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It is well documented that the birth of rugby league in Northern England stemmed from the fact that the Rugby Football Union (RFU) ‘banned’…
Critics of rugby say that the ‘limited’ space between defence and attack restricts the freestyle talents of players like Kurtley Beale and Quade Cooper.…
It’s more enjoyable to watch NRL on Pay TV. I’m not talking about the commentators or the pre/post game shows. NRL is better to…
The plight of Parramatta “Two Blues” Rugby club is a clear indicator that rugby in Sydney’s West is in a precarious state. The ARU,…
The beauty of Melbourne’s sporting precinct is its proximity to the city CBD, and this is what Sydney needs. Sydney should build a Central…
If AFL didn’t exist, would the Wallabies be number 1? This is the question I often ask after watching the Wallabies lose a Tri…
There has been a great deal of animated debate on The Roar regarding the need for a National Rugby competition. Most agree it's a…
Many Roarers have been asking for the Australian Rugby to bring back the Possibles versus the Probables trial matches for Wallaby selection. Recent media…
Sheek, visit www.rugby.com.au and click on the video Grand Slam 1984: Wallabies vs. Wales. That’s why you backed Union!
It won’t be long before the game is played like that again. Its just a cycle. Tactics will be found to beat a kicking game and break open the current defence patterns.
If AFL didn't exist, would the Wallabies be number 1?
Hammer, I’m staying well clear of this argument.
However, I was trying to find a name that covers the three codes that play with a “prolated spheroid” shaped ball. 🙂 As in “I’m going down to the park to kick the footy”. RL, Union and AFL call this a footy, I’m certain football/soccer players wouldn’t call it this. Hence “soccer is a different beast”.
But don’t worry, in my parrallel universe, football/soccer is doing quite well in Australia. In fact we won the world cup in 1986. We beat Argentina in final… would you believe Warwick Capper kicked the winner…
If AFL didn't exist, would the Wallabies be number 1?
Brett – if you keep this to yourself. I have in fact invented a time machine for this very purpose. I took if for a test run the other day. I went back to the Rugby World Cup Final in 2003 between Australian and England. Just as Johnny Wilkinson was about to slot home the winning drop goal I threw a beach ball onto the field to push the ball off course.
Unfortunately something happened with the Flux Capacitor and the ball ended up at a match between Liverpool and Sunderland.
It needs more work…
If AFL didn't exist, would the Wallabies be number 1?
Sorry FB, “perhaps the Wallabies will become number 1 again” refers to being ranked number 1 in World Rugby, not being Australia’s number 1 code (although that was the inference intended from the title to get people reading the article 🙂
Although the IRB world ranking only came into existence in 2003, one would argue that during the Rob Macqueen era (1997-2001) the Wallabies would have been the number one team at some point.
If AFL didn't exist, would the Wallabies be number 1?
Thanks Yikes, I realised the GF was today just after I posted! So I’m heading out, should be great.
The joys of schoolboy Rugby
I think he was appointed in September 1997 (but could be wrong), so technically the era was 1997-2001, but agree the 1997 Wallabies were terrible…
If AFL didn't exist, would the Wallabies be number 1?