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Andrew Slack (58)
You guys are humble, remember.lol aaron smiths box kick clearance has twice the yardage as foleys from his hand, watch that
You guys are humble, remember.lol aaron smiths box kick clearance has twice the yardage as foleys from his hand, watch that
bro Cheikas got the memo all goodYou guys are humble, remember.
Just imagine if Shiggins was Italian.
You need a balance of guys like Mumm are good to have in a team, and Skelton? I think he was the Tahs best lock this season. He is just getting there, he may have been brought through too quickly, but he is becoming an effective, quality lock. Half our challenge is not being prepared to let guys develop and grow. pigs aren't backs, they require time and patience.
The kicking in Abs lions game is spectacular. Shows just how far behind we are in that facet of the game.
No way, Jose. We will win in a canter. You can quote me on that.
If only we had some source of experts and coaches in kicking in this country. It's too bad Australia's national sport is volleyball
I wonder if it's a pride thing?
Not necessarily. You would think players who have been in the wallabies system for some years now would improve.
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Hardwick / Dempsey / Hanigan reserve BR? Not too sure about that.
The new reality is the result of a lot of factors, the majority of them outside the specific sphere of influence of the ARU. Even if we include all stakeholders of the game, all the unions, the clubs, Uncle Tom Cobbley and all, the game's shortcomings are basically outside our collective control.
Just thought I'd get that in.
Actually, it's due to chronic underinvestment in skills coaching right up and down the chain in Australian rugby for 10-15 years now.
As a code, you have zero strategy to build and keep building competitive playing quality in depth, you will ultimately pay big time, you will pay exactly as per all that we have seen in 2016 and 2017 in all of the Aus U20s, Super teams and Wallabies.
Well, if you were gonna pick one.........dunno, maybe Hanigan (I think he has the best upside of the 3 maybe)?Who would you have? (I'm only advocating for one of them on the bench btw, not the entire trio).
Fardy? A strong argument could be made for him but he doesn't have the hutzpah or ball running ability the others could offer.
Alcock? McCalman?
sorry guyz, wrote itself, had to do it...
And Moore's shocker in mid-field too. A few loose tap-backs at times too - unnecessary. Take out the 3-5 absolute brainfarts and we are very comfortable. I just cannot fathom why some players are trying such plays when there is just no need for most of them. It reeks of a lack of confidence in what they're doing at times that they feel they have to take low percentage risks.
Isn't this the new game plan, to try and replicate New Zealands off the cuff, fast and creative play?And Moore's shocker in mid-field too. A few loose tap-backs at times too - unnecessary. Take out the 3-5 absolute brainfarts and we are very comfortable. I just cannot fathom why some players are trying such plays when there is just no need for most of them. It reeks of a lack of confidence in what they're doing at times that they feel they have to take low percentage risks.
Cheika said bluntly that he’d smashed his team with fitness work this month because players had arrived in less than ideal shape from the five Super Rugby clubs, a shortcoming he’ll keep working to fix before the August 19 stoush against the All Blacks in Sydney.
“We had to do that or it will be too late to be at the level we need to defeat New Zealand,” Cheika said.
“I know people at home will be laughing in their heads when you report this but I believe working extra hard to get that fitness base will get us in the hunt and then it’s up to how good we are as footballers.”
Isn't this the new game plan, to try and replicate New Zealands off the cuff, fast and creative play?
At least, that's the only explanation for how fast and loose they seem to be playing in their own 22.