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I sort of agree if his role is predominantly a squad member and potentially a bench option / injury cover. If he is a starter then we are in real trouble.
'Talent to beat the All Blacks': Ex-Wallabies coach's bold call following 'hash of a year'
Given his pretty terrible form over the past 2 years – does that actually help? Do we really want Barrett at 15 or 10 going forward? He isn’t going to get any better from here.
'Talent to beat the All Blacks': Ex-Wallabies coach's bold call following 'hash of a year'
I reckon the best chance was the last few years under Fozzie. We were a shambles at times with gameplan and selection.
Regardless of the players selected, I think the ABs will be much harder to beat under Razor, with better discipline and game management. Both of which were borderline non-existent under Foz.
'Talent to beat the All Blacks': Ex-Wallabies coach's bold call following 'hash of a year'
I’ve tried to stay away from commenting but this starts to beggar belief.
Why is the Chairman so publicly visible? The more he opens his mouth the more apparent it is he has no idea what he is doing. How, as the Chair, is he able to be the one wielding so much power? Usually it’s the CEO making decisions and making public statements and the Chair (and Board) question things and ensure scrutiny on strategy behind closed doors. Why is this guy the face of Aus rugby? Surely he is overstepping his job scope.
It is actually laughable how bad a job this guy has done. He clearly has zero idea about rugby, and to suggest somehow he is the saviour to fix Aus rugby is surely reaching the point of satire. How can he look at the decisions that have been made over his tenure and think he has the right people to turn it around? Hard to fathom someone with this level of delusion is in charge. As long as he is involved, Aus rugby is going nowhere good.
'Always knew it would get really ugly': RA chief's strange admission as World Cup budget blow out revealed
What is it based on? Staggered Barrett would make it at 15 – not sure he even had one good game.
RWC Team of the tournament: Six Boks, three All Blacks and an Aussie manages to knock out Will Jordan
Having Barrett at 15 really hurt out exits. For some reason he would take half of them, and seems to prove he can kick off his left boot when on that side of the field. Only problem is he can’t kick for distance, at all, anymore. Mo’unga also didn’t seem to be able to kick as long as others. Should have used Jordie Barrett, he kicks for touch anyway on penalties.
I would curse to myself every time the opposition would bang an exit down over halfway, while Beauden/Mo’unga lobbed one up to our own 10m line whenever we would have a turn.
I have high hopes for Zarn Sullivan at 10 in the next cycle, and one thing he does have is a monster left boot, reminiscent of a former ABs 10…
Razor has a couple of fundamentals to address that Fozzie never did (pick a 10 and a 15, limit cards, exit efficiently) and will immediately solve a bunch of our issues.
RWC Team of the tournament: Six Boks, three All Blacks and an Aussie manages to knock out Will Jordan
I feel you Jacko. We have our disagreements but rugby needs people with your passion and love for the game.
I swore off following rugby after that 3rd Lions game, I just couldn’t understand why I would be emotionally involved in something that can be so arbitrarily (and incorrectly) taken away.
But yet it slowly sucked me back in, and here I was riding it all the way through that final.
Brighter days are on the horizon, I genuinely think we have so much talent coming through and that Razor is the change we need to take us to the next level. The fact we should really have won the world cup after all that upheaval is saying something.
I am hurting too as I feel like that was the one that got away. With all the misfortune (self inflicted and otherwise), we were just one Jordie or Mo’unga kick from winning it. We missed crucial lineouts in the first half, the ball bounced the worst possible way for Savea… so many little moments that could have got us over the line but didn’t. That is what really lingers.
We have a few months off and then we can all get excited about another season and the potential it brings. Although it would be nice to be doing so with the Webb Ellis tucked away.
The World Cup Wrap: France 2023 got a final befitting the host nation - imperfect, baffling and historic
Imagine how frustrating it was for us ABs fans! Under Fozzie we have always been a bit like that, haven’t really adapted too well and mixed things up. Bit of a lack of game management it seemed like.
Feel like SA were there to be taken but we just weren’t able to; through execution, missed kicks, few unlucky ref calls. So frustrating to go down like that when you look back and think you really should have won. It was easier to take in 2019 when we were just outplayed.
The World Cup Wrap: France 2023 got a final befitting the host nation - imperfect, baffling and historic
Congrats SA. Worthy winners and champions.
This is truly the one that got away for the ABs. So many times we’ve been the form team and haven’t won, this time we weren’t the form team but probably should have won that.
Despite the cards and everything, still had two kicks to win it that if either go over its potentially the game.
That is really hard to take. Seeing Jordie’s kick drift to the left will replay in my head for a few weeks probably.
SA did just enough. Kicked their goals and then hung on for their lives with great defence.
THE GREATEST! Boks beat All Blacks in instant classic to claim record FOURTH RWC in controversial, dramatic final
Did you even look at the ABs team / state of NZ rugby in 2007? We had won everything and were ranked #1 before the World Cup. There’s no comparison. We had an issue with the big pressure knockout games but other than that rugby was humming in NZ.
Wallabies are where the All Blacks were in 2007 - it's time to look in the mirror or risk more embarrassment
This 100% turned me off the French team. They’re so bad at whinging to the refs, kind of surprised me they had so many neutrals cheering for them.
SPIRO ZAVOS: The moment I knew Irish curse would continue, and why Southern giants still rule the Cup
That style is interesting.
It is simple in that it is always the same ‘shape’ – it is effective because they have so many options of both sets of pods. It does rely on good decision making and getting fast ball.
They get into the shape so quickly which is impressive. The last set of the game, Smith box kicked it, and they ran a double second man play off first phase – that tells me they have it so well drilled for everyone to be in the right place off a kick receipt 77mins into a game!
I can’t imagine they can keep doing this and being effective for 4 more years – someone will figure out a way to combat it more regularly, and they won’t have Sexton who is so good at picking the right option.
SPIRO ZAVOS: The moment I knew Irish curse would continue, and why Southern giants still rule the Cup
I don’t think that is quite right on Argentina.
They have some quality players and have proven then can both win a dogfight, as well as score plenty of points.
What they are though is inconsistent (as we have been), but if they get it all together their ceiling is pretty high and they could easily tip us over if we aren’t fully up for it.
COMPLETE RWC SF teams: Poms make three changes as Boks name most capped XV, ABs' QF hero starts for Cheika's Pumas
This would be madness and would set us up like what happened in Dunedin.
Have McKenzie and Havili ever played together before? Havili hasn’t played in about a month you can’t be putting him out in a WC semi final!
Jacobsen and Vaa’i likewise can’t be starting a WC semi.
I think that side would be beaten by a fired up, desperate, battle hardened Argentina.
They’ve been playing knock out rugby since their first game loss. They have some brilliant players and their upside is huge if things click.
We should be rolling out the same side, and only replacing people with injuries.
Imagine we lost a semi because we saved people for a final. You’d never forgive anyone involved.
They’ve been planning 4 years on how to peak for 3 consecutive games.
If we are up comfortably, empty the bench early and that’s the way you get a rest in to some.
A possible letdown spot: Can the All Blacks overcome the dreaded complacency shadow against Argentina?
Man the coaches were so vindicated with our reserve props. Not only did they win a penalty off a scrum with Jordie on the blindside, they were great in that last defensive stanza. Both were moving around, making tackles and reloading. If either of the other 2 were on, not sure the same happens.
Also, we didn’t make 1 handling error all game. And both reserve props handled the ball a few times. They’ve cemented their spots on the bench now surely.
A possible letdown spot: Can the All Blacks overcome the dreaded complacency shadow against Argentina?
It is one thing that irked me about France and why I couldn’t get around them. The constant pleading and begging for penalties.
They score a ton of points off Ramos’ boot so maybe that is part of their strategy. I loved seeing O’Keefe not fall for blowing every marginal thing.
Good, the Bad, the Eddie: Bok hails AB for 'best display I've ever seen', Kolbe confounds, 'classless' Rieko claim
That might be too complimentary to Sexton in any case.
Good, the Bad, the Eddie: Bok hails AB for 'best display I've ever seen', Kolbe confounds, 'classless' Rieko claim
I’m not so sure… there was plenty of chat from northern media claiming ‘all NH semi finals’ etc. Both sides unfortunately fall back on it.
Five things: RWC quarters deliver rugby's greatest weekend, Cheika's timely Wallabies reminder, officiating wild west
Everyone was behind Fiji but they weren’t dudded. England ultimately had too much composure and were the better side on the day.
Is Raynal perfect? Not at all, but he didn’t rob Fiji.
Five things: RWC quarters deliver rugby's greatest weekend, Cheika's timely Wallabies reminder, officiating wild west
What he did after was clever too; absolutely sprinted straight to make sure Lowe had to stay on him and couldn’t drift to Jordan early. Fullback then had to go the long way around and was never going to catch Jordan… awesome try.
The Wrap: Why that was the All Blacks' greatest ever RWC win - but the road to fourth title is still a rough one
Yeah Kremer I think is nearly my favourite non-NZ player. The guy is immense. Throw in Bofelli too the guy is a clutch player.
The Wrap: Why that was the All Blacks' greatest ever RWC win - but the road to fourth title is still a rough one
100% correct. The game is so much better for the refs letting the players decide rather than blow every marginal potential infrigement.
I hope we get the same refs for both semi finals – there will be nothing worse than NH refs getting the whistles and turning the games into penalty-fests.
'Heartbroken': Springboks knock France out of RWC in dramatic, controversial QF as 'key moment' highlighted
Not the best AB WC win, but a very good one nonetheless.
Yes Ireland have been good and are a champion team, but they lack the out and out world class players that can come up with moments of magic that great teams of the past have had. McCaw, Carter, Wilkinson, Robinson, Horan, Eales, Habana, Matfield etc etc.
Ireland didn’t have a plan B. You could tell they thought if they play their game well, it would be enough. They did, but it wasn’t. Tough lesson for them to learn, but the AB’s got the same one back in 2007.
NZ have always had the players, it has been about getting them to play well together. Challenge now is backing it up against Argentina who will be full of belief and rightly so.
The Wrap: Why that was the All Blacks' greatest ever RWC win - but the road to fourth title is still a rough one
Geez I don’t know about the 50/50’s. The Porter ‘turnover’ that led to a 60m break was the exact thing Savea had been pinged for minutes earlier.
And likewise the penalty that created the Irish penalty try was at best a 50/50, could have easily been a penalty to Fainga’anuku.
On balance Barnes had the right approach, he let the minor things go which makes for a better spectacle. The players got to decide the game, which isn’t always the case.
The Wrap: Why that was the All Blacks' greatest ever RWC win - but the road to fourth title is still a rough one
Wasn’t MacDonald an assistant to Razor back in the day? Maybe he is better in that role than head coach.
Don’t forget Wayne Smith is signed on as an advisor to the whole coaching group – that is surely a massive boost.
Agree on Holland though, seems like he has done an ok, not great job at the Canes. His record is better than Foster’s though to be fair!
'Talent to beat the All Blacks': Ex-Wallabies coach's bold call following 'hash of a year'