Australian Rugby / RA

[stillmissit]

Not surprising, Tight head is overall a harder position to master

I don't think either side is easy and both are technical. I am told that at loosehead you can pull more games but I don't know if that is true or not.

 

[Tomthumb]

I don't think either side is easy and both are technical. I am told that at loosehead you can pull more games but I don't know if that is true or not.

Loose head is far less technical. It's about aggression, use your bind to get under his chest and from there it's easy to put pressure on. Tight head is the anchor, need to ensure the scrum is low so help the hooker, and needs to control the loose head the entire time, normally by bringinng your head out to stop his head from getting under you

The difference is you can survive a bad loosehead, it's harder for them to be pushed back as the natural turn of a scrum is to the left, whereas a bad tighthead will be exposed every single time

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) ended up there because Bell goes where ever he wants to be. He's too slow to be effective around the field and his scrumaging is at best slightly above average at Super level. I like the idea of Schoupp being tested there. Not many physical prospects like him floating around at 26. Love de Lutiis and think he could be anything but right now he's too young. Post Lions leading into the WC sure but he needs to just play footy right now.

 

[Wilson]

A bit of insight into the good work Peter Horne has been doing behind the scenes:

Turning green shoots into gold: the man behind the scenes in Wallabies’ revival | Angus Fontaine

Peter Horne was hired as Rugby Australia’s high performance director to get the game ‘back on track’. Recent results suggest he is making headway

www.theguardian.com

 

[LevitatingSocks]

A bit of insight into the good work Peter Horne has been doing behind the scenes:

Turning green shoots into gold: the man behind the scenes in Wallabies’ revival | Angus Fontaine

Peter Horne was hired as Rugby Australia’s high performance director to get the game ‘back on track’. Recent results suggest he is making headway

www.theguardian.com

Early days but he's saying all the right things here regarding alignment, getting buy-in, and being organized. I'd love for Joe Schmidt to stay on past the Lions tour but it's reassuring to have heard from other media that coaches like Larkham and Kiss are waiting in the wings with similar rugby philosophies to give us continuity.

 

[Slim 293]

As discussed last week...

Australian Rugby Foundation launches Rugby Future Fund

www.rugby.com.au

 

[Adam84]

Depending on profits from B&I Lions an RWC, this fund also presents the perfect spot for Rugby Australia to park a large chunk fo the funds

 

[Dctarget]

Thought I was going to tip a little of my own in, got the application downloaded then saw it has a minimum investment of $50k. Yeah, right then. Not sure the purpose of that, surely a lower minimum is still practicable.

 

[Ignoto]

surely a lower minimum is still practicable.

You can email gm@westsbulldogsrugby.com.au and we will happily take your donations

 

[Dctarget]

You can email gm@westsbulldogsrugby.com.au and we will happily take your donations

haha no donations intended, I wanted to make a profit! Their returns are pretty attractive.