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Born a Kiwi now have Aus citizenship. Referee for the local Sydney Subbies and with 20+ years in the Army definitely follow the ANZAC. NZ first then Australia against anyone
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With all the complaints about inconsistency and even bias from some supporters and commentators, I thought I’d just go through the process a referee…
The referee occupies a unique position on the field. Tasked with managing the game – and, let’s be fair, without the referee no game…
I’ve seen a lot of comments about high tackles and many people seem unsure of the process of deciding how these need to be…
I saw a post the other day about how much fun it is to take on the job in the middle with all the…
Yeah but that’s not happening and there’s nothing to demonstrate it might
'Kiwis think they're better than us': Eddie turns up heat on Bledisloe rivals saying 'country sinks' when ABs lose
Hahahahahaha like anyone in NZ cares what Eddie says. Unlike the Wallabies the ABs will do their talking open the field. I do love the way he’s got rugby in the news here, but I also worry about the kickback when none of his prophesies come true and the media turns on him. I think there’s a huge risk here of things getting worse rather than better
'Kiwis think they're better than us': Eddie turns up heat on Bledisloe rivals saying 'country sinks' when ABs lose
The biggest thing I’d like to see from the Wallabies is to speed up the ball delivery. The forwards go into contact and the ball is delivered well but for some reason it just sits there waiting for everything to be perfect before it’s released. All this does is allow the opposition time to set their defence and work out if it’s being kicked or passed. While it has been few and far between, the passing between the backs has looked good at times. For NZ, the best thing for me was the way they absorbed the hit squad from the Boks, and then struck back. They didn’t allow the Boks to dominate and found a way to fight back
The Panel: the good, the bad and the 'we'd rather not talk about it, thanks...'
Nice post. It appears that all those people drinking the cool aid on Jones are finding it a tad bitter at the moment. I think that 75% of tries scored off 3 phases are because of the players and their attacking skills, not because possession rugby is dead.
Eddie Jones is all over the place. Is it time to be worried?
Nice work on needing to set the goal of the next competition first and then look at how to acheive that goal. Seems almost too logical to be picked up by the incompetents at RA. I guess part of the question on that goal has to be along the lines of ”would better success at both Super and International level create the additional support that would assist with funding to pay for a true 3rd tier competition?” Personally I think any new competition that doesn’t improve the skills of players who may go into Super rugby is a waste of time and money. I’m not sure a club competition between NSW and QLD will do this, or that anyone in both the other parts of those states not represented and the rest of Australia will give a toss about the competition. It’ll be interesting to see where this goes
COMMENT: 'Making a choice' - the key issue facing Australia’s third tier
He keeps changing the goal posts because he is finding out all his brave talk before he had to actually acheive anything was the crap that we all knew it to be. He’s demonstrating exactly the same behaviour he had with England; keep promising the world to the people running the game, tell them about all the losses being ok because it fits in with his plan to win in the end, keep changing players to try and fix his crap selections he is responsible for and lead everyone down a false path
Comment: Jones should go bold and pick young halves against All Blacks for MCG Bledisloe
I feel sorry for QC. There’s actually not been a lot wrong with his play and when he’s got good ball he’s made some good plays, the real issue has been the crap service he’s got from White. Team tactics aside, and I do agree that against SA the tactics were to kick everything away, White’s speed of delivery is very poor. He seems to wait until the defence is set before he even thinks about passing the ball out. Personally I’d like to see White given a rest, start the game with Lonergan at 9 and QC at 10 and then bring in both Tate and Gordon during the later stages of the game.
Comment: Jones should go bold and pick young halves against All Blacks for MCG Bledisloe
To be honest I’m not sure the players have a clue about what Jones wants and I’m not sure the players do either. While I love that he’s got rugby in the media, his crap promises about winning the RC has crashed and burned so now it’s all about trials for the RWC and the ABs “better watch out”. What a complete mutton of a comment. I think all this rubbish he talks is going to bite him hard. He’s not delivering on any of his promises and this will rebound
'What on earth happens in camp?': Discipline and defence and the massive RWC issue Wallabies must overcome
Well maybe he needs to look at his selections. From 11 to 15 he has players that are good in attack but crap in defence. Getting Kellaway in will alleviate some of this but he can’t do it on his own
'What on earth happens in camp?': Discipline and defence and the massive RWC issue Wallabies must overcome
Eddie reminds me a lot of Cheika in that his ability to motivate players seems to be higher than his ability to coach and build a team. I’m wary of a guy who always leaves teams in a worse condition than when he arrived. It seems like his good times are built off the people before him and when he brings in his own selections to fit his game plan things start going south. TBH he seems all talk to me
Did Eddie Jones squander, or empower England’s golden generation? What will happen for Australia?
Hahaha I’ll sort that
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
Nice post. I must admit I’m a bit wary of a coach that continually leaves teams in a worse state than what they were when he took over. I’m not sure that indicates a good coach
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
Pretty good though
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
Got a link?
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
Nice talk but the thing is we’ve heard it all before but have yet to see it matched with play on the field. I’m glad both Skelton and Arnold are training well at least this means they’ll fir in with what the rest of the Wallabies have done for the last 8 years.
'Big nail and the big hammer': Wallabies banking on Taniela boost in tandem with Skelton's 'brilliant energy'
Well, last week showed a win against Argentina isn’t guaranteed so I wouldn’t be planning too much on that.
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
Wasn’t unfair and wasn’t a penalty, it was a free kick that the ABs used to call for a scrum. A good call from the referee that was because of the arrogance and self entitlement of the player with the ball. The loss wasn’t because of the call, the loss was because the worlds best best winger stuffed up yet another defence call.
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
That’s a fair write-up. There are a lot of problems and while I am sure things are much clearer inside the squad, the constant changing plan from “Smash & Grab” for the RC, Bledisloe and RWC to a trial for the RWC can’t be easy to manage. Jones is certainly demonstrating that his last couple of years with England is his normal with strange selections, confusing descriptions on what he’s doing and continual talking up the next thing to keep his employers happy when the current plan goes nowhere
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
I’m pretty sure the Boks put NZ under pressure when they brought on their replacements last week. From what I saw the ABs handled it ok too.
'Inappropriate': Eddie puts Laurie in his place over Wallaby criticism, explains Quade battle, gives Hoops, TT update
Not comments that are filling me with confidence. Seems like a lot of words but I don’t see a lot of on field action supporting them. I guess the Wallabies are at least training well.
'Cardinal sins' the Wallabies have highlighted they must fix to stand a chance in Bledisloe Cup
Yay! I picked up on the sarcasm font this time
'Cardinal sins' the Wallabies have highlighted they must fix to stand a chance in Bledisloe Cup
Nice article mate. I think the poor discipline is just another indicator of their poor thought processes. They seem to be missing the top 2 inches in so many areas. However, I think looking just at discipline is too easy. How about the fact that so many players can’t pass accurately both ways, cant kick or know where to be on the field in defence, keep making dumb decisions on when too pass and when not to…… The issue with discipline is just part of the overall problem, which I think is due to poor coaching throughout the pathways.
Playing without brains: Wallabies need to dig deep and demand discipline
3 games out from the RWC isn’t probably the right time to experiment. I think Eddie needs to pick his RWC squad and then just go with them. It’s too late for anything else
CONFIRMED: 34-man Wallabies squad for Bledisloe series against All Blacks as trio axed in shake-up
You see that’s where I disagree. Sending him back to league will tell the players there that if they want to be good at rugby, they need more skills than what they have managed to develop on the league paddock and that’s a good message. I don’t think the ROI on any has been league player is ever worth the loss of credibility and that every cent spent on these wannabees would give a far better ROI on the development of rugby talent. Sure, they give a quick short term publicity boost, but considering so many of them fail abysmally they quickly become nothing. They never bring over a huge group of supporters who suddenly decide to watch rugby instead of league, and they never win us games.
'Some people would die to be a Wallaby': Bell backs bullish Eddie ahead of Bledisloe, reflects on dumped mates
All the ABs need to do is run the ball fast from side to side and all those big Aussie forwards will be blowing air and not arriving at any ruck in time do more than lean in and get a rest. The Boks had big skillful payers who couldn’t keep up, so the big unskilled Aussie ones will absolutely struggle
Back to the future: The 'high risk' Bledisloe Cup gamble Eddie first pulled 21 years ago