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Piers Morgan.
One word: cantankerous
The Australian cricket team could learn a lot from Piers Morgan about ethics, integrity and humility
Numbers don’t lie.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
In England, if you are an Aussie and you are declared a Public Enemy #One, it is a badge of honour.
Andrew Carey and Pat Cummins were the Honours List.
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Piers Morgan?
One word description: CANTANKEROUS.
The Australian cricket team could learn a lot from Piers Morgan about ethics, integrity and humility
Those who did pretty good job of themselves
1. Koroibete
2. Iketau
3. Carter Gordon
4. Pete Samu
5. Tate McDernott
6. Skelton
The rest for most parts, had performance below par. A few in this group should not be recalled for the Argentina game… too much liability.
I would not venture too much blaming the players for the disaster, half of the problems lie with tactical duds and half-bake strategies. When it didn’t work in the first half, there was no plan B or C in the second half.
When Carter Gordon came on and combined with Tate McDermott, the Wallabies began to play rugby… and they stopped the unnecessary kicking nonsense and ran with the ball.
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Apologies for the repetitive postings.. the smartphone played up.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Hypothetical and speculative
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Hypothetical and speculative.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Hypothetical and mere speculations
Not backed by facts or evidence.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Hypothetical and speculation. An opinion not backed by facts or evidence.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Lolesio is going overseas. I backed 100% his decision, if for any reason, it is an opporunity to prove Eddie Jones wrong. And I suggest he should stay overseas as long as he can, make the money so as to look after his family.
If he is not good enough for the gold jersey, fine… give his services to those who value his skills .. in Europe or Japan. Taking care of his family is more important than needing wear to the gold jersey to get the applause from the armchair critics. No love lost anyway.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
. Nick White once again, never read the game. He never gave the Wallabies any chance of going forward. His game is so predictable he puts everyone else under pressure. – The Strategist
Agreed fully. I had been saying the same thing like a broken record on this website but then Nic White still has his believers who swear sky high he is still the best #9 in the Wallabies squad…. the others not good enough to be in the starting line up.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Tiny Noah would have been packed up, wrapped and posted express via DHL back to Australia last night.
– Doctordbx
“Tiny Noah”? REALLY? You believe that?
What about Tate McDermott who was on the field? NOT TINY?
Manie Libbok, Springbok #10 against the Wallabies… NOT TINY?
COMPARE THE STATS BELOW
1. TATE MCDERMOTT
Date of birth
18 September 1998 (age 24)
Height
179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
2. NOAH LOLESIO
Date of birth
18 December 1999 (age 23)
Height
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
89 kg (196 lb; 14 st 0 lb)
3. Manie Libbok ( SPRINGBOK #10 against the Wallabies)
Date of birth
15 July 1997 (age 25)
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight
76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Tiny Noah would have been packed up, wrapped and posted express via DHL back to Australia last night.
– Doctordbx
“Tiny Noah”? REALLY? You believe that?
What about Tate McDermott who was on the field? NOT TINY?
Manie Libbok, Springbok #10 against the Wallabies… NOT TINY?
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
I would love to be a fly on the wall in the RA Boardroom on what they were discussing after this Wallabies-Springboks game. Did somebody say “ Did we make the right decision in January this year?”
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Hodge as Wallabies kicker?
Yes he can kick… but hopelessly directionless.
Lolesio can put the ball between the goalposts 10 times more often than Hodge.
In Test matches, as I said so often, getting cheap 2 and 3 pointers not only win games but builds confidence and motivation in other players to want to work harder to cross the finishing line.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Advice is always free.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
“We’ll learn a lot from that.”
We hear that after each game lost in the last 10 years. And when new game starts, its the same all over again.
“ We”ll LEARN….”
Seriously?? When will that be?
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Android-angler Cartman-brah
Thanks for the compassion and kind words for the grief-stricken Wallabies supporters
Unfortunately, the big difference is the Boks are quick learners from their past mistakes and they made good and became World Champions. The Wallabies went the other way round.
Indiscipline was a problem under Dave Rennie. Still happens under Eddie Jones. Even the players themselves admitted. So, did the Wallabies learn from their past mistakes? Your guess is as good as mine.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Dandaman
I agree fully your assessment.
THIS Wallabies combination will be torn to pieces in the RWC, not forgetting they just got humiliatingly hammered on all aspects of the game by the Springboks second team, or for want of a better label, a B-TEAM.
If Eddie Jones’s intention was to try out these 23 chaps, more than half in this 23 should not be on the plane to France in September. New faces should be brought in before September.
The famous “Eddie Jones Magic” on the rugby field was nowhere to be seen.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Biscuit man,
Your analysis is spot on.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Nic White has to be dropped. Bad decision making and too slow.
– The OvalBall
I have been harping on the same point for last 3 weeks, and was taken to task by his perennial supporters for saying so.
Nic White was a good #9 once upon a time. Nothing wrong with him except age had caught up with him. He is too static now playing at #9.
The modern game of rugby demands a versatile and quick decision-making #9, not just being fast with the hands and having big boots. He has to keep following the ball and be at the scene of the action quickly, That is, he should be able to put into play all the available options in that split seconds as his eyes surveyed the field for advantage gaps, whether to run, pass, kick or punt or any combination of them, not be just a peg in a set piece all the time, You see that in how Will Genia, Aaron Smith and Justin Marshall play in the modern era.
In the short time McDermott came in from the bench, I thought he had a good game, made his presence felt, and had connected well with Carter Gordon replacing Quade at #10. Nic White had only his few moments in the first half… and is predictably slow behind the base of the scrum.
'Disaster': Wallabies hammered by Boks as Eddie Jones' return falls flat
Agreed fully.
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