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yep, that's exactly why I suggested it haha, Razor or Cron to replace lord Laurie.

Defense and breakdown are interconnected, they go hand in hand mate. Scott Robertson became an assistant coach for Canterbury in his 30's shortly after he retired from playing where he spent many seasons coaching Canterbury's defense & breakdown after Robbie Deans told him to go specialize in...

hmm.. was this decision independent of Rennie's sacking I wonder, or not?

It wasn't as ridiculous as the post implying Gamble shouldn't start.

Langi Gleeson off the bench surely... Gamble is the Tah's best loose forward, he's already better than Hooper, and he's a Kiwi ya know.

speaking of alternate ones - 2017 Wallabies indigenous jersey is one of best I've seen...

Hopefully... Les Kiss is the probably the best Australian defense coach around, and he's friends with Eddie.

farking hell, what did i tell y'all about Eddie's demanding standards for his assistant coaches, he's already pushed Du-Plessis to near breaking point and the Wallabies campaign doesn't even officially get started until May... It's going to be an eventful year... who will prevail at the end -...

The implementation of meaningful structural change at Australian rugby's lower-levels, player pathways, player development - the abdication of responsibility towards the grassroot's game, etc... Stephen Moore probably summed it up better than I could...

Yep, and that's invariably why you are behind the eight-ball mate... "something.. something.. 7th in the world". It's refreshing to hear such an admission - after all, acceptance is the first step towards enlightenment... Hence you Aussies should probably heed the wise counsel of your rugby...

Succinctly put Namerican, laid the facts squarely on the table for these noobs! Eddie's appointment is merely a big smoke & mirrors distraction tactic from McLennan while Australian rugby continues to flounder at every level - Hamish is a politician, he ain't fooling me!

This would be a very sobering read for McLennan & RA who probably should've done their due diligence before replacing Rennie with an apparent downgrade. In all honestly, this is probably one of the best pieces of investigative journalism I've ever read... It appears that Borthwick's initial...

Rennie was prioritizing the Ireland match, a rationale decision to rest the 1st XV, and it very almost payed dividends - they were simply rolling towards the try-line unimpeded from 5 metres out... the ref called a penalty against them for something that 95% of the time the attacking team gets...

Not ready? Bhahaha... Rennie's CV when he was appointed in 2019: Wellington 1999-2000 (champions 2000), Hurricanes assistant 2001-2002 , Manawatu 2005-2011 (got the poorest union promoted into 1st division), NZ U20's 2008-2010 (three consecutive titles), Chiefs 2012-2017 (two consecutive...

Remember when John O'Neill & ARU originally set Dean's expected winning percentage for his KPI's as 75%? They had to revisit that lofty projection quickly... Australian national sporting teams & setting unrealistic expectations - name a more consistent duo? Mate, it's simply ingrained in your...

It really wasn't as terrible a result as you make it out to be. Australia played five exceptionally strong teams. Rennie did very well. Robbie Dean's Wallabies were trailing the Azzuri until 75 minutes with a team loaded with genuinely world-class players (Stirling Mortlock, Ashley-Cooper...

Eddie is all-too familiar with previous coaches doing all the hard work for him... MacQueen, Lancaster, and now Rennie. He must've the art mastered to a tee by now.

-which inadvertently contributed to Link's demise, Robbie had created a player-driven culture of youngin's getting a free-reign to drive standards and the longer-term consequences from the aftermath of this developed culture naturally accumulated and then snowballed to the point that once...

Exactly, it seems that current fans really aren't appreciating just how competitive the standard of world rugby is at the moment. As Eddie said himself - the top 7/8 sides in the world are currently separated by the width of a cigarette paper! I genuinely believe Rennie was as good (or better)...

I don't go on vibes bro, I draw my conclusions based on impartial unbiased objective FACT. I can assure you there's no preconceived agenda to find with me, it's pure neutrality - there's absolutely no emotion or sentiment whatsoever attached to my position, after all being a Kiwi - I am merely...