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Bill Watson (15)
So do we lose the UK bound crew (Hooper, Skelton, Tupou, Hooper, JOC (James O'Connor)) for the Japan test?
Having read this, I get it, NZ won two in a counter ruck right over the top of us, they also won a fair bit of ball on their own and McRight won 2 against them. We lost 40% of all our possessions and of that 9 or 21% were at the breakdown. Still I guess by your yardstick this is so 'old school'. I state it again, in case you missed it, we lost 21% of ALL our Possessions at the breakdown.....Reckon you're falling back on a couple of old favourites here. NZ fans could well say the same thing re the breakdown, with McReight having another good night stealing and slowing their ball. We did get counter rucked a few times but at least one of these occurred following a contestable kick, with NZ flooding the breakdown and overwhelming Daugunu and Lonergan. Both teams had periods where the packs generated momentum but the only area NZ were clearly dominant was our lineout.
As for JAS's tackling, he seemed pretty aggressive/less passive last night and landed some pretty good shots. He did get sat down at one point but I think his reads are improving.
Always happy to defer to you old fella, I have a hard time making heads or tails of all those mucks and raulsHaving read this, I get it, NZ won two in a counter ruck right over the top of us, they also won a fair bit of ball on their own and McRight won 2 against them. We lost 40% of all our possessions and of that 9 or 21% were at the breakdown. Still I guess by your yardstick this is so 'old school'. I state it again, in case you missed it, we lost 21% of ALL our Possessions at the breakdown.....
I guess we got done at the breakdown...I have argued that top teams are running in pods and are very quick to the breakdown, we are slow getting there and putting a T/O at risk. If you can't see it - that's OK.
I believe so, though Hooper and Tupou maybe not depending on when their contracts with RA end. For Tupou at least it should be through to the end of the EOYT.So do we lose the UK bound crew (Hooper, Skelton, Tupou, Hooper, JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor)) for the Japan test?
Yep and IkitauSo do we lose the UK bound crew (Hooper, Skelton, Tupou, Hooper, JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor)) for the Japan test?
Difficult to say Carter was the guy either. One semi decent but more fun season to watch in a team that came second last.
Or option C?And then packed up his swag and headed to league. Did RA chase him hard enough? Or did he decide he just wanted to play NRL ahead of representing his country in Rugby?
My thing with the wallabies game is simple. We have such a talented team now but watching it I’m not sure I’m super clear on the system or shape we are playing? It’s hard to understand. their system is non existent which puts them in bad positions which creates chaos and chaos breeds uncertainty and uncertainty = bad decisions and bad decisions result in turnovers, penalties etc..
I'm sure there are a lot of players that wouldn't view being picked for the Wallabies for an entire year as being treated badlyOr option C?
he felt our sport treated him so badly (Eddie Jones, Rebels, etc), that he decided he'd rather play another sport for less money?
QC (Quade Cooper) (Quade Cooper) has gone full Campo.
It was a poorly phrased initial post and Quade certainly seems to have realised he needs to be a bit more considered than the average poster, but I don't think you'd find many people who disagree with the idea that Edmed is not really ready for test match rugby yet, particularly not at the top levels of the game like Rugby Championship. Certainly the way in which he was open to clarifying and hearing the criticism of his first post puts him in a whole different world to Campo.So for me is he a good player yeah he’s ok but is he a test match 10? I’m my opinion no. Does that mean he can’t be in time..
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Just for the news outlets - it wasn’t a brutal swipe at Tane Edmed, I just don’t think he should be playing test match rugby for Australia right now. If he’s the best that we have in the most pivotal position in the game in all of Australia. Tell me one top tier country he could replace their top 2 10s?
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As for Tane. I would like to apologize. I’ve been in that position, I know how tough it is. I don’t ever want to be one of those ex-players who just sit on the sidelines throwing shade. I’d rather offer perspective and encouragement than add to the noise.
QC (Quade Cooper) (Quade Cooper) has gone full Campo.
Amongst a few other observations on Edmed which have got the headlines, was a pretty strong criticism of the Wallabies system (or lack thereof).
It's hard to disagree with him. Other than helter skelter, incredibly risky offload/passing game out wide, what was the Wallaby system?
Ideally, you could identify something designed to take advantage of the weakness of our opponents, and abilities of our player