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Its something I have noticed in the tests this year. Horne especially was a culprit. As mentioned, he didn't score one of the tries when he tried to get on the outside of his opposite. He scored a couple of tries running the same way. This had me yelling at the screen everytime. Its obvious...

Being a guy that plays with a lot of confidence (almost arrogance) and also someone that generally tackles well above his weight, how does he think he's gonna go mentally with dealing with the big hits after the injury

I think the official word was always 2013. Never when. But in reality it would either be right after the Lion's tour (much like McQueen, except going out on less of a high) or at the end of the Rugby Championship.

I wouldn't write off the pick and drive so quickly. It also helps settle play and allows the backs to reset their line. The problem isn't with pick and drive or one off's so much. Its the one dimensional tactics. If we were constantly spreading it to the wing it would be just as bad... worse...

Rugby Union seems to be moving into the space that Rugby League used to occupy for a while in the 90's. A lot of uncertainty, infighting (As seen through the emergence of Super League), casual fans losing interest and really only getting worked up for the big events of State of Origin and the...

Apparently he'll be on the Rugby Club tomorrow. So we know he's gonna get some hard hitting questions :confused:

The difference is mainly the amount of pressure from the opposition scrum coming down each side. The tight head prop is under a lot more pressure as he's bound in on the opposite loosehead and hooker, where the loosehead prop is only pushing against the opposite tighthead. Generally, you want...

Even a broken clock is right twice a day http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/its-time-to-toughen-up-20120825-24t66.html I think he's spot on with this article. And I think its a theme that some of the classic wallabies need to instill in the current crop when giving the speech or...

It was not lack of options that always caused Barnes to be standing deep. One of the examples Kafe showed last night was when the ball went through the hands right to AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), but went at least 20m behind the game line. It was partly dictated by the style of the All Blacks defence with the quick...

Everyone's getting sick of ragging on the Wallabies, they decided to go against the opposition. I'm looking forward to saturday nights game. There's an article on Rugby Heaven saying its $BW's first game in Sydney since he swapped codes? I thought he must have had at least one since then

Nick Phipps will probably be warming the bench the whole game. Unless somehow the Wallabies are comfortable ahead by the 75th minute then he might get a cap. Horne will do his job as a defender. He does tend to go missing, even when playing for southern districts. He'll make a run then just...

Honestly could be worse. Dennis has been rewarded for a solid super rugby season. I suspect Beale and Barnes will swap positions over the course of the game, giving the backline a solid pivot when needed, but also having the potential to spark something. Centres are a bit of a worry, but Deans...

As long as the next guy isn't somehow Nucifora. It concerns me how he has manouvered himself into his current position. After his tenures at the Brumbies and Blues, it defies belief that he is allowed such an influencial position over the Wallabies. Link is obviously the man in waiting, but it...

The new bloke (has it been announced who it is?) could take it one of two ways. Either he is put out by it and is resentful, or he could use it as an opportunity to learn from a coach that has a brilliant win/loss ratio and pick his brain to not only enhance his teams performance, but his own...

I'm reading his book at the moment and I'm up to the 2003 part of it. From the book, it doesn't come across that he liked only being an assistant. Possibly because of his long stretch at Wales and head of the Lions then going into a position to be subordinate to a guy he coached in Foxy...

I personally really like Kafe's chalkboard. I don't think I could regularly watch a weekly show of just the tactical analysis of a team, but I think the segment should be a bit longer, and have input from more than Kafe. Could do away with some of the other segments (call it like Clarkie???). I...

To be fair, he said other people were asking questions of him and he writes "The question posed was, why not play a scrum just as a platform to restart the game a la rugby leage." I thought the weird thing was that 2 of the key things he spoke about, i.e. the 'pause' in the scrum and the time...

That is the question isn't it. The Wallabies don't seem to have enough nous to be able to adapt as they go like the ABs can. A is up to the forwards to get a stong clean out. Not sure whether its the bigger guys not throwing around their weight well enough, or theyre not committing enough at...

Much like many of the posts, I don't think it came down to an individual having an off game, I thought it was the team just not being able to deal with the conditions and play accordingly. After the first 'clearing kick' in the first half, I would have thought that would be put in the pile of...

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