5 different in the starting side, 5 different on the bench, so no.
Or did you just mean the Wallabies?
Aus vs NZ - 1st Test Sydney 17Aug2013
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Or did you just mean the Wallabies?
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Mark Ella (57)
Hoopers kicking game is certainly better than Gills and I've never even seen him kick
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
USARugger
John Thornett (49)
Dave Beat
Sorry mate should have been clearer - after the 3rd paragraph or so I'm just ranting and responding to the thread in general, not you in particular.
Back Three for me right now would be 11. Cummins 15. Folau 14. JOC (James O'Connor) 22. Mogg or 11. Folau (Even Deans was using him as he and Ewen used their 11s in the past despite him wearing 14) 15. Mogg 14. JOC (James O'Connor) 22. Tomane/Cummins depending on the game plan.
Sorry mate should have been clearer - after the 3rd paragraph or so I'm just ranting and responding to the thread in general, not you in particular.
Back Three for me right now would be 11. Cummins 15. Folau 14. JOC (James O'Connor) 22. Mogg or 11. Folau (Even Deans was using him as he and Ewen used their 11s in the past despite him wearing 14) 15. Mogg 14. JOC (James O'Connor) 22. Tomane/Cummins depending on the game plan.
Rassie
Trevor Allan (34)
you forgot to add the coach
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
Go back to Walker, Roff, Burke I think it was - they played a unit not as individuals.
USARugger
John Thornett (49)
Will have to give them time to play together under Link before we can assume they have, or do not have chemistry. Kurtley as the primary ball-player in our back three was a serious problem in the Lions series. Too much crabbing and stepping, not enough distribution.
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daz
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"Wallabies seeking Bledisloe redemption" is the headline in the papers today.
I have been reading the same bloody story every year for the last 11 years, but this jumped out at me -
AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) said this about Ewan:
That is a very interesting comment. Particularly the bit about "atmosphere".
I have been reading the same bloody story every year for the last 11 years, but this jumped out at me -
AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) said this about Ewan:
"I like the idea of an Australian coach coaching an Australian team and I think that will bring a lot of familiarity and comfort amongst the squad.
"So I'm looking forward to the changes he brings, and obviously the atmosphere.''
Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/the-rugby-championship/wallabies-centre-adam-ashley-cooper-says-winning-bledisloe-would-compensate-for-losing-lions-series/story-e6frf4qc-1226688278564#ixzz2aZX5kR8w
."So I'm looking forward to the changes he brings, and obviously the atmosphere.''
Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/the-rugby-championship/wallabies-centre-adam-ashley-cooper-says-winning-bledisloe-would-compensate-for-losing-lions-series/story-e6frf4qc-1226688278564#ixzz2aZX5kR8w
That is a very interesting comment. Particularly the bit about "atmosphere".
I think that perhaps too much is being read into the comment about atmosphere.
I think there is every chance he just segued to referring to looking forward to the atmosphere of being in the Wallaby squad for a Bledisloe Cup/Rugby Championship.
I think there is every chance he just segued to referring to looking forward to the atmosphere of being in the Wallaby squad for a Bledisloe Cup/Rugby Championship.
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daz
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I tend to agree with you; it was probably just a throw-away comment that had no deeper meaning.
But, given the media and public dissection of the "QC (Quade Cooper) Toxicity" drama, you could perhaps forgive me for connecting the dots, regardless of how faint those dots might be.
Im not quite as sure, everything comes from somewhere. I cant imagine guys like horwill, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), genia and Moore not being filthy on players missing the team bus after being photographed at 4am in a burger joint. Unity is a very underrated attribute without it a seemingly better side in every aspect with momentum to boot can get beaten by 20 + (BIL Decider)
The article isn't a transcript from an interview. It just includes a collection of quotes.
He also says: "Most of the guys in the squad won't have ever held a Bledisloe Cup, so that's pretty exciting for the guys to look forward to.''
"I like the idea of an Australian coach coaching an Australian team and I think that will bring a lot of familiarity and comfort amongst the squad.
"So I'm looking forward to the changes he brings, and obviously the atmosphere.''
Surely it is much more of a stretch to read into that quote as a dig at the previous culture in the squad than to just accept that he's looking forward to the whole experience of being in the Wallaby squad going into a Bledisloe Cup.
I completely agree that senior players would be completely pissed off by players missing the bus and/or going to Hungry Jacks at 4am but I really think it's a stretch to assume that's what he's talking about.
What did u make of Scotty Higginbottoms comments re Rebels and JOC (James O'Connor)?
or better still match day 23 Ben McCalmanS comments about a return to force from JOC (James O'Connor)
What do you mean exactly?
Both of their comments were quite direct and obvious.
I'm not sure how their comments somehow infer that everything AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) says has something to do with being unhappy by the Wallabies culture.
Based on what they said, surely if AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) had something he wanted to say publicly about JOC (James O'Connor), Beale, or Deans he'd just say it.
Meaning that when AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) is quoted as saying 'changes' and obviously the atmosphere, he is referring directly to a poor culture under deans where players such as JOC (James O'Connor) and Beale were allowed to get away with that shit.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sp...r-told-he-must-behave-if-hes-to-rejoin-force/
point referene
.I dont think it was a sweeping statement that would be made at any appointment of a new coach.
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Two weeks until kickoff and you're pissing around over quotes mangled by a journo from a player who would just like to get to training and stop talking into an iPhone to a dickhead.
No wonder rugby is so fucked here.
1 Robinson
2 Moore
3 Kepu
4 Douglas
5 Horwill
6 Fardy
7 Gill
8 Mowen (c)
9 Genia
10 Cooper
11 Cummins
12 Lilo
13 AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
14 Folau
15 Mogg
16 TPN
17 Sio
18 Slipper
19 Pyle
20 Hooper
21 White
22 To'omua
23 Kuridrani
Discards from the 40:
Alexander, Betham, Dennis, Fainga'a, Fainga'a, Harris, McMeniman, Phipps, Simmons, Tomane
Leftovers for the 30:
CFS, Foley, Kimlin, McCalman, JOC (James O'Connor), Ryan, Schatz
Sorted.
No wonder rugby is so fucked here.
1 Robinson
2 Moore
3 Kepu
4 Douglas
5 Horwill
6 Fardy
7 Gill
8 Mowen (c)
9 Genia
10 Cooper
11 Cummins
12 Lilo
13 AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
14 Folau
15 Mogg
16 TPN
17 Sio
18 Slipper
19 Pyle
20 Hooper
21 White
22 To'omua
23 Kuridrani
Discards from the 40:
Alexander, Betham, Dennis, Fainga'a, Fainga'a, Harris, McMeniman, Phipps, Simmons, Tomane
Leftovers for the 30:
CFS, Foley, Kimlin, McCalman, JOC (James O'Connor), Ryan, Schatz
Sorted.
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Ha! Pfitzy calls one yet again:
A Fainga'a goooooooooorn:
http://m.foxsports.com.au/story/1226688761306;jsessionid=CBDE18512CA3084AE549D53413AF8933
Come on down Rob Horne
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A Fainga'a goooooooooorn:
http://m.foxsports.com.au/story/1226688761306;jsessionid=CBDE18512CA3084AE549D53413AF8933
Come on down Rob Horne
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