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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...ld-be-worried-in-the-southern-hemisphere.html
This is pretty funny.
This is pretty funny.
Rankings should not be a pressure in the short term, we have got our seeding for RWC 2015 so they are about little more than bragging rights at this stage. I will be extremely disappointed if any of the current management outside of Axel, who was only brought in to double job at the last minute are involved in the future. But there will be the usual bull shit about 'continuity', after the last eight weeks the last thing we need is any fucking continuity!!! Feek should be sent back to NZ, as much as anything for the ridiculous situation with Michael Bent, I am afraid Smal is not fit enough to do his job, brutal but there you go. I feel a bit sorry for Kiss because the tightness of the IRFU meant he is after doing two jobs for the last year. He was in charge of attack for this six nations however so it is a bit hard to justify his inclusion.After the performance this year, the new coach needs to be given full rain to select his staff and not hang onto any of the under performing staff and players. If he wants to be successful leading into the next World Cup a entire clean out in on the cards.
I don't think anyone should be considered safe under the new management, players and coached should be cross examined and get Ireland back on the track of competing for 4th in the world ranking and not dropping any lower. Being 9th in the world is not acceptable and should be enough to give the entire system a good shake up.
England are nothing like as good as their fans and journos think but Wales were only single scores behind you lot playing in Aus at the end of playing for two years without a break last SH winter. Don't underestimate how poor the weather was during the six nations when you pass judgement on some of the performances, you might find it lulls you into a false sense of security like the 17th september 2011!!About as analytical as most of what our own Pie Eater produces.
I have always thought that the better singers always won rugby matches. Surprised that Los Pumas didn't get a gig in the fanatical supporters register in the article.
Pffft Let them delude themselves. All will be revealed when the Fat Shiela sings in 2015.
English rugby is dead. Fancy getting done by a record margin by a team ranked lower than them, particularly when all they had to do was turn up and not lose by more then 7 points to claim the 6N title. THE WORST EVER RECORD MARGIN !! English Bulldog indeed. English Creme Muffins more like.
That result was not quite as good as the Wobs 51-15 thrashing (Lang Park 2004) or the even better 76 - 0 (Lang Park 1998) but WTF, well done Boyos.
Don't rest on your laurels though. It would be worth the B&I Lions while doing a spot of training before coming down under, and finding themselves up against a Tier One opposition. It will be a step up from the Tier Two opponents they are used to.
The Stadio Olimpico sounded nuts. Will be doing a match there, some day.
7 nation army (Y)
Forza Italia.
Cause their league is full of corrupt bastards and scandal sells.The win didn't make the lead story on the sports pages, the win over France didn't either, and that's rugby's problem in a nutshell in this country. If it ain't soccer, the vast majority don't want to know.
Cause their league is full of corrupt bastards and scandal sells.
England's Stuart Lancaster is awaiting "clarification" from the International Rugby Board about referee Steve Walsh's display in the 30-3 loss to Wales.
England felt decisions in the scrum and breakdown went against them, and that Walsh's officiating in those areas was at odds with his pre-match briefing.
In particular, Lancaster questioned the build-up to Alex Cuthbert's first try.
"There was then a turnover at the breakdown, which we still need clarification on," the head coach said.
But he added: "Whatever happened in that breakdown, it was disappointing to lose composure and let the game slip away."
Wales secured a record win over England thanks to two tries from winger Cuthbert, as well as a combined 20 points from the boots of Dan Biggar and Leigh Halfpenny.
The incident Lancaster referred to at the Millennium Stadium came when Wales replacement Ken Owens stole the ball from Tom Wood to kick-start the move that led to Cuthbert's opening score.
Forwards coach Graham Rowntree has also said he will request answers from the IRB's referees' chief Joel Jutge about the Australian official's decisions during the game.
"I sat up on Saturday night and watched the game again forensically," the 41-year-old said.
"In most of the games, I've submitted glowing reports on referees but on this occasion we were frustrated by a lot of the outcomes and I will be speaking to Joel [Jutge] to get some clarification [about the] breakdown and scrum.
"I spoke to Steve [Walsh] after the game. We both agreed we would go away and have a look at the game again. Having watched it, I need clarification.
"A lot of those decisions were big, game momentum-changing decisions."
Walsh awarded 12 penalties and four free-kicks against England, who won only one of four scrums on their own ball as they were dominated in the pack by their opponents.
In the aftermath of the crushing loss, England had been criticised for not reacting to Walsh's interpretation of the rules but Rowntree rejected that notion.
"I don't buy this whole 'streetwise' thing," the former Leicester, England and Lions prop said. "We just want a clean outcome at the scrum. We don't practise anything different."
Not all that clever for an International Coach to speak out like this.
Sounds like a drowning man clutching at whatever straws happen to be floating by. How solid is Lancaster's position within the Soap Dodgers?