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Hahaa fuck Without Duncan our imbalance of skill and athleticism in the backline is going to be hugely exaggerated

You can do skill based drills all day but if you aren't reinforcing them through match-situation play, scrimmages, and live opposed exercises - it won't mean a lot. Building a bridge from something like learning how to throw a pass, and then learning how to throw a pass at speed with a defender...

He's started in all but something like 2 of Saracens games so far this year and has been playing well for them, hard to get a spot in that pack if you're not actually good.

Have fun watching this debacle, everyone I’m sure as shit not missing any sleep to watch this mess unravel

Based on what he’s shown so far, yeah. Our backline defense has been crap for a while and Petaia shows a level of maturity in his positioning and reads at 13 that totally outstrips his age. Not to say anything of his attacking ability, where he’s definitely no slouch either. This also saves...

Why play Foley at 12 instead of Kerevi 12 Naivalu 13? If there's anyone we can get away with running a bash/bash center combination against it's probably Italy. (Forgive me if either are injured because I honestly don't know). Kerevi is infinitely more likely to be an actual match-day cover if...

That's the crux of my argument - I think the last 3 wins there have just as much to do with a string of really, really good luck as they do anything else and that's why this one season looks like an anomaly compared to everything else.

This is true but I don't think it derails my broader argument. I think you're fixating on the close win against NZ because it's what Australia fans seem to do every time we beat or come close to beating the ABs. I get it, you all grew up with the rivalry and it probably feels bigger than rugby...

This is a re-envisioning of history. We got absolutely fucking utterly mullered by the All Blacks in the return game 7 days later. Winning the game before in the context of the broader season we had (which despite you stating it was good, it was not - I will reinforce this point in the...

I think the 2015 RWC was just as much a remarkable stroke of luck as it was due to how the team was playing. I felt that way then but wanted to believe, following the England series and the RWC Final it was blindingly obvious this was the case. We landed into a pool with England and Wales but...

I mean he's literally played Foley at 12 for the Wallabies before now and it was a terrible decision then. Clearly something about Foley's game must have changed dramatically since 2016 for the coaching staff to think this is somehow a good idea now. Surely. :confused:

In terms of experience/success his CV at the time he was hired was extremely similar to Link's when he was brought on as Wallabies coach (barring 2 title-winning match losses for Link making him 1/3 in Championship games, where Cheika won 2/2 - suburban club rugby doesn't count). Anyone saying...

You had me up until Waratahs conspiracy

What a complete waste of a Saturday afternoon. I’ll be sticking to the short version of the highlights until the Wallabies figure out how to play Rugby again. There actually may be better kickers in the US Eagles - absolutely pathetic Good luck, everyone

Will be interesting to see who steps up this year or if we end up rudderless. I mean, doesn't Duncan effectively run the backline when he's be in already? Thinking (and watching) back on this season we are desperately in need of our own Genia/Peranara/Smith-esque (could be a 9 or 10 but those...

Every T1 side on planet Earth defends with their front row in the middle of the park during phase play. Hanigan's spacing was terrible (he shouldn't have been 2nd out from the ruck to begin with) and the effort from the hooker was just as bad.

I've been expecting it for the better part of 4-5 years but it still hurts every time

Yeha this shit is exactly why I stopped waking up at 3am to watch the Reds or Wallabies anymore

We also need more feeder comps that can pay out 60k/y salaries too.

It’s definitely easier to pull off when we are persistently not good, on or off the field. Plenty of material to work with.