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All blacks first, Waikato second, Chiefs third, everyone else a distant back.
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The board of the ARU has consigned one team, either the Western Force or the Melbourne Rebels, to the history books. Doing so will…
Now don't get me wrong, there is a lot wrong with Australian rugby at present, mainly in skill set and coaching. But according to…
There has to be questions asked of Steve Hansen as coach of New Zealand. Yes I know the All Blacks have a great record…
I have seen many assumptions that the All Blacks will fail in the next Rugby World Cup because the team is too old. Some…
Thankyou, one of the best articles and truest statements i have read so far. Until we realize the battle is won up front and what that means is for the forwards to be picked on their ability of core function over runnjng a backline then we will continue to loose to teams the apply forward domination.
Where it all began to go wrong for the All Blacks
How do you know most players dont like playing test rugby, you have proof of that, or is this an assumption by you because your not a true rugby supporter.
The Wrap: Giteau’s Law must survive, but with a twist
While I sympathise with this article, one of the paths for self development is overseas experiance and this is very true for forwards who want to develope their craft in an environment that pushes the forward part of the game which has emphasis in the northen hemisphere and therefore should not prematurely close the door for these players who go overseas and then want to come back and represent their country.
The Wallabies should ban Hockings and Lucas for life
Real title should have been “Can Rennie survive Australian Rugby” sure as anything he will be the fallguy on here and in the media and blamed for all the Australian failures because he is not Australian. Worse he is a Kiwi and we all know what happens when Kiwi’s are appointed.
Can Rennie revive Australian rugby?
And Argentina will need to be thinking are we next and looking at the America market.
SANZAAR's Sunwolves decision is all dollars and no sense
And most of those are black and white, but a few well off have colour with wired remotes even
SANZAAR's Sunwolves decision is all dollars and no sense
Like to hear a UK perspective, is the Euro portion the “six nations” tournament wrapped in this or do they play that seperately?
Pacific Nations may not get snubbed after all as World Rugby unveils Nations Championship details
remembers Te Marua stock cars, and when Totara Park was just farm land and then there is the driving the Akatarawa Valley Rd in a Holden EH an experience you can not describe.
Super Rugby Round 2: Return of the Hairy Man
The beauty of sevens is that rugby can use this to expand the game, all of those new countries that cant get their head around the full games rules, all those countries that inherently produce smaller players, I hope to see in the future smaller circuits such as an asia circuit for those countries aiming to be on the world circuit and using that as stepping stone. It has the potential (if its not already) a bigger spectator sport than rugby, I know in my days in Dubai a day out at the sevens tournament was always in the calendar because otherwise you never saw a live full rugby match. Can it be a pathway, of course it can, Lomu was a forward until he played sevens and it certainly was a pathway for him to become the worlds premier winger. Rugby is using the sevens as a pathway to highlight rugby into the USA. Funnily enough of all the people I talk to around the world Australia is the one country that seems disinterested in the sevens, maybe because they are flooded with oval ball sports?
Why you should watch the World Rugby Sevens circuit
Certainly a well worked move by Ireland but is the result due to Shag persistence of doing a Cheika, playing one of the worls best fullbacks on the wing, plaing a number 10 as a number 15. The inexperiance of McKenzie at full back has become obvious and we should revert to playing players in their rightfull position.
The biter bit: Ireland wrong-foot the All Blacks in Dublin
Wish there was a thumbs up button. Thanks Piru on behalf of NZ’ders, well said.
Irish give New Zealand a bitter pill to swallow
Exactly right on these two points, which is why Smith or Barrett at full back and Mounga at 10 should be going forward
The Wrap: It's 'About Schmidt' as Ireland plan and execute perfectly
I think more or a concern with Squires, is that when he went off injured a 7 Matt Todd had to come on in a position i cant recall him ever playing. So no back up 6?
I have wondered how Ardie would go at 6, but he has never played there either.
The Wrap: It's 'About Schmidt' as Ireland plan and execute perfectly
I would rather McKenzie was on the bench, he has now been befuddled by England and Ireland, pulled out of position by tactical plays and not able to recover in time.
The Wrap: It's 'About Schmidt' as Ireland plan and execute perfectly
Congratulations to Ireland on a well deserved win, but dont get too carried away. The fact is Ireland did not get away from New Zealand, so those 14 whimsical points did not materialise, that would be a concern.
Ireland will only meet New Zealand in the world cup quarterfinals if New Zealand are second in their pool, if not Ireland will meet South Africa, either team will be a handful and no guarantee of a win, it would be a shame for Ireland to fail to get past the quartes again.
The Wrap: It's 'About Schmidt' as Ireland plan and execute perfectly
if your standard was the pub standard, one drink and your gone, all pubs would go broke.
What I learnt from attending a Waratahs open training session
Do away with the yellow card, didnt used to have cards, game was fine. Retain red card for dangerous play that impacts on player safety.
Cards rule Round 1 of Super Rugby
But you miss the point.. to the pothales and co, the English and the French club scene dont care about the national squad, more to the point they wish the international teams didnt exist as they players they pay for may be injured.
The club fans to some extent are the same, the club is more important than the national team.
To these clubs and fans they love the fact their team is made up of the cream of world talent, if that means the demise of southern rugby so what, they still get what they want.
What will happen is the Southern Hemisphere will be financially restricted tp provincial rugby with our cream playing in Europe. Sanzaar will disappear up its own incompetence and against market forces it cant compete with.
The answer for World Rugby is clear: Regulate or perish
Another words, WA becomes a backwater that the Eastern Australian Rugby Union just don’t care about.
Where to now? The big questions following the ARU's decision to cut the Force
WE ARE NO LONGER RUGBY AUSTRALIA
Sanzaar have ruled the roost,
ARU has no spine
The meeting taken, in secret harmony
Discard West Australia, let them take the fall
No discussion, no purpose certain
The Force is not the bottom of the heap
The WA team is the king of NCR
The Eastern seaboard do not care
Development is not their concern
Bring on the AFL, Bring on the NRL
We are no longer Rugby Australia
On the outer of Rugby we sit,
And the other codes we embrace,
As Rugby players leave our shores, sad to think,
We are no longer part of Rugby Australia
The west is lost – no going back
Who will be next, who will get the sack
Not the ARU, nor the board
They pay themselves a salary to lord
The Force is gone, no improvement found
Rebels be careful, its muddy ground
On the outer of Rugby we sit,
And the other codes we embrace,
As Rugby players leave our shores, sad to think,
We are no longer part of Rugby Australia
Unashamedly made to the tune of (Sounds of then; this is Australia)
It's official: Western Force cut by ARU, Bill Pulver steps down
WE ARE NO LONGER RUGBY AUSTRALIA
Sanzaar have ruled the roost,
ARU has no spine
The meeting taken, in secret harmony
Discard West Australia, let them take the fall
No discussion, no purpose certain
The Force is not the bottom of the heap
The WA team is the king of NCR
The Eastern seaboard do not care
Development is not their concern
Bring on the AFL, Bring on the NRL
We are no longer Rugby Australia
On the outer of Rugby we sit,
And the other codes we embrace,
As Rugby players leave our shores, sad to think,
We are no longer part of Rugby Australia
The west is lost – no going back
Who will be next, who will get the sack
Not the ARU, nor the board
They pay themselves a salary to lord
The Force is gone, no improvement found
Rebels be careful, its muddy ground
On the outer of Rugby we sit,
And the other codes we embrace,
As Rugby players leave our shores, sad to think,
We are no longer part of Rugby Australia
Unashamedly made to the tune of (Sounds of then; this is Australia)
Forced out! The ARU swings the axe and gets it wrong
You want to try taking your eye patch off when watching three times.
An offside is not a yellow card offense. All the high tackles were policed very fairly by the ref. The tries given were correct.
I assume by your non comment on the Lions offside plays, high tackles and diving over the rucks, these were non-existent when you have the patch on.
The High Five: Super Rugby semi-finals
I have looked at the replay he was never offside at the kick off
All Blacks and Lions play out an epic, creating a drawn series for the ages
I think in this he is a serial offender, he has been penalised and sent off before and is always a risk of doing it again because its instinctive of his league days. His back and forwards between the two codes means he hasn’t got this technique of leading with the shoulder out of his system,
All Blacks and Lions play out an epic, creating a drawn series for the ages
How is the public/players/referee watching/playing rugby supposed to follow a game where rules are inplay and sometimes enforced that are not in the rulebook.
The Brumbies have a perception issue only they can address