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Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
He still loves Ulster and is talking about becoming an assistant coach.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Cheers.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Yes, if 80% of the revenue is brought in by the Wallabies, expenditure on them should not be <20%. I was not aghast at the bill for the RWC; I was not happy about (a) the ROI and (b) the secrecy and lack of accounting.
Also, the Lions, Bleds, RWC is WB-centric and with Joe-Lord & Co, there’s a good chance now: just need depth depth depth at key positions.
The weakest 10 or so players often are the margin: SA and Ire and NZ’s “weakest 10” are pretty good!
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
A top 3-4 Test team does wonders for all the grassroots.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Yes, and when other clubs find traits (a la Hansen, Meafou, Scott-Young, Dempsey et al) which were hidden or hard to see back home, just cap them! Leverage all that coaching …
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Exactly.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Yes, for me the main thing Australia could do is cap anyone who shows Test quality, wherever they may be. So many have slipped between the cracks or could not find the contract they liked. So cap them! Imagine a Bledisloe Cup squad with Meafou, Hansen, Dempsey, Tuipolotu and the five best current Aussie forwards abroad in it? Better? Yes.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
As you know, I love Ulster rugby and am not happy about 2024, but it does look like brighter days could come soon. Just hire Ruan Pienaar as a coach, man!
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
I’m at @haribaldijones on X
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Good point
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Check on Kemeny deal. Anyone know the €?
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Fair
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Great post
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Deep cohesiveness in parts of the squad: WP schools, the Boland. Go way back
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Beautifully fonted post!
Winning big Tests absolutely spikes revenue for a national union.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Yes, the levels of commitment, planning, passion. Episode 4 was the best scrum ode I’ve ever seen.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Australia can be back in the SFs, be in the top 4 rankings, beat the Lions, go 3-1 on EOYTs regularly, and make the winner of the Bledisloe a mystery again. That’ll do. Let the Boks keep winning the Cup! 😂
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
I felt like QLD would just slap all of it on a long buffet in the backyard and slide along it with a garden hose, slurping and snorting it up whilst neighing like horses?
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
😱
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Very possible.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Exactly. The more one knows about the Irish model, the harder it seems to replicate.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Cheers to you!
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
I’d hardly suspect Franco Mostert, PSDT, Vermeulen, Kitshoff, Malherbe, and Wiese as being gym cheats! Several other teams in world rugby look mysteriously jacked, juiced and vascular. Boks are mostly adverse to heavy lifting or obsession with leaning out.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Me too. But lots of smarter guys than me disagree.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table