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Skip… my concern exactly. As a unior, a kid might get packed off to junior rugby, because of his dad’s allegiances; but down the track they start looking around at other codes and in Queensland they see successful local teams in other codes – Roar, Broncos, Lions; and then they see the Reds… who do you want to emulate?
Barnes loss another painful blow for Reds fans
Leftie… is “dont blow it!!!!!” a statement or a plea borne from the demoralising knowledge that the Tahs will again fail to come anywhere near their promise….
Poor decisions continue in Tahland
whatever the backline… the Tahs will start the season well with a whole lot of hype and then their delusions of adequacy will collapse into another season of squandered opportunities and failure.
Poor decisions continue in Tahland
and confirmed… damn it!?!
Statement from Queensland Rugby – 29 July
Berrick Barnes today advised QR Reds Head Coach Phil Mooney that he had decided to take up an offer of a one year contract with the NSW Waratahs in 2010.
Poor decisions continue in Tahland
I would love to hear the opinion of a ref… Palu’s error was something you learn in juniors and should never have been made.
What I would love to hear is a ref explaining scrum decisions – I maintain a very low opinion of their understanding of the scrum (ie front row); but would be happy to be proven wrong by a ref in the commentary box trying to explain some of the more baffling decisions.
Fox Sports should appoint an ex-referee to commentate
I will be watching K’s progress with interest… I agree with all of Adam’s comments, having played junior rep league and school boy rugby in Qld I found myself in the Tassie wilderness and talked into playing footy which I did for two seasons down there and a further two in Sydney before returning to the comfort of the rugby front row.
Lesson one… a front-rower makes an average half back flanker at best; good for barging through packs of players with head over the ball and for putitng on big tackles that scare the bejesus out of footy players – I don’t think Karmichael has to worry about the front-rower limitations, though his hard running atttude and tackling will make an impression;
Lesson two… the 360 degree vision and positional play required for footy in both attack and defence takes some getting used to – I can still trace the source of my back problems to being blind-sided whilst staightening for a kick; playing in the front-row has just made them worse.
Lesson three… communication is important in all codes, but in footy I have seen and played in too many teams that have lost games purely because they stopped talking (it’s related to lesson two above and the sheer size of the playing field);
Open letter to Hunt from a fellow cross-coder