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Everyone else seems to hate my teams - I love the Tahs and the Mighty Sea Eagles. My favourite quote is \" Evil triumphs when good men do nothing\".
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The only serious comment in this article is the opening paragraph. On a weekly basis I despair at the low level of skills possessed by our senior players.
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I’ve been reading The Roar for some time now and have finally felt the desire to put forward my thoughts. Frankly, Aussie Rugby is in deep trouble and we are at a cross-roads to either a brighter future or more of the same stumbling, disappointing results. Several other contributors have pointed to the fact that we will continue to struggle financially (both ARU and SR franchises), and produce the same sub-standard product, if we don’t cull 1 team.
What else can we do to turn around the fortunes of Aust rugby? I certainly don’t know of any other solution.
And which team should be culled is anyone’s guess. I do not envy the people who have to make this decision.
One positive I see and actually look forward to with the reduction in teams is the increased competition for positions in the remaining squads, and hopefully, the improvement in standard of player skills across the board. Lets me use Nick Phipps as an example. For a player allegedly of international standard his consistency of service to his outside runners is frequently very poor. Against the Brumbies on Saturday I lost count how many times Phipp’s passes were slightly high and behind his target receiver. In the majority of situations the receiver actually caught the pass but their momentum had been slowed and their posture become unbalanced. The result, repeatedly, was an easy tackle for the Brumbies, the Tahs unable to get over the advantage line and continually struggling to get ascendency. In my view, this is a consistent problem (and I say this as a Tah fan) but perhaps he may improve if there was stronger competition for his position.
I think the positives will outweigh the negatives for Aust Rugby if we reduce the number of SR teams to 4., But as I said earlier – which team? Also, a message to the anti-Waratah readers – don’t bother suggesting the Tahs should be the team culled as I have no comeback considering the underwhelming performances they have put up lately.
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Scott D, agree totally with your comments on Ruru. I’ve only watched about half the Force games this year but each time I’ve been impressed with him. I can’t say why exactly , but when I watch him he reminds me a lot of Nick Farr-Jones.
The Super XV: Australian team of the week, Round 17