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this was tangentially covered by stating if Gordon was the 10 then Lonergan/White needed to be selected at 9 for their goalkicking.
The five candidates for the Wallabies No.10 jersey - and the old heads who may sneak in to join them
I truly look forward to your articles since they are technical and factual, and thought provoking.
If almost anyone else had written this article I would rate it as quite good if not very good.
However I would expect you to understand the importance of game management in a flyhalf , especially at test level. yet you did not cover it at all so I was disappointed.
Even in your response you cover playmaking more.
The five candidates for the Wallabies No.10 jersey - and the old heads who may sneak in to join them
IMO this article not up to your normally high standard.
You gave an indepth analysis of all the prospective 10’s.
However you missed evaluating arguably the most critical skill of a 10. It is not running the ball, it is not playmaking , it certainly is not defence, it is not even goal kicking.
It is game management. The decision making and execution of when to pass, run and most importantly kick. To control the territory and tempo of a game. You did not evaluate this at all.
Also your analysis of the playmaking skills was paper thin as well.
For whats its worth IMO Tom Lynagh has the best game management skills of the 5 listed. Not great of course but fairly good, varied, with good reading of a game, he doesn’t just do it by the numbers.
Gordon would be next best IMO.
The five candidates for the Wallabies No.10 jersey - and the old heads who may sneak in to join them
imo rebels, force and tahs lack faith that they will win, so if they expect that they will lose then when they lose it doesn’t effect them as much.
you can only be up for so many matches knowing the other team is a better team.
Imagine you are in the force team , you can’t honestly tell yourself your team is better than most of the other teams.
It's hard to tell if some of Australia's Super Rugby teams actually have a deep desire to win - or are they satisfied just playing?
IMO he would easily be much better than any coach oz has other than Schmidt or L Kiss.
He may be better than any other coach they could attract.
'The real deal': Love 'em or hate 'em, the Reds are exactly what Australian rugby needs
no he isn’t, he already has the highest work rate in the force games he has played
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
Agree with Mark N gone it would leave only Petaia for next year.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
if activists and protesters can’t do anything outside their country then the pro-palestinian activist don’t think that.
So you restrict your efforts to improve society to australia , or somehow you can improve other white societies? If only australia then do you restrict your efforts/comments to domestic issues?
It is not about whataboutism at all.
It is about selective activism, especially when some claim there is a bandwidth limit to protest /activism.
In particular you use this book as a useful lens for a decade, supposedly in views / debate. Seemingly on focused on white men and how they are at fault for virtually everything which ignores how limiting (and false) that is.
COMMENT: It's a disgrace rugby is heading to Qatar - but that's not because of sportswashing
If I have to have someone of size then Pietsch 95kg better than Vunivalu 100kg.
For this year Mark N 100kg.
Kellaway is 94 kg.
Lancaster is 188cm and 94 kg.
Sapsford 191cm 104kg
wright is 96kg.
I would have anyone of these players ahead of Vunivalu.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
So what about non white societies that are far more patriarchial, and oppressive of women, is that ignored, white mans fault, or accepted on the grounds of cultural equivalence?
COMMENT: It's a disgrace rugby is heading to Qatar - but that's not because of sportswashing
perhaps for some
Others don’t see any room for debate since they can’t see they can be wrong, that they are morally right and any other stance is just wrong and morally close to evil, almost equivalent to a religious zeolot’s stance.
Others just see that they are obviously right and anyone who doesn’t agree is intellectually challenged, after all why would you debate with someone who thinks the earth is flat, they think they are that obviously right and others that obviously wrong.
COMMENT: It's a disgrace rugby is heading to Qatar - but that's not because of sportswashing
I believe more reds players will make the squad and how they perform there in comparison will determine if they make the 23.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
One reason the continuing selection of Vunivalu by Kiss perplexes me.
No smarts, no effort on defence or support play.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
they would if he is the best option available at lhp, slipper is getting worse and worse, and bell is out for the season.
Other than Sio O/S the LHP is very slim on talent currently.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
Petaia – depends on when he gets back from shoulder surgery.
Agree on McReight and Paisami.
McDermott – really depends , other halfbacks have shown the same effort but with a better pass.
Schmidt does also value core skills.
From an article
‘Schmidt won’t be looking for a quick rebuild but will instead invest heavily in improving the foundation skills of the Wallabies and give them the base structures of a strong set-piece’
He won’t accept props who don’t learn to scrum well , with cron he will be given the chance to learn / improve though.
On your comparisons you are assuming the other players can’t make the effort, smart decisions under schmidt.
IMO Schmidt will select the players he sees the potential to have that and if they perform better in the squad they will get selected ahead of the reds player.
BPA gives as much effort , Rodda at least as much as ryan, Valetini works hard as well etc.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
very good post
COMMENT: It's a disgrace rugby is heading to Qatar - but that's not because of sportswashing
thats fine if you believe that but why then focus on relatively minor things like microaggressions / use of pro nouns v far far bigger issues , really hurting / killing a lot of people which are virtually ignored (and probably because of cultural relativism, loathing of westen civilisation).
If you believe you can’t protest / have activism on everything then the priorities seem skewed.
COMMENT: It's a disgrace rugby is heading to Qatar - but that's not because of sportswashing
australian born father
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
the key part is effort, reds are making the effort in support play, in chasing kicks, in counter attack.
So different to rest of oz teams / wallabies where a lot look on or jog if a break is made, if a kick is made (either way)
You also need smarts so effort is not wasted i.e you still run but to the right places, you don’t hit a ruck when it doesn’t need securing / or no chance of slowing /countering.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
I agree
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
There has always been a debate over key wallaby selections, and it certainly is never restricted to reds v brumby players.
Individuals at other teams are worthy.
Also what is often ignored is what game plan will Schmidt use which then determines the type of player he needs to select. I see Schmidt the same as DR in this regard, he has a type of game he wants and will select the players that suit that.
The last time a wallaby coach selected the best players and then came up with a game plan to suit those players was McKenzie.
'The real deal': Love 'em or hate 'em, the Reds are exactly what Australian rugby needs
More reds being rewarded depends on Schmidt and the game plan he envisages.
If he does have one similar to L Kiss then yes you should get more Reds.
But lets not ignore individuals in other teams have the same attributes that the reds mentioned have.
Rodda is a work horse like Smith but better in all areas as one example.
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
The front row for the wallabies can be improved.
LHP – Alex Hodgeman ex AB, and Sio from o/s. Slipper can be rested / or on the bench.
Hooker – BPA is available as a domestic player, in Aust in june, signed on for next year
Five things: The Reds have flipped the script - and it promises to be rewarded at the Wallabies selection table
Good article.
It just highlights how poorly aust coaches are developed, if developed at all.
'The real deal': Love 'em or hate 'em, the Reds are exactly what Australian rugby needs
No but then Lonergan/ White need to be selected. No other test quality players who are good goal kickers in oz rugby. So McDermott (other favourite scrumhalf) doesn’t start.
Next year though Suuali on the wing would be a genuine goal kicking option.
The five candidates for the Wallabies No.10 jersey - and the old heads who may sneak in to join them