugby is it’s too predictable.
'Brain explosion': Wallaby stars sent off as Queensland left red-faced in Moana Pasifika shocker
If the wind change hadn’t come through three hours earlier than predicted, we’d have had a firestorm through Greensborough. That’s urban Melbourne.
ANALYSIS: Rebels rely on brute force over defensive integrity - but there's a sweet spot they can expose in finals chase
Thanks TWAS
I’ve seen some comments about a merged Rebels Manu Pasifiki and this little incident has provided an anecdote about exactly the sort of stupidities which would arise.
ANALYSIS: Rebels rely on brute force over defensive integrity - but there's a sweet spot they can expose in finals chase
It’s something that the Rebels marketing chap or chapess thought up. I suspect they are too young to remember Black Saturday with its 173 deaths. That day was a nightmare.
ANALYSIS: Rebels rely on brute force over defensive integrity - but there's a sweet spot they can expose in finals chase
Good article.
Super Rugby Women’s Week Five teams: Force set for club history, Wallaroos return for Brumbies, Reds last-ditch dash for finals
Interesting. One of our marquee players tried for a similar deal a while back. The recliner could be done, but the brick wall was changing the Club liquor license to allow sideline drinking. Couldn’t be done. That was the dealbreaker and I was fine about it, because guess which sideline liquid sustenance custodian was being lined up to give him the special attention?
Super Rugby teams week 9: Beale back for first time in 1494 days, Reds make 6 changes, Wallaby returns for Brumbies