lewisr
Bill McLean (32)
It's the front page story on this very website! Get into it.
Cheers BH hahaha. Blind as a bat.
It's the front page story on this very website! Get into it.
Strong third tier, with keen grass roots supporters willing to pay money to see and television rights deal. Abolish Rugby League, with subsequent influx of new talent. Maybe abolish AFL and soccer as well.Anything else?
You guys are something fucking else.
You bitch for five years about this fucking coach, get the guy you want and all you can argue about is the process, merits, and demerits of how, where and when it happened. And then these arguments about Knuckles. Jaysus wept!
Lighten the fuck up. Go for a run. Have a coffee. Hug your missus. Smell a flower.
You got what you wanted! Get bloody happy! You live in the lucky country! You've never had it better! The Australian economy is the envy of the world! Kevin Rudd is back!
Miserable twats.
You got what you wanted!.....Kevin Rudd is back! Miserable twats.
Right, so it's your opinion, ie: baseless. I much prefer watching rugby now then I did 10 years ago. Is that because rugby is a better standard now? Have law changes impacted the style? Have my personal preferences changed? Is it the medium that rugby is delivered through now?
'Quality' is too subjective, but skill is not and I think rugby players are much more skilful now than they were 10 years ago. All you have to look at is the chip kicks, flick passes, banana kicks, long cutout passing etc.
You were doing well until the KRudd bit. I certainly didn't want the bastard back, he lasted until about midday the day after when I was sick of his smarmy, lecturing whine.
But I do (and did) want Link. Let's all get behind him.
Not entirely what I meant, I was wanting to make reference to the possible lack of respect JOC (James O'Connor), and KB (Kurtley Beale) have to various areas, at varying degrees - just my perspective as a spectator. This may change with Link on board and one of his allies being QC (Quade Cooper) (again from an outsiders view).Who would have thought we would see the day Cooper was being held as a good example and role model for his amigo 'mates' ? Strange times.
This statement makes me think that your glasses might be a tad rose coloured.
I agree on you points.Not at all. NZ have been in a different, and lower, class of performance since the 2012 world cup. The only reason most people have failed to notice this is because of the poor form of SA and Aus. They continued to win,s o no one's clued int hat they're not as polished, by a long way.
Last year was terrible for them, they played poor rugby almost all year, and turned it on for about 70mins the whole year. And were then smashed by England.
They're in the weakest position for a long time and I'm not going to be surprised in the slightest, if we come out of the blocks in Sydney and defeat them convincingly.
I for one am surprised Bill Pulver asked John O'Neill to talk at the press conference. I don't think the ARU could afford his hourly rate any more.When JON said Deans' future did not hinge on the result of the Lions Tour did people realise that meant he was gone even if he won? JON just confirmed that, people seemed to take the negative, meaning he would stay on even if he lost.
Apparently he stuffed interview for All Blacks job because he went in with no team of assistants named to help him.
Though there were quite strong suggestions that the NZRU indicated quite strongly he wasn't really the second choice...and there were only 2 standing for job.
I believe he is too busy building a casino at Barangaroo.Maybe JONs shopping for new work now.
If you're going to talk about the transition of the Wallabies from 2007 to 2008 it would seem unusual not to mention the retirements of Gregan, Larkham and Latham.
Combine that with the fact that Mortlock and Smith were nearing the end of their Wallaby careers and we'd just been bundled out of the RWC in the quarter finals after having our scrum comprehensively destroyed would seem to suggest to me that the Wallabies were entering a big rebuilding stage.
Look at the teams we fielded in 2007. A fair chunk of those players didn't play very many more tests either because they were too old, not good enough or they went overseas.
When you compare that to the current situation where every player who played test rugby this year barring George Smith are highly likely to play for the Wallabies for several years to come. Certainly you'd expect every current player barring the couple who are off overseas to be pushing for spots in the 2015 RWC squad.
I believe he is too busy building a casino at Barangaroo.