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What an extraordinary game of rugby - I can't remember the last time so many cards were handed out in a Tier One match...…
Can’t think anyone is going to pay [Mods. Language pls. Warning. Getting sick of modding your swear words people] to watch Quafe Cooper……l
What happened to the ARU TV deal?
I used to accept the dictum that “a championship side needs a champion tight head” but in the modern game, I think a champion side needs a champion number eight.
We cannot lift the Cup unless we pick the right pack
badger was always lucky to keep with Wallabies. Even when He plays at the extent of his skills he looks like a wannabe
No Hunt, O'Connor in Wallabies squad for 2015 Rugby Championship
Ok. Do we really think Stephen Moore is up to it anymore?
No Hunt, O'Connor in Wallabies squad for 2015 Rugby Championship
I’m sorry t say but the best result for Australian and world rugby will be for the Brumbies to lose. They are killing rugby here and turning it into such a spectacle of boredom that all Australians will give up on it..
Stormers look to win without Vermeulen
It’s a tricky one. But remember the old saying. Soccer is a game of great skill and little courage. League is a game of great courage and little skill but union is a game of great skill and great courage. As for your current dilemma, Australian rugby is pretty ordinary so I’d be dissapointed too. But the issue is not the game it’s the way it is run and played in Australia. Might seem extreme but gowatch some New Zealand teams play Super Rugby. It’s exhilarating and then watch the All Blacks play. They are widely considered the greatest team in any sport at any time in the world. Get closer to your family!!
When did rugby lose its mojo?
Yes Folaus talented but nowhere near Ben Smith who is probably a once in a generation footballer – perhaps on his way to being one of the great All Blacks.
My Super Rugby form team
I must say I would have tried to find a spot for Liam Gill who is turning into a very good Super Rugby player. Back to internationals, I think it’s the year for Scott Higginbotham to show his mettle. Unless he plays extremely well over a whole tournament the Wallabies won’t win the World Cup. Come the times, come the man.
My Super Rugby form team
Many people face cancer of a family member. It can’t excuse boorish behaviour in your day job. To be entirely clear no sour grapes re the game. Australia deservedly won. NZ were well beaten, as we all expected. Australia is a powerhouse. My critique Is not double standards. I’m not supporting it by any team. The reality is Australia single handily taught the world sledging in cricket. South Asians took it on, mistakenly in my estimation, as they come from cultures that abhor publicly violent behaviour. This led them to be emotional about sledging and it upset themselves more than the enemy (Australia) .Australian sledging is cool, calculated and deliberate. That’s why it sadly works.
Starc, Australia deserving winners at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Think you have got it wrong if you are positing the All blacks record of sportsmanship is worse than the Aussie cricket side. Sledging and verbal violence is of the essence of the modern Australian cricket side. They can’t get it up without it. My first view of it was against Glenn Turner who was married to an Indian woman. Australian slips cordon threw fascist remarks about her all day …
Starc, Australia deserving winners at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Which indicates what exactly?
Starc, Australia deserving winners at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
You don’t have to be a kiwi to dislike Haddin. It only takes intelligence.
Starc, Australia deserving winners at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
I fear it will never happen but Australians should not accept the terrible sledging by their team. It used to be heavily racist but thankfully is no longer . Why in the God’s name is it right for Haddin to sledge mercilessly after a player has been dismissed? Why can’t the Australians simply rely on their impressive skills at cricket. Cricket Commentators duck the issue with a little grin and bright sometimes embarrassed Australians won’t take it on. It’s ugly, demeaning stuff…..yes other teams try it, but essentially in response to Australia.
Starc, Australia deserving winners at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Essentially you can’t create schedules to include frequent Nz matches as they only reach true international test form occasionally and as we know its all about how much money ARU can make…..
Australia and New Zealand should clash far more often
I’m confused. I thought we were announcing the Super 23s today.
SANZAR Shocker: Super 12 revived (Secret plan based solely on past success)
There is no accounting for the bad taste (or judgement) in the garish spectacle that is 20-20. The destroyer of most that is good about cricket – patience, elegance, fine competition, and skill. It is simply masturbation in comparison to lovemaking.
Soon enough the Big bash will prove itself equal to its Indian parent, basty, brutish and deeply corrupt.
The Bash files: BBL turning heads internationally
Im afraid Warber is too mentally slow to to draw any necessary distinctions. if he doesn’t understand what’s happening (by his age) it may be that he’s got serious developmental issues. The other sides should be formally advised of his impairment and the Australian captain has to take on a special counselling role during the game, the way a parent of a disabled child might.
Warner defends slanging match with Rohit Sharma
Oh no….Most undignified a prop trying to juggle….
SPIRO: Australian rugby needs some of 'that spatial shit'
Strangely the very opposite may be true. Without Super rugby and its international outlook Union might just disappear from Australia . I think It is the competition against the old enemies ; New Zealand and South African teams that gives it a real edge over domestic opponents and compensates for its many internal weaknesses. I’m not arguing against stronger local comps but to pull out of Super Rugby would be very risky……
The ARU should leave SANZAR and Super Rugby
Re Deans, any Kiwi offered a job in Australia (all other things equal)with the choice of living in Sydney or Brisbane would. Chose Sydney
The Beale saga: Focus about to switch firmly onto McKenzie
Not reallyas a kiwi fan, I really loved this game against our great rivals. Errors made, tackles taken, breaks, great tries and one hell of a a goal.kick!! What more can I ask for. I Cannot be bothered arguing about the Messam tackle. The point made about the appearance/use of replays perhaps valid
Congratulations to the Springboks. Today I am reminded of my recently deceased dcousin Kevin Skinner another great warrior in the All Black Springbok history.
Wouldn’t want to be a Wallabie in Bridbane te he
Are there any positives in defeat?
as a kiwi fan, I really loved this game against our great rivals. Errors made, tackles taken, breaks, great tries and one hell of a a goal.kick!! What more can I ask for. I Cannot be bothered arguing about the Messam tackle. The point made about the appearance/use of replays perhaps valid
Congratulations to the Springboks. Today I am reminded of my recently deceased dcousin Kevin Skinner another great warrior in the All Black Springbok history.
Wouldn’t want to be a Wallabie in Bridbane te he
Are there any positives in defeat?
I’m fairly sure that as it involved a manager as well as a plyer, the coach alone could not deal with it. Her employer will be the ARU. She may not even formally report to Mckenzie. I see dotted lines everywhere!!Certainly the risk of the senior player group being involved would open up huge risk around contractual matters and procedural fairness
Kurtley Beale's career in limbo
It’s not laziness Ben. It is the boredom of watching the Australain women’s cricket team
Don't let laziness keep you from loving women's sport