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There’s still “Kepu wearing the no.12 jersey” in the next paragraph – definitely confused me!
Tom Banks, Nic White named to start as Wallabies side to play South Africa is revealed
Australia has 2.6 billion people?
Izzy, the false 'silent majority' and sport in Australia
I’ve seen many conversations about Australia’s selection policy, and some other threads about who would make a combined XV. Just wondering what people think a combined XV would look like with Cheika as the selector.
Which All Blacks do you think he rates above their Wallabies counterpart? Just how loyal do you think he is to his core players?
Folau-less Wallabies will struggle to fire a shot at Eden Park
That’s just killed it as a contest. We really need to look at other options like a 10 or 20 minute sanction and enforced replacement…
So disappointing.
All Blacks vs France: International rugby union highlights, blog
I am a Kiwi, my wife is Irish, and we’re a bit nomadic. Our four children are all New Zealand, Irish and Australian citizens (and two of the children are entitled to English citizenship as well).
We’re in the UK but spent the last ten years in Australia.
Leaving aside their lack of interest in rugby, how do you pigeonhole my kids into one nationality? Country of birth? My eldest was born in NZ but has lived there for less than one year.
There are plenty of PI kids growing up in Auckland that think of themselves as New Zealanders. I have met many “foreigners” who fervently love their adopted country – why shouldn’t they be allowed to represent it if they have committed to relocating themselves there on at least a semi-permanent basis.
Let’s hope Rugby Australia don’t go full Trump and erect wall
Thoughtful article Brett.
For me as a neutral observer the biggest issue is with the victim mentality within this team. The attitude of Hooper as a captain isn’t great and the behaviour of Beale and Hooper as they were yellow carded was never going to help improve the referee’s opinion. I think it’s very unlikely that they were going to sway Ben O’Keeffe (unlike TJ Perenara’s effort with Angus Gardner earlier this year, the exception that proves the rule).
It does all seem to start with Cheika and I think the last ten minutes may have been partly due to a feeling that since everything was going against them there was just no point in trying.
Perhaps Australia need to jump on board the sports psychologist trend as Eddie Jones has done with England (see https://www.theguardian.com/sport/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2016/jul/01/sports-psychologist-jeremy-snape-rugby-cricket-football) and change the attitude of the players and the coaches.
Three areas that cost the Wallabies at Twickenham – and refereeing is not one
Not only the pigeonholing, but the continual debate about team selection. You can look at two players in isolation and compare stats, but their contribution to a match depends much more on how they work with the rest of the team.
The old adage about a champion team vs a team of champions springs to mind.
Comparing apples to oranges does no one any favours
Cover for Foley ‘cos his defence is… something must rhyme!
The Wallabies' defensive woes show the need for connectivity and communication
Four weeks of anthem training?
Let's face the facts, the Wallabies were walloped by the All Blacks
Four weeks of anthem training?
Let's face the facts, the Wallabies were walloped by the All Blacks
So if a player is banned in the last week of the November internationals for a “mild” one week offence they can’t play in any competition until June?
Doesn’t seem that reasonable to me…
After all the distractions, it’s a welcome 1 v 2 Super Rugby final
“If it was say 60%, then you could at least make a more statistically correct insight that winning the first half may give you a significantly better chance of winning the game by full time.”
I’d love to get the coaches on to a brave new strategy – if you win the first half and you win the second half then statistically you’ve got a really good chance of winning the game…
Brumbies justify their place in Super Rugby - unlike the Reds and Waratahs
I think that the age thing is an issue too – juniors need to be graded by weight rather than age so that protective parents let their kids play.
They call me The Fixer, and I'm here to fix rugby in Australia
That’s what is happening here in London… admittedly I work in the ‘knowledge sector’ but the one confirmed case I am personally aware of has resulted in an eight storey building being shut down (including the London office of South32).
SANZAAR makes the call on Super Rugby season amid coronavirus crisis