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The poor All Blacks boys kept running into 3 big Pumas every time they got the ball.
Pumas beat All Blacks for the first time
” DHP gave exactly what he always has a test level. Why was he picked, why was he dropped?”
I heard an interview yesterday of Dave Rennie. He said two things I found interesting;
(a) DHP was injured and not available for selection this Saturday;
(b) He strongly inferred it wasn’t the plan for Lolesio to defend at fullback but that it went that way out on the field. Then he changed the subject as you could see he wasn’t wanting to discuss it further and throw anyone under the bus.
One last point, although I haven’t been a great fan of Simmons for a while I thought he played very well when he came on last Saturday. A number of lineout wins, tackles, hit a few rucks and had a carry or two. He earned a start this week.
Reece Hodge at 10 as Dave Rennie makes huge changes to Wallabies team for Bledisloe 4
It’s a pity Michael Hooper hasn’t had a few runs at flyhalf.
Reece Hodge at 10 as Dave Rennie makes huge changes to Wallabies team for Bledisloe 4
Who would have thought Big Karl could sidestep like that?
How Rennie's Wallabies were blindsided in Bledisloe 3
Purdo, that’s a fair comment not usually the team, but it’s the press and a number of old WBs who are usually rolled out in test match week to put forward their views. I’ve always loved Campo. But last week there was plenty of talk about what the WBs were going to do to Caleb Clarke. They couldn’t wait, they said. Well, in looking after Caleb the boys forgot about Richie Mo’unga.
Wallabies defiant after humbling defeat
Yes, I question Hooper as well, particularly as captain, but he made the most tackles of any WB yesterday by far so he wasn’t the problem, which was (1) the WBs didn’t show up and (2) the game plan wasn’t followed. Dave Rennie is famous for his teams being so hard to score against (the D) and counterattack. But this was all mssing yesterday. What happened? He can’t play the game for his team.
Youth is no excuse for national humiliation, but it is the solution
The stadium attendance was restricted because of covid 19.
Mo'unga magic leads All Blacks past woeful Wallabies in record blowout
Interesting thoughts. He looks like he will be dropped because he doesn’t offer a running game.
All Blacks by 20 means changes aplenty for Wallabies
Banks has been a little disappointing to me since bursting onto the scene a few years ago. He seems to have the skills but something is missing. When he runs from the back he needs to go a little crazy like Caleb Clarke, Beauden Barrett, Ben Smith and fight through and break tackles. Currently he falls over at the first tackle. He could watch Ardie Savea and see how Ardie addresses the thought of someone trying to tackle him. It looks like Banks doesn’t know what to do when confronted. Maybe Dave Rennie can instill the fire that’s needed into him. He needs more basic aggression.
All Blacks by 20 means changes aplenty for Wallabies
terrykid…it seems the WBs have got a great new coaching team. The coaching team and the WBs will do well but it may not be enough overnight. The WBs rank 7 in the world. For a number of reasons a number of your top players are playing overseas and are not available for the WBs. The ABs are another world and it will take time for the WBs to match them. But if the WBs overtime can improve their ranking to in the top 5 and then even better down to 4 then 3, then it’s all on. Go for it against the ABs of course. But don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Beat the rest, the ABs will always be there. If you can’t beat them now, keep improving and your time will come, as it has before.
How to beat the All Blacks
The difficulty is expecting the ABs to get priority in this matter over the general public. It would go down badly and damage the AB’s reputation and status.
New Zealand Rugby unhappy as SANZAAR releases 2020 Rugby Championship draw
New Zealand Health Authorites believe in the current covid-19 circumstances it would be risky to the community to allow overseas teams with 45 players in a team to walk off a plane and go straight into training in a full team environment. Australian Health Authorities appear to believe it would not be risky to the community.
Or possibly the feel good factor of holding the event and the potential financial benefit was worth the risk.
I guess we will find out in due course who was correct.
CONFIRMED: Wallabies to get home-ground advantage for 2020 Rugby Championship
“It was only in the 70’s that NZ moved away from a rugged, forwards-oriented game”
From memory Geoff it was the 1967 end of year ABs tour north when Fred Allen convinced a skeptical Pinetree Meads and others that backs had a role to play other than making up the 15. Again from memory the ABs were unbeaten that tour.
The Wrap: Five lessons Australia must learn from the World Cup
Excellent wrap Geoff and I pretty near agree with everything you said particularly with your humane analysis of the Cheika regime.
But for decades I’ve been against red cards in the way the are currently applied. I agree completely that acts like those of the French lock deserve the hashest sanction but in the end rugby is not a game where 14 men can play 15. Punish the player severely and the team for a period but don’t destroy the game. Even in the worst case like in some respects this was (although it was by no means life threatening) send him off. But there needs to be some other way to complete the sanction while keeping the game as a reasonably competitive exercise. What is worse is that many red cards are nowhere near as clear cut as this one was and the game can often be ruined by an over zealous referee. Or in the case of two yellows it can become farcical.
In big matches this can have a negative impact on supporters of whole countries, paying spectators, sponsors, TV audiences and all the rest of those emotionally impacted by the result. And rugby doesn’t need to turn off large blocks of potentisl supporters.
Usually when a red is issued I switch off.
While I realise there are those who absolutely swear by the need for red cards as they are currently applied I believe the overly dramatic impact of them on a rugby match potentially damages the game as a whole. I remember how disappointing the Warburton send off was. And recently Scott Barrett. Remember Drew Mitchell?
Anyway, that’s my rant. I love your writing. Go All Blacks.
The Wrap: Good coach, bad coach; the winning (and losing) of the World Cup
Yes, I’m the same as you. The way everyone is knocking the WBs, the Oz officials, the coaches, the players, Super teams, the…everything about Oz rugby, is way over the top.
Believe it or not but people in Australia are pretty smart. Look how cricket fixed itself. So while rugby has gone backwards in the past decade or so and fixing it has taken far too long, you can be sure that there are people around who will know what needs to be done and how to do it.
It is obvious that some big mistakes have been made in recent years around the absolute need to build support for rugby itself and for the WBs in particular. And it has taken far too long for these to be addressed. Politics seemed to get in the way from the days of JON’s demise and a number of subsequent decisions. You can be sure that if any similar problems arose in New Zealand rugby there would be blood all over the floor. Look how John Mitchell was moved out in 2003 once it had become clear he should never have been appointed in the first place.
But equally looking at the depth of the process adopted to replace Mitchell shows how it needs to be done. Also look at the major upheaval that took place in English rugby after the 2015 RWC failures.
The administration of rugby as a whole in Oz needs to be more or less right; management of the WBs has to definitely be right including having the right Head Coach and assistants. Unfortunately, Cheik was never the answer nor were the terms of and the haste of his appointment. But encouraging steps have been taken with the bringing in of a new management structure around the WBs and, now Cheik has stepped down, at long last the opportunity exists to get it right.
A top Head Coach and supporting staff can achieve wonders for a team and there are many successful appointments to use as examples, Warren Gatland, Joe Schmidt, Eddie Jones, Rassie Erasmus, Vern Cotter, Jamie Joseph and Tony Brown, the All Blacks since 2004, the Crusaders, the Highlanders, the Chiefs, the Hurricanes, Jake White at the Brumbies.
Equally though, along with the WBs, there have been teams that have got it wrong, including the Blues, the Waratahs and the Boks with Peter de Villiers. Where failures have occurred there is one constant, and that is the appointments all looked wrong at the time the appointments were made.
So in my case I want Oz rugby to be strong and I think there is a big opportunity now for this to happen. And if so maybe the WBs will be genuine contenders for the RWC in 2023. If so, go WBs you good things.
The next Wallabies coach is an idiot
No one’s allowed to put dog shots on Richie (nor Dan).
Quade Cooper swipes at outgoing Wallabies coach on social media
If only Vern Cotter was available.
What legacy does Michael Cheika leave, and what does his successor need to fix first?
Yes, I’m wondering about that too.
What legacy does Michael Cheika leave, and what does his successor need to fix first?
There is something else wrong though. There are so many excellent players who have gone overseas and been lost to Australian rugby before their time. NZ loses players too, but most are nearing the end of their careers and their going overseas is expected and perhaps desirable. Not so with Australia where the game is damaged with these losses. Someone needs to get control of this.
Cheika's legacy: Consistent inconsistency and puzzling selection to the very end
“Who’d be a coach? The endless pursuit of the perfect game”
How about Tony Brown? Didn’t he find it last week given the circumstances he was in of playing the Crusaders with 6 of his team under suspension and with the Crusaders playing at home, having their 12 ABs available and refreshed after a week off.
Who’d be a coach? The endless pursuit of the perfect game