The Roar
The Roar

The Roar

The Late News

Roar Rookie

Joined June 2019

0

Views

0

Published

3.6k

Comments

I simply love sport. I spent 15 years umpiring cricket. In my younger days I played tennis, cricket and rugby. Yep I agree, most quite badly! I am very fond of horse racing and have previously been in a syndicate that owned dogs and horses. I know the highs and lows of owning these animals! I have a batting average of 2 but a bowling average of less than 18. I made the transition from pacey winger (100m in under 15secs) to flanker. Oh well! I have lived and worked in quite a few countries thanks to my work commitments but love Australia!

Published

Comments

The Late News hasn't published any posts yet

So is that a coaching thing? or a desire to play a certain way? All praise for Quade but he could be a little erratic at times…especially his defence.

Club or country: Balancing each side's needs at the selection table

View Comment
Rugby
 
Today

Why is it ALWAYS cup cakes??

Club or country: Balancing each side's needs at the selection table

View Comment
Rugby
 
Today

Thanks Daniel. We seem to have an uneven distribution of players in various positions across all the SRA teams. If we were to move to a more central organisation similar to NZ for example, then the opportunity to redistribute talent to franchises where their services were required might be a good thing. So as you mentioned one franchise has three 10s, one basically none. If it really was a matter of player development feeding potentially into selection of the best possible team to represent the country then this central idea should be considered.

Club or country: Balancing each side's needs at the selection table

View Comment
Rugby
 
Today

No mate it didn’t. I will report back shortly about all the pub testing that I have done for you. Like I said the other day this is serious work!

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

well from memory it was cold!

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

right…you would know all about that hey Sargeant!

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

Not flying solo there hombre!

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

Been doing it all day ref.

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

Dack em hey? I was at a school boys match a while ago…one of the opposition flanker casually put his hand in the pocket of the opposing line out jumper…got the timing perfectly…the lad in question was hoisted high in the sky past his shorts. Tackle in the breeze…he had no underpants on apparently. oh well…oh yeah..
it was on half way more or less right in front of the (relatively small) stand.

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

Finger on the pulse like normal Daniel!

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

Well…if roughly 49%of any given population of humans are male, and depending on where but say 5% of those males are left handed, and of those less than 1% are rugby players, then the statistics clearly show that there are a helluva lot of people who really are interested in other things. That’s the funny thing about statistics…you can twist them to show more or less what you want.

Sorry Australia, the other two nations will supercharge southern hemisphere rugby

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

Well it took me a few paragraphs to work out the pen pun thing. But anyway…looks like a relatively easy round to pick. Sure thing: you gentlemen will find more nonsense to write next week!

Super Rugby Week 9: The ultimate pen round

View Comment
Rugby
 
1d

Sorry mate…been flat out with work. 3 days off last month. just going crazy here!

Any which way you can: Australia’s intriguing choice at tighthead prop

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

AND PLAY THEM LOUD!!

Any which way you can: Australia’s intriguing choice at tighthead prop

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

We have all suffered from a slip of the tounge I suspect. Not always a bad thing mind you….

Four more years: Season 1, full time

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

Take him on tour? Would excel at the dances.

Any which way you can: Australia’s intriguing choice at tighthead prop

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

oh yeah!

Any which way you can: Australia’s intriguing choice at tighthead prop

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

Oh well…if that happens then that’s life MZ!

Four more years: Season 1, full time

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

Pardon mersieur une dumb Australien. Non par les vous Francias. Bloody good read mate. Let’s hope most of it comes true?!

Four more years: Season 1, full time

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

Mossy…I can’t believe a word of this. I think you made the whole thing up.

Four more years: Season 1, full time

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

homoginised?

Any which way you can: Australia’s intriguing choice at tighthead prop

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

why not mix it up now and then? Start too at 8…pack scrums etc as you see fit. he clearly loves to run with ball in hand…maybe not against the kiwis though!

Any which way you can: Australia’s intriguing choice at tighthead prop

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

Well Nicholas it’s not quite Ginger Baker versus a drum machine, but it’s near to it. I would imagine that both gentlemen are in the frame for selection…and that Mr Rennie has a few different game plans in the clipboard. Thanks once again for expanding my knowledge of our great game!

Any which way you can: Australia’s intriguing choice at tighthead prop

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

Cool ideas there hombre. Some of your guys named are no brainers…other are more speculative. But love the concept!

The Wallabies: Picking a side on Super Rugby AU form

View Comment
Rugby
 
2d

not my style mate…you are the author!

History of Brisbane Rugby League: The War Years: 1940 to 1949

View Comment
League
 
3d
Older Comments