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Australian Rugby has become obsessed with the so called 'Australian Way' which is supposed to be about running rugby. It is foolhardy, especially in…
After the Australian Under 20s side 46-13 defeat at the hands of the South African juniors it is clear that something has to change…
While schoolboy rugby has been covered at length of late, we really need to be looking at the age groups of under 6s to…
With the European season due to start soon, fans are waiting on the mystery that is the European Champions and Challenge Cup. Their website…
EJ the number 8 is supposed to be the main ball carrier in the backrower and the link between the backrow and the backs. Pocock is not strong at either point and the backrow is not balanced out at set piece at 6.
Read the tea leaves, Michael Cheika
David even bigger indictment on Hooper is that Seán McMahon polled more votes than him and McMahon played out of position to cover for him. This is to go with Hooper not making the players’ Super Rugby team of the season.
Read the tea leaves, Michael Cheika
I don’t think Baxter wants it as he has had two chances already to go for it and hasn’t put his name in the hat.
Correction on Urios he took Oyonnax to a Top 14 playoff game where they lost to Toulouse by a point and were very competitive in the Heineken Cup the season after. Urios took his coaching staff to Castres (I think it was his original club) and key players. Won a Top 14 title and has got his second one with Castres. Castres live in the shadows of nearby Toulouse.
Read the tea leaves, Michael Cheika
Just shows how the mongrels ruining Rugby in Australia just don’t get it. The failed bankers and bean counters still don’t realise that you don’t need to be in a big city to build a successful Rugby team. It is not about markets and they have not generated enough income from it to cover expenses.
Case in point Crusaders then you have recent winners of the Top 14 and AP Castres and Exeter. Exeter followed up their title by finishing runners up.
Castres and Exeter don’t have a lot of so called stars they have strong coaching teams and recruit the right players. English Rugby is littered with successful teams from small market towns. As for Castres they recently won a Top 14 title a strong European run could see Urios touted for the French job. He took Oyonnax a team from the foot of the Alpes to a Top 14 the same season after getting promoted. Oyonnax also have passionate Rugby fans.
Read the tea leaves, Michael Cheika
Universal that rules out the Chairman of the RA.
Why Rugby Australia are sticking with Cheika, and why we have more pain to endure
The RA could easily reduce the money spent on the Rebels, payouts, etc to give Cheika the boot. International clauses are common in coach’s contracts so it may not require a pay out from an overseas club which is where the next man has to come from as there are no suitable candidates in Australia.
Why Rugby Australia are sticking with Cheika, and why we have more pain to endure
There is also discipline issues in the coaching box and on the pitch that you don’t usually associate with the Wallabies.
Why Rugby Australia are sticking with Cheika, and why we have more pain to endure
Knox was backs coach under Cheika and was replaced by Gaffney. Knox and Cheika had a massive falling out and still aren’t on speaking terms.
Why Rugby Australia are sticking with Cheika, and why we have more pain to endure
Agreed Fionn on the bringing back players from overseas but. Last year the RA spent 1 million on that at the request from Cheika.
Why Rugby Australia are sticking with Cheika, and why we have more pain to endure
The Afrikaans pronunciation is Lab-es-cug-ne he didn’t speak English till he was ten not sure why he needed to change the way his name is pronounced as an adult to a way that is not natural to his heritage. Charlize Theron did that for the Americans and Tee-ron as the pronunciation is not too difficult.
It is like changing your accent (watch the Pocock documentary about the boys being told to lose their accent) to satisfy the ignorant.
Labuschagne blunder sums up Australia's day of woe
He was like that in the second innings of the first test. Batted confidently then lost his concentration.
Labuschagne blunder sums up Australia's day of woe
How is Arthur disgraced? Pakistan have been a very coherent team since he took over. Won a Champions Trophy against stronger English and Indian teams in England, drew a test series in England, unveiled a promising young quick in Abbas and should win this test by about 300 runs.
Labuschagne blunder sums up Australia's day of woe
and they need to do it in county Cricket too like Hodge, Hayden, Langer, Rogers, M Hussey, etc did.
Labuschagne blunder sums up Australia's day of woe
Sounds left field but I wonder if Burns turning up to the Wanderers looking like an unshaven bum had anything to do with it. He batted well enough to get in the A squad and push for this series at least given the bans.
Labuschagne blunder sums up Australia's day of woe
As soon as we stopped batting long against swing and spin we were done. Taking our eye off the shield and the cricket academy from a batsmen point of view didn’t help either. We aren’t Pakistan we have a comp in the Shield that develops batsmen we don’t need to fast track them in their early 20s while they are working on their game.
Bowlers just came from the wilds like Thommo, Pidge, Warnie (didn’t have the discipline for the academy).
Is this cricket now?
The WSC exodus hit side in the 70s along with the mid 80s would come close.
Is this cricket now?
Said years ago that the BBL really stands for the Base Ball League. Innings like Herschelle Gibbs at the Wanderers chasing 438 were supposed to be a rarity now they are becoming the norm.
Is this cricket now?
The former coach had a similar batting stance to Chanderpaul.
In regards to the article I agree I never was coached properly how to bat it was just coaches observing twenty plus lads in the nets and as for bowling you had to work it out yourself with those plastic compound balls.
Is this cricket now?
Exactly Nate we are both old enough to remember the strong support the Kookaburras got and this hasn’t transferred to the Vikings since they took over.
Steve Larkham always put down Wests as his club instead of the Canberra Vikings like the other full time Canberra players did in his playing days. He probably has the same reservations that you do about it.
I appreciate the Vikings backing the side but ultimately it is a Canberra representative team in a national competition.
The four we always suspected are through, but who makes the NRC final?
Marnus putting in a shift with the bat should pressure on Mitch Marsh to perform.
Labuschagne shows all-round potential against Pakistan
He is in Japan at the moment and is suggested that he will stay there. Re the Force what might complicate things is if his club is submitted as one of the two Japanese entrants in to WSR. Panasonic seem a lock to be one of those teams which will see Berrick Barnes play up until the test season and we know that more tens need to push for selection.
The four we always suspected are through, but who makes the NRC final?
Last year it was only the Final affected Pete Samu and Kuridrani are available for the Vikings this weekend which was mentioned on the Canberra Times website.
The four we always suspected are through, but who makes the NRC final?
Was that Toowoomba game played in school holidays when the boarders have gone home? A game needs to be played in Toowoomba during term time so the students can attend.
I suppose it is hard to get right with club finals, schools Rugby being term three in Qld and school holidays finishing ludicrously late these days. Some schools only went back yesterday and it is the middle of October! I was never on holiday in October back by the end of September not look forward to exams.
The four we always suspected are through, but who makes the NRC final?
Well he got Tuigalied on his test début it was like watching Underwood getting bulldozed by Lomu.
The four we always suspected are through, but who makes the NRC final?
Fardy is gone said himself he won’t be back so shouldn’t be mentioned.
Read the tea leaves, Michael Cheika