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  1. Bruce Ross

    Physical imposition rugby – the Sydney University system

    I agree with you, ILTW, that almost the whole of the Uni Grand Final team are full time professionals but what I was referring to was the level of the Sydney Premiership club competition which I think could be accurately described as "semi-professional". With regard to how Uni fared over the...
  2. Bruce Ross

    Physical imposition rugby – the Sydney University system

    Thanks, WB, you may well be right, although I would imagine that over the course of a long season players would achieve sufficient aerobic conditioning just through playing games.
  3. Bruce Ross

    Physical imposition rugby – the Sydney University system

    Thank you, Rob, for endeavouring to instruct me in the complexities of the English language. Actually I would be quite happy to claim "innovatory" as a coinage of mine, but according to the Oxford, Cambridge and Merriam-Webster Dictionaries I am too late. In matters of pedantry I learnt long...
  4. Bruce Ross

    Physical imposition rugby – the Sydney University system

    That would be up to Scarfie.
  5. Bruce Ross

    Physical imposition rugby – the Sydney University system

    I wonder how many people watching the 2010 Sydney Premiership Club Grand Final realised they were seeing a classic demonstration of a profoundly revolutionary style of play that I have termed “physical imposition rugby”. The clash of Australia’s two most historic and successful clubs saw...
  6. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    He asks the same question. Apparently no one has ever said a word to him about why he was treated as a leper. But he has been used in the scrummaging sessions in preparation for the European tour. Rule one of coaching is that if you're going to spear someone eyeball them. And give them the...
  7. Bruce Ross

    Uni vs Wicks

    Some good points made by sjg - welcome aboard - and I Like to watch. I can't see the point in trying to read too much into the Grand Final attendance. It is what it is. Rugby followers are a different breed to those who follow other codes. There has been a lot of criticism over the fact that...
  8. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    Apologies, PT, for being suspicious.
  9. Bruce Ross

    Uni vs Wicks

    The part of your evaluation that most surprised me, Gnostic, was: I would expect that Burgess will have quite enough to do countering Phibbs without giving him the added responsibility of playing 10. I know he likes to run laterally but it would be a dangerous experiment in a Grand Final...
  10. Bruce Ross

    Which clubs are the Class of 2010 going to?

    What rubbish. I watched Eastwood in the First Colts Grand Final and the idea that they would be "belted" by a team from just one school who would on average be two years their junior is absurd. I am not familiar with how Eastwood players are trained but I know that the players they faced in the...
  11. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    PT, I'm not sure whether you're taking the piss but I am anything but a guru, particularly when it comes to back play. My opinion has no more validity than the next man. For what it's worth, I don't think that Ryan Cross has been playing particularly well but he is an experienced campaigner...
  12. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    Scarfie, Tommy can be over the top but no one can legitimately question his commitment. He has developed a unique and quite revolutionary approach to playing in centre field which his Waratah coaches in 2008, Ewen McKenzie and Todd Louden, valued quite highly. Chris Hickey also seems to now...
  13. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    Scarfman, guess who leads almost every kick chase for the Waratahs and Sydney Uni? Who covers more ground than the early explorers and has a huge number of involvements at the breakdown. As for his speed, how about 1.65 seconds for 10 metres and 2.86 for 20 indoors; and 5.08 for 40 on grass...
  14. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    Is this what you are looking for, WB? Glad you enjoyed it. If I get time I will comment on the rest of your post later this afternoon.
  15. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    In rugby as in most sports we are always seeking a competitive edge. My view, Jnor, is that “a focus on speed/strength training” offers even greater relative advantages at the lower levels than at the elite and professional grades. The greatest percentage gains in strength normally occur when...
  16. Bruce Ross

    Western Force 2011

    Gen Y sort of guy?
  17. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    Thanks for your questions, Langthorne. I would make the point that I am not qualified in sports science, so I have to rely on elementary logic and commonsense. Let’s compare rugby to its illegitimate cousin, rugby league. Where rugby is punctuated by numerous prolonged stoppages, league is...
  18. Bruce Ross

    Will Caldwell to Step Away From Rugby For 2011

    Big Ducker showed every sign of maturing into a genuine hard man at the international level before this very debilitating illness, and Australian rugby has never been over endowed with hard men. Let's hope he can make a full recovery. He is still young enough to really make his mark.
  19. Bruce Ross

    MacQueen turned the Wallabies around in one pre-season

    I have known Peter since he did the S & C work with Sydney Uni while employed at the Sydney Academy of Sport. He is obviously a very experienced practitioner having been with London Irish and Montferrand in rugby, and Parramatta Eels, Hunter Mariners and Bradford Bulls in rugby league. I...
  20. Bruce Ross

    Uni vs Wicks

    Obviously, fp, you meant Randwick rather than Uni had lost locks. For the sake of Saturday's game I would be happy if that were true but I am very surprised that you obviously regard Jerry as a lesser scrummager than Jeremy or Paddy. I certainly do not.
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