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The Reds host the Waratahs in Roma this weekend for their final trial before Super Rugby Pacific kicks off. Team lists have been announced.…
Rugby Australia are living well beyond their means. RA lost $27.1 million in 2020 and $9.5 million in 2019. We have to go back…
All right, Australian rugby, grab a jersey, bring it in close, get tight. Heads up, look each other in the eyes. There is no…
Darren Coleman should be back in Sydney by now. His Los Angeles Giltinis won their title last weekend and it was reported he’d be…
What should Australia’s rugby structure look like? Rugby Australia is at the crossroads, incurring record losses on the field and in the financial statements.…
I’ve been very vocal in my comments on this site that I want Roger Davis, the chairman of the New South Wales Rugby Union,…
Super AU kicks off on February 19, meaning it is less than a month away. The Reds, Brumbies and Waratahs have announced their full…
The New Zealand Rugby Union is open to us having between two to four teams in their new competition. This is a letter to…
With Super Rugby AU fast approaching, I was drawn to ponder how the various teams will approach the competition. For the Brumbies it looks…
Raelene Castle has fallen on her sword and resigned as CEO of Rugby Australia. Personally, I think everything that led up to this from…
Many Wallabies fans allowed ourselves to dream of Bledisloe glory, right up until – in the shadows of halftime – Aaron Smith crossed for…
The Australian Conference leaders the Waratahs have crashed back to earth with a thud. Defeated by the Lions from Johannesburg, 0-29, a great big…
The plan to use Super Rugby to develop Australian pro rugby players without having a national comp beneath it in hindsight was always doomed…
Dear Waratahs, could you please learn how to spot and develop talent? Why on earth are the likes of the Alaalatoa brothers, Allan and…
Brett Papworth and his supporters want to take the NRC head on by having the four top teams in each of the Sydney and…
I want to counter some of the gloom surrounding Aussie rugby with a look at who the bright up and coming players are around…
We've got the final that most Aussies wanted - and I suspect quite a few Kiwis are rather keen on this battle as well.…
The last weekend in March meant that the IRB Sevens carnival rolled into Hong Kong. Excitement filled the air as ‘Sevens Week' got into…
Australian rugby is re-implementing a third tier, as ARU CEO Bill Pulver announced from Edinburgh this week that a new national competition of between eight…
Those Reds are at it again - stealing New South Welshmen to bolster their teams. Lachlan Turner is the latest signing taken over the…
Still TWAS, as much as I rate Dan Palmer as a scrum coach, at least Parling was a jumper/caller. Has to help
CONFIRMED: Wallabies land final piece of coaching puzzle as ex-Lion signs on ahead of showpiece event
Sure but is it a reasonable inference, that having a single os player come off the bench only for us to lose by three points to the world number 1 ranked team, that if only we’d had a domestic player come off the bench we’d have done better?
You count a game with a single os player off the bench as supporting your argument.
Maybe we need to see a squad of 40 with majority overseas players and then judge?
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Your position remains completely unproven though.
You’d need to rank quality of opposition, show number of os players, reference the quality of players we had in a particular match given some missing. Show some actual detail and a bit of nuance before you can extrapolate.
At the moment, Oz losing to Ireland 13-10 in Dublin is a a game we only lost because Will Skelton played 38 minutes? It’s possible we only got that close because of him.
His presence in the side and the result actually tells us nothing.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
So the 100% win rate with domestic only (being the 2022 Wales game) suggests that overseas players are why we are losing other matches?
Is that really what you are trying to argue?
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Hope the comeback goes well. Can be an important player for the Force and Australia if he can stay on the pitch.
Wallabies star set to make timely return against Crusaders in must-win clash for Force
I get what you are trying to show but don’t think you are successfully doing so.
Can you show increased performance when there have been less overseas players in the team across the same period? (While playing similarly ranked sides?)
If you could show that you might have something, right now I don’t think you are showing anything.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
How about Michael Hooper 2021?
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Farthing. What about all the domestic players in those losses?
You show nothing to suggest that more o/s players might not have improved us.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
One point of order though. It’s a Giteau Rule not one of the Laws of the Game.
A self imposed rule that has been given a fair run and it’s time is done.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
1,000,000% Harry.
This is the way.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
They’ve got a much bigger broadcast deal, it is still an issue for them but not as big of an issue as it is to us trying to run on the smell of an oily rag.
If those numbers stay low and impact the next broadcast deal for NZ then it will be a major issue for them too.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
Apologies for double post.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
Don’t know KP. I would have guessed 5-8k. Looked pretty sparse to me
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
No idea KP, looked pretty sparse to me. Would guess somewhere between 5-8,000 but that is a pure guess.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
Really not sure the Tahs were insolvent. They said they were challenged but would have been able to operate.
No debt last year.
No massive signings in the offseason.
Hooper finishing up, Donaldson not re-signed since they couldn’t afford the increased contract once he became a Wallaby and all the other player turnover they had will have more than covered the players that came in.
Almost everyone called out how good the Rebels squad looked at start of season, great to see them performing on the pitch.
The Wrap: Crusaders' shot clock fiasco and shhh, don’t put the moz on Darby
Mate he went to Endeavour High. His old man is the coach of my local club’s women’s program.
https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/08/09/bledisloe-cup-paenga-amosa-feature
He started out supporting the All Blacks but he’s well and truly one of ours!
Huge coup sees Wallabies hooker coming home to Super Rugby on long-term deal, with World Cup in sights
5 times
Huge coup sees Wallabies hooker coming home to Super Rugby on long-term deal, with World Cup in sights
Noice.
'Kid wonder': Lancaster, Gordon shine as Rebels take one giant step in locking in maiden Super Rugby finals berth
Careful Tony!
Possibly may be a contender for a position?
Do you not understand how triggering such rampant Tah tire pumping is for some of our Roarers?
'Last few years have been hell': Iceman 2.0 Harrison gets 'dream come true' in Tahs' stunning golden point win
Memories can mislead, cs.
Have shared the link above for Fardy’s matches from 2014 season onwards.
He was a clear starter at the Brumbies until his move to Leinster
'Brutal and violent': The two aspects Reds workhorse wants to fix to take next step towards Wallabies
Awesome! Well done Force!
Only wish he was coming home to Sydney.
Huge coup sees Wallabies hooker coming home to Super Rugby on long-term deal, with World Cup in sights
That’s the core of it Piru.
X factor is not easily taught.
Clearing out is just the will and practicing technique.
'Brutal and violent': The two aspects Reds workhorse wants to fix to take next step towards Wallabies
A few red cards at scrum time would change the complexion though.
'Brutal and violent': The two aspects Reds workhorse wants to fix to take next step towards Wallabies
https://all.rugby/player/scott-fardy
'Brutal and violent': The two aspects Reds workhorse wants to fix to take next step towards Wallabies
Sure but among lies, damned lies and statistics – your stats are not even a bikini
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table