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He moved to Aus as a 10yo with all his family, played all his juniors in Sydney and was first introduced to professional rugby in Australia. He’s not an Aucklander anymore, he’s an Australian and been so for a long while.
Shock and raw: New skipper, rookies galore and Test careers brutally ended as Eddie's RWC bombshells CONFIRMED
These selections are non-sensical.
Shock and raw: New skipper, rookies galore and Test careers brutally ended as Eddie's RWC bombshells CONFIRMED
Makes no sense to ‘back youth’ then not select Lonergan. This bloke is playing us for fools
Shock and raw: New skipper, rookies galore and Test careers brutally ended as Eddie's RWC bombshells CONFIRMED
This surely must see the board etc living and dying by the sword. How much more punishment can the game in this country take? Eddie is comfortable, he’s got the long contract
Shock and raw: New skipper, rookies galore and Test careers brutally ended as Eddie's RWC bombshells CONFIRMED
‘His second, a shocking drop of a shocking passwith an overlap out wide’
Fixed it. Nic White threw the shocking pass if I’m not mistaken. How can Jones judge Quade when he’s playing behind a pack going backwards all season?
I don’t think Jones has blown breath into the lungs of the WBs at all, he, with RA’s backing, just swung the death knell for this year’s RWC. One specialist 10 in his rookie season, a utility who is not even high quality SR standard, a league winger who can’t do anything, gameplans that don’t work, a side that’s completely at sea – I don’t know how anyone can keep any faith. I can understand building for 2025 onwards but if we get knocked out in the pools, how many more fans will that cost us?
Eddie has done what was needed four years ago and ripped the bandaid off. Now he's breathed life into Aussie rugby
Agreed but reality stings worse than in the imagination
Exclusive: Quade, Hooper to miss World Cup selection as Jorgensen rockets into squad
This the weakest wallaby rwc squad ever by far and removing experience ala Quade will help make it so even more. Suli? Donaldson? Jorgensen? These are the backups to a side with wafer thin depth, barely enough props and a coaching team who are still yet to determine what to do with our gameplans. Never thought I’d see it but this in all likelihood could be the squad to fail to advance from the pool. Pray it ain’t so but I suspect it is
Exclusive: Quade, Hooper to miss World Cup selection as Jorgensen rockets into squad
We forgot the hammer (left it at RA HQ) so we decided to wait for the next one 😂
Exclusive: Quade, Hooper to miss World Cup selection as Jorgensen rockets into squad
Yeah agreed, the format is so stupid at the u20s it’s hard to judge. Still, I reckon that’s decent for us to be up there in subsequent world cups, hopefully we can now manage these guys appropriately as they enter professional setups.
Remember the name: Reds land signing coup as Junior Wallabies prop Massimo De Lutiis returns home
Finally some common sense! I’d pick a couple others but nothing drastic. For me I’d take Foketi over Perese and Sio over Gibbon but otherwise I think you’re on point. If fit I’d have Rodda over Holloway but that isn’t happening so I reckon if we get something close to this we’ll have to be happy.
The 23 Wallabies to win a RWC quarterfinal - and the 10 others who should be in Eddie Jones' squad
BPA in there over Uelese for mine, otherwise agreed. This is a much better squad.
Wallabies' PREDICTED World Cup squad: Jones faces defining choice as he locks in 33 for France
Bang on JN, 17 points on the second half for the ABs – including final kick – all stemming from penalties generated in the scrums. I’d be bringing in Sio, Talakai because unfortunately Nongorr and Slipper aren’t up to it. BPA too should be in there at hooker
Bledisloe heartbreak: Eddie's Wallabies denied by last minute Mo'unga penalty as ABs seal stunning comeback
We can only hope Ken. I love the guy, but he has a deficiency in the core role of a 9 and it has not proven to be a consistently high standard in SR yet, let alone for test matches.
'You love your country or you don't': Tate's defiant moment that proved he had fire and desire to lead Wallabies
Yep, we argue about backs all the time when the forwards get bashed around and basically lose us the game there before the ball even gets into the hands of the first 5. It isn’t pretty and it doesn’t involve league wingers but if RA is serious about improving the wallabies we’d be focussing our efforts on recruiting for the pack first and foremost.
Setback that could cruel Wallabies' RWC hopes - but all hope not lost if Eddie sticks with Gen Next
“TBH I’m still confused about how we want to play”
Accurate statement
Back to the future: The 'high risk' Bledisloe Cup gamble Eddie first pulled 21 years ago
Didn’t realise talking sense on the internet was allowed! 😂
Agree with it all, I’m quite concerned about Eddie as coach, he’s a show pony and he’s turned this side from close losers vs France and Ireland away into a uncohesive mess. Considering the relative strength of the side named, I wonder what Rennie would have done with them. The lack of clear gameplan, poor defence/tactics and guys seemingly unsure of their roles is galling considering how close we are to the WC. Selections have been a big part of that, and Jones keeps throwing up weird ones. This back row for one is super slow and the side generally features no strong on ballers. In comparison, the ABs have a team of quick players and a number of notable jackal exponents. If we can’t get to our rucks or move on defence when the ABs shift we are in for a long night.
Back to the future: The 'high risk' Bledisloe Cup gamble Eddie first pulled 21 years ago
Considering Rennie’s performances when we had a full team (2021 win streak) I wonder how we’d go with him at the helm considering the strength of the current side named for this weekend. At the moment, it doesn’t matter who we pick, we’re about as cohesive as a drunkard on a Saturday night.
Exclusive: Carter's meteoric rise continues with young gun replacing Quade at No.10, Tate set to start
Feel this mate, I have things I like and other things I am not sure of in the side but at the end of the day I am so exasperated by them and their performances that I can only hope whoever is in the side goes and does the job.
'Butch defence, Larkham glide': What Eddie sees in Test rookie as Wallabies make SEVEN changes
Rugby is dead here mate, at this rate. At least the results from our sides at the professional level. Not something I thought I’d say but I don’t think it can be denied anymore. The Waugh idea will shrink us down at the grassroots level further. But it’s really just coming to a head from the past 20 odd years of complete bungling everything rugby had in 2003. If we want to try fix it we’d need to follow a path like Ireland imo but the political nightmare from RA down through the states to the club and grassroots level will make sure that never happens
COMMENT: 'Making a choice' - the key issue facing Australia’s third tier
No issues Geoff, that makes sense. I only raised it as I think it underscored the folly of McLennan’s decision to appoint EJ – Rennie has been the only coach to get the Wallabies humming, even if only for a very short period, since Cheika in 2015 imo.
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
Can’t fault much here, professional rugby union is nigh dead in Aus, and the development pathways can be added to that heap too under the current admin if we truly think professional players in the amateur level is the way to go for developing the grassroots and preparing players for the next level…story for another day.
Nonetheless, focussing on the Wallabies, the grandstanding from McLennan has gone awfully quiet as the realisation sets in that maybe hamstringing your sides progress and cohesion by bringing in a new coach less than a year out of the premier rugby tournament isn’t a good idea. The wallabies are lacking cohesion to me, they look like a collection of individuals at the moment. Now, whilst I certainly didn’t agree with everything Rennie did, nor were the wallabies consistently good in his tenure, the games in France and Ireland last year suggested the side may have more ticker than we gave them credit for. Even the heart shown to beat wales. Further to that, with a full side available, the 2021 vintage with Quade, Kerevi and limited injury was as good as we’ve had in a long while. In fact, and it’s my only quibble in the article geoff, that side won 5 straight, including the first four vs both SA and Arg – caveated of course that all games were at home. But McLennan overlooked that and the obvious issues with cohesion to parachute Jones in. In spite of the issues with Rennie’s sides, I have the opinion no coach could improve a side significantly in less than a year and the 12 points of doom you’ve listed here are unfortunate realities of the decisions made. History may yet look back favourably on Rennie if Eddie can’t start matching his talk with a walk, even a crawl, anything to give us suffering rugby fans life.
The Wrap: A dozen reasons why the Wallabies can’t win the World Cup - and a couple why they might
Oh I see, didn’t realise that but it makes sense. Nonetheless, we need to be doing more to retain talent whilst letting them develop up north as the future of rugby seems to be wholly in the hands of the northern hemisphere currently. Letting guys get overseas experiencefrom the get-go of their careers with the requirement they return seems a no-brainer and an easy enough clause to introduce in contracts
Rugby News: RA signs 'landmark' deal with Japan, Wallaby joins French powerhouse, Lealiifano starts against Fiji
We should be encouraging all our young players to get on short term deals with France in-between Super seasons, an agreement could even be built into contracts. Way better way to develop these guys than having them play in sub-standard amateur club comps
Rugby News: RA signs 'landmark' deal with Japan, Wallaby joins French powerhouse, Lealiifano starts against Fiji
The game is utterly dead with people like him at the helm. It’s just so depressing to witness.
CONFIRMED: Lions tour dates, venues announced with big twist on Anzac XV concept and every SR team playing
Wasn’t looking to direct all the blame on NW but indirectly highlight the unfairness of Jones’ selections and reasoning alongside the hyperbole of the article. NW is experienced and still on the plane despite there being a young and able alternative available (Lonergan). He threw a poor pass that didn’t exactly help Quade out and now that moment has apparently resulted in Quade’s chances being done. You want more from a halfback than that weak pass but he gets off.
Nonetheless, the crux of the issue is that a bunch of players with the experience we need are getting blamed for the performances when we have no cohesion (due to obvious reasons), Jones’ gameplans aren’t working and are confused, we have a weak pack with injuries but he continues to select a TH (Nongorr) who may be a prospect but regularly gets towelled at SR level when there are alternatives who can at least hold the line. As such we have barely any scrummaging ability off the line and that’s what won the ABs Bledisloe 2, not Quade’s mistake.
Eddie has done what was needed four years ago and ripped the bandaid off. Now he's breathed life into Aussie rugby