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A tragic rugby, cricket and boxing fan. I am not an alcoholic I just have a drink every time an old bloke tells me how good Arthur Beetson, Gary Abblett's dad, Mark Ella, Mike Tyson or Ian Chappell were. To be fair Arthur Beetson was awesome. The others... meh...
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For those that didn’t notice, the Wallabies dominance of England on Saturday between the 60th and 78th minute of the first Test match was…
Every start to a Wallabies season over the past 20 years has brought its usual excitable positivity that provides great hope to us Australian…
Tyson Fury made two claims after his latest victory. Immediately after knocking Dillian Whyte, he essentially declared that he is a great. You would…
Tyson Fury, fresh from his victory over Dillian Whyte, made some comments that have got some tongues wagging. They were in relation to his…
It is the year 2000. The world has recently moved into the 21st century with enthusiasm and verve. A young Shane Watson strides out…
There were many reasons that the world's best side couldn't beat the Wallabies in conditions that favoured them on Saturday night, but the biggest…
Having watched the first Bledisloe Test live, followed by a replay with the luxury of the pause, rewind, and play buttons, I have to…
I literally spat out my snack when I read the Wallabies team that was announced yesterday. This was at first because I finally read…
Words can not express how overwhelmingly pleasing it was for me to see that the Waratahs won their first Super Rugby title. Many will…
like i said he can’t afford a bad game at his age because he will fail to secure a contract… so he claims a broken toe-nail meant he couldn’t play because he got the heebeejeeebeees (that is the official term yes)… and he wished Lolesio well? as opposed to publicly not wishing him well and stating he didn’t believe in him? wow that is very inspiring that he didn’t do that… like his flick passes to no one over the years he just sent the pressure to whomever was the nearest recipient. I’m not a fan and you are wasting your breath (typing fingers) arguing with me.
Rugby News: Swain ban length revealed, Quade out of second Test, Wallaby prop's warning to Poms
cheers mate.. what bit of my glowing praise of Koroibete did you disagree with? Presuming you mean my minor realistic criticism that he doesn’t have a kicking game is like arguing with me if I had said that Michael Jordan also lacked a kicking game…. My opinion that we don’t need him is simply because we have plenty of other options that have a super rugby contract and are doing their bit for the domestic game.. (plus they have kicking games) In my opinion we should reward that instead, particularly when wingers are a dime a dozen. And he is not one of the two best wingers in the world. You’ve only forgotten the very best in Cheslin Kolbe plus take your pick of all the all black wingers they have at their disposal… do you really think marika would make the all black team?
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
no they couldn’t get to a pilfer because they were losing the collision meaning the tackle assist was forced to platy a greater role in the tackle. again we are not talking about anything but post contact metres
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
typical league fan masquerading as a rugby fan with no idea….
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
‘Bundy Rum Rugby’… I like it. In england they’d call it ‘Pint of Stella Rugby’.
DR is exactly what we needed at the top yes agreed. I don’t agree with all his selections but let the selectors pick the team and as long as they are playing a modern style that will work I’m happy… personally I think DR is good with a question mark on those selections, which tend to work themselves out eventually anyway with the analysis tool modern coaches have at their disposal. It helps when his major faux-pas of selection fakes an injury before kick off. ????
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
Thunderous boots are worth their weight in gold at test level
Rugby News: Swain ban length revealed, Quade out of second Test, Wallaby prop's warning to Poms
the question isn’t whether he will be fit… it will be if he is willing to play with a niggle…. i would say almost every player was playing that game with a niggle… but you don’t pull out unless you have a serious confidence issue… which QC does obviously. At his age he can’t afford to have a shocker in such a big game nor get injured. Frankly we don’t need someone liek him in the squad. Dave Rennie- welcome to the true QC the one that hasn’t been talked up in your ear by his mate and yours SBW. A player that has only ever flick passed pressure onto team-mates, and made a career out of it… ohh and he also occasionally flick-passes onto his coach when he is made accountable… toxic culture indeed
Rugby News: Swain ban length revealed, Quade out of second Test, Wallaby prop's warning to Poms
Thankyou for this comment. My lack of desire to ‘do BS’ gets me in trouble sometimes, so its great to hear when someone appreciates it. The english well.. I might write another article on them because there is a lot to say about what they do well and what they don’t.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
He copped the elbow and the hip… that is too high… We use to coach kids to tackle around the hip area.. and yes cheek to cheek was the mantra…but that is wrong to teach because that is one of the hardest parts of the body. Because your side of your head gets clipped by the hip. The exact wrong place to tackle.
Halfway up the thigh is the new target.
The chop tackle is one example of a low tackle tech, there are several other derivatives but that seems to be the one most people can understand by one word… it is designed to put them on the ground as quickly as possible to allow the inside tackle-assist to make the decision to either assist in the tackle if needed…by pilfering… counter rucking. latching etc.
I suggest if you are a coach you go and do an update coaching course and don’t take that personally we all continue to learn.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
yes but my take is funnier…. i liked the look on Rennies face when he was realising QC was seriously pulling out for a tiny niggle… he was thinking “why do I listen to SBW who vouches for this guy… i need to bloke SBW from my contacts”
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
100% you have been watching with a rugby brain! It’s not the brilliant act of scoring that wins the games.. the highlight reels if you will or what excites Sean Maloney, who’s job is to only express excitement for such things… they are the by-product of all the other stuff beforehand. Congratulations you win best comment of the day in my opinion.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
his key responsibility is to be awesome… the best no 7 in the world… he does that every week
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
one of them yes… i think the first one….hooper was lucky because a ruck had definitely formed… however refs have not been reffing otherwise so you gotta take it
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
i disagree… even more important to chop them to the ground
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
I think that is a great idea..and i think we should have a 20min red card… but my point stands… the powerful home nations… with their crowds, money and their huge player no’s (the UK has more registered rugby players than the rest of the world combined) will not concede anything that will give us an advantage.
The same reason why the denied the ELV’s some ten or 15 years ago. Why fix a problem that doesn’t exist for them?
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
racking up wins with gold? haha.. he’s been racking up wins with a second division japanese club side where he belongs.
The only reason he is here is because SBW has a direct line to dave rennie his old chiefs coach. We need SBW involved in our game like we need an ineloquent commentator on Stan sports that can’t actually string a sentence together. Sadly he is one and the same.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
Yes i get that queenslanders are only concerned with counting the amount of queenslanders in any Australian team. Like there is an agreement of quotas… there isn’t. Just know that most of the brumbies, rebels and force players are either queenslanders or new south welshman (they are mostly from NSW though)… count the ones originally from QLD as well as two of the overseas players and you will be happy.
Queensland punches above its weight in terms of the national landscape, considering if you look at the aussie schoolboy carnivals where all talent derives…..the Queensland teams rarely win it…. often the final is between NSW1 and NSW 2 in fact.
And when you consider the NSW schoolboy teams are strangely diluted because they actually pick 6 teams ie in addition 2 Gen blue teams, a NSW junior side and a NSW barbarians side, all of which provide certain players with different equal pathways you can start to come to terms with the undeniable fact that NSW produce most of the rugby talent based purely on the fact of population nos.
So long as more people live in NSW sheer mathematics equates to the fact that they will produce most of the talent for four of the super rugby franchises and this will mean most of the wallabies have a NSW heritage even if they don’t play for tahs.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
you are confusing the role of tacklers and tackle assists.. re-read it and you may learn a thing or two. you are welcome
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
ohh poor widdle quaddey with his porr widdle imaginaway ouchy
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
Tom Robertson emerged at the tahs as a TH prop and actually forced the current All Black Angus Ta’avao (not sure the spelling) to the tah bench. From memory he later moved to LHP because Kepu returned.
He played TH against Samoa on saturday for the first time in along time and was impressive. A shorter stature TH is often the best option because their job is to try and bring the losehead down, who in the flip side is trying to pop the tight head up. Sheer physiology makes him a perfect TH by stature. He is a more than solid scrummager and that is why he is a rare breed that can play both sides. He simply should be one fo the first players picked in a wallaby match day 23 if not the starting XV. Dave Rennie can’t get past that he is not a giant nor a tongan thor…. they can’t all be. He is not quite as powerful as Taniela, not many are, but what he offers more than the tongan thor is work-rate and double efforts around the park.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
When he has played test rugby he has only ever been very good. He just isn’t flash and our commentary only talk up the flash. Did you watch the samoan v aussie a’s? rovbertson had an average ball carrying game… but his scrummaging was awesomely solid and his work rate high at the breakdown and in lateral defense. These things just don’t make highlight reels.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
Billy knew what he was doing and showed no care for the player on the ground he almost decapitated. I’d like to see it from a different angle because the main camera angle doesn’t show the true impact due to the perspective. If Leota is slow to get up it must have been bad!
In agree it can’t all be champagne rugby. That is a good perspective!
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
Jimbo81- your comment is not worthy of a response other than to say it is not worthy of a response
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
QC played okay last year. But so did Noah when he led us to victory against France before playing one poor game against the AB’s and being cast aside. I just think QC offers little with ball in hand (he has never been an attacking threat since his knee reconstruction at the end of 2011..as someone that has had similar surgeries you are not the same player i can tell you from experience) ask yourself this… when was the last time QC made a break? Can you think of any since 2011? His long passing game is his only strength or point of difference with the other options…..but it is also his weakness because long passing games often only allow defensive lines to realign and cover the space. For me he is no longer needed and i don’t see why he is there. Frankly pulling out for what seems to be an innocuous reason sums him up and i do hope that is the end finally.
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?
you can’t try and pilfer if the ball carrier wins post contact metres… by the time you get into a position you are already being cleaned out… we started pilfering when we started winning the tackle contest. pretty simple
Did the Wallabies play champagne or cask-wine rugby?