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His stint at La Rochelle is 13 matches with no cards, but he did sneak in a yellow and a red in 6 games for Montpellier at the start of the Top 14 season before moving teams.
He’s a talented player. But a massive liability with his discipline.
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 article mate. While I’m not 100% in agreement it’s well articulated and I can definitely see value in what you’re saying.
The only thing I totally disagree with is:
Oddly it seems players like bad boy hooker Tolu Latu become more disciplined in France
His discipline has been amazingly bad in France. He has played 73 games for 11 cards so a 15% strike rate. All up he’s played 163 professional matches for 15 yellow and 3 reds which is cards in 11.5% of matches. His discipline in France is actually twice as bad as in Australia where his rate is a card in 7.5% of matches.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Ross replied to me on the comment I made in that article.
I think I answered these points somewhere else however we are trying achieve is an open transparent process for selecting RA board members. We have no narrow to push other than an open constitution for RA.
My reading of that is SOARR want to change the board because board bad. But don’t have any ideas what to do to fix the mess once that happens. I wonder how many SOARR people are contesting for the board positions at the AGM and won’t name themselves as SOARR as they are openly saying they have no plans/ideas for a way forward other than spill the board change the constitution.
They don’t even say what they want to change the constitution to, just that they want it changed.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
The rules are:
(a) the Player was born; or
(b) one parent or grandparent was born; or
(c) the Player has completed sixty [1] consecutive months of Residence immediately preceding the time of playing; or
(d) the Player has completed ten years of cumulative Residence preceding the time of playing.
He should qualify under cumulative I think, pretty sure he’s done 10 years in Australia.
'Kid wonder': Lancaster, Gordon shine as Rebels take one giant step in locking in maiden Super Rugby finals berth
I think he is eligible as he has 10 years of accumulated time in Australian teams.
'Kid wonder': Lancaster, Gordon shine as Rebels take one giant step in locking in maiden Super Rugby finals berth
Hi Russ,
As a member of the the Australian rugby public I support your end goal of changing the constitution and the board but articles like this actually make me go, nah. Keep it as it is for now.
Why? Well you’ve crafted this in a manner where yourself and the other SOARR come across as ensuring no blame is apportioned to Phil Waugh while calling Dan Herbert and other board members into account.
Dan Herbert, Pip Marlow and the three up for re-election were all responsible for the World Cup fiasco and supported Hamish McLennan
You come across as supportive of Hamish McLennan. It seems the board is at fault for decisions made by him yet he isn’t. You name a lot of decisions that were poor. I agree they were poor, but you call things like the Raelene Castle fiasco out where she was doing a significantly better job than Hamish did.
Myself and many like me would be way more supportive of you and your position if you were calling out these terrible decisions, many which occurred under Hamish, when they happened. Rather, you have waited until he was (rightly) outed and now want to blame the people that pushed him out.
Unfortunately I am sceptical, SOARR need to practice what they preach. Asking for transparency while not naming yourselves and pointing out all the problems while offering no solutions makes me sit back and say you guys are going to be as big or bigger an issue if you manage to take over.
Sometimes it’s better the devil you know.
COMMENT: Australian rugby is a depressing picture - the RA board must be axed and the constitution changed
Rechecked, you’re correct. 11 wallabies. 2 ABs and a Fijian.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
I didn’t count Aus A in those numbers. But 18 Wallabies in 2022 then take away Samu and White makes 16 which is where I was at for how many are in the Brumbies squad…… Most of those guys played what 1/2 games off the bench covering injuries. Most match day 23s included 6/7 Brumbies. About 1/4 to 1/3 of the squad. Most match day 23s included 5/6 Reds as well.
Brumbies are still the only team RA have never bailed out financially. So it’s a bit disingenuous to say they’re propped up by the rest of the country. Reds make a profit. Force have Twiggy ensuring no financial issues, Brumbies break even, Tahs and Rebels….. Well we can all see how they’re going.
The last time Reds had less than 5 players in the 23 would have been 20 years ago at least. 1-3 is laughable. There were more Reds in the squad in 2023 than Brumbies when we went with 0% against the same sides we were 38% against in 2022.
Top ups are built into a players contract when it’s up for negotiation. Most the Brumbies who played Wallabies in 2022 aren’t on and never were on top ups.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
I took the number (14) from the Reds website after googling Reds 2024 Squad. I’d say 14 is accurate.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
Take the top ups into consideration.
Brumbies may have 20 Wallabies capped players (I think it’s actually 16) but, how many of them are on top ups? I’d say Slipper, AAA, Frost, maybe Swain, Valetini,maybe Lolesio, Ikitau and Wright have top ups, which is 8. There may be others this is a bit of a guess.
Reds have 14 capped wallabies. I’d say McReight, Tate, JoC, Paisami, Petaia and Vunivalu on top ups. Which is 6. Again there may be others.
Totally agree that the cap is basically irrelevant because of top ups. But it doesn’t disadvantage the Reds. It would also be interesting to see the number $$ wise each of those guys get in top ups. Eg. Swain, McReight and Lolesio wouldn’t be getting much but AAA, Valetini, Petaia and JoC are probably getting a lot. It may be that the Brumbies get a fair whack more but looking at the names if you worked out each guys annual salary I reckon it would be close. A lot depends on when they signed their contract.
If you include TT (2023 Reds) I’d say Reds get more than Brumbies. In the post TT era probably about the same, maybe Brumbies slightly more.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
If you’re seeing a drop in quality when HJH is out that’s a problem. I really don’t think he would make the bench in any other SRP team. Tahs really need to recruit a LHP.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
Yeah, that’s a fair point. But frankly his preferred version of Australian rugby is NSW = Wallabies and QLD are allowed to play the sport but not make the national team.
Nobody else is allowed in the sandpit.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
It’s not really shots at NSW. More shots at Biscuit Man who starts arguments at every opportunity with anyone who doesn’t worship at the altar of NSW Rugby.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
SRP salary cap = 5.5mil
Tahs 2025 Back 3 = 2.5mil (or more)
The RA strategy continues to be spend lots of money on Waratahs, don’t worry about anyone or anything else.
Brumbies make it 12 straight against Tahs as Bell hobbles off in worrying sign for Wallabies
I get your point somewhat, but Crusaders lost by 20 to Blues.
Landers lost by 8 to the same team.
It is a good article mate, all these things are somewhat subjective and I’m not criticizing.
Super Rugby Power Rankings - and how the next three games will shape the Aussie clubs' seasons
The team I think is a bit hard done by in these power rankings is the Landers. Sure, they’re 2/6 but all their losses have been against top 4 sides, 3 of those losses 8 or less points. I’d have them 6th, ahead of Saders and Fiji.
Super Rugby Power Rankings - and how the next three games will shape the Aussie clubs' seasons
I don’t expect they’d start on 200k but if you put in 2/3 good seasons that’s the sort of offer they’d get over there, and then have to compare that with what SRP teams could afford to pay them. I don’t think too many would come back unfortunately. Pro D2 salary cap is 8.8mil Euros, about 14.5mil AUD. Super Rugby salary cap is 5.5mil……..
The simple fix that could've spared Reds, Tahs GP heartbreak and could prevent it from happening again
I was thinking, how would the younger players afford to move to France and live there on the base salary of the lower comp. Well Pro D2 has higher salary caps than SRP and pay their average player more. Win win for the young guys, rack up the early cash and the experience to bring back….. But also shows a real problem for SRP because if you’re earning 200k in Pro D2 why would you sign for the Tahs on 100k?
The simple fix that could've spared Reds, Tahs GP heartbreak and could prevent it from happening again
I wholeheartedly agree that kicking isn’t just the 10s job, there should be 3 outside backs on a side kicking above 70% with one of those guys in the 85% range.
It was a genuine question, do we have anyone other than Lonergan who isn’t a 10 and kicks goals anymore?
'It was brutal': Clutch Lolesio kicks Brumbies to 'Test match intensity' win over Reds as Wright shines again
That 38% is still higher than any non Brumbies Australian SR team managed at SR level in the same time period…..
Then EJ dropped most the Brumbies, brought in the Reds, Tahs and Rebels bringing us down below 20%.
If your beloved Reds, apparently a team “poised for greatness” can’t beat a team with a total inability to play rugby like the Brumbies that’s on them. Fact is, the Reds have improved massively this year, they have adopted a very Brumbies style gameplan to achieve this and having both the best teams in the country playing in a similar style and at a decent level will only benefit the Wallabies. There’s maybe 3-5 players outside the Brumbies and Reds who should be in the 23 for a Wallaby squad this year.
'It was brutal': Clutch Lolesio kicks Brumbies to 'Test match intensity' win over Reds as Wright shines again
You must love watching the Reds this year Jimbo, given their new style is very much like the Brumbies way of playing.
'It was brutal': Clutch Lolesio kicks Brumbies to 'Test match intensity' win over Reds as Wright shines again
It’s legal. It shouldn’t be. That tackle was more dangerous than Swain’s tackle on Tupaea.
NRL, NFL, AFL would put you out for 6-8 weeks for that tackle. I really hope this was a one off for Tate, if he keeps taking players down like this he will end more seasons.
'It was brutal': Clutch Lolesio kicks Brumbies to 'Test match intensity' win over Reds as Wright shines again
While this is true, who outside of the 10s and Lonergan can kick in Australian Rugby right now?
'It was brutal': Clutch Lolesio kicks Brumbies to 'Test match intensity' win over Reds as Wright shines again
Yeah, having lived there for 2 years – thankfully not anymore – the best part of Sydney is the road out. It’s nice for a weekend visit but living there is terrible.
'Something's not working': Tahs' Good Friday turns into a nightmare as Rebels recruit Daugunu seals upset win
Didn’t the Rebels beat the Force pretty handily?
The Roar's Super Rugby expert tips and predictions, Round 9: Big test for Les, Blues backed to best Brumbies