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Australian rugby is the best spot currently, depth wise, that it has been in my life time. All 5 Super Rugby squads seem to be in a really good spot.
Rebels 2014
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hmmm im not quite so sure Tranquility, i still think we only have the depth for 4 teams...
All the teams have competitive starting XV's, but its the overall depth which will win premierships in the long run.
All the teams have competitive starting XV's, but its the overall depth which will win premierships in the long run.
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Trevor Allan (34)
It helps that we don't have a deckchair wearing number 1.
swingpass
Peter Sullivan (51)
so a few observations about last night.
defence certainly has improved can't remember too many (?any) one on one missed tackles and some of the offensive tackling lead to turnovers.
still getting a bit monstered at the breakdown on occasions
the set piece, and in particular the scrums very solid, although as in past years we lost 3 crucial lineouts, i think pat leafa's throwing needs work.
a few poor passes under pressure.
burgess / hegarty combination still not that fluid.
we kicked poorly a couple of times turning over possession, the first one leading to the canes opening try.
ellison in his brief cameo looked right at home and threw a couple of beautiful passes
we won because we took our shots at goal
a better looking team than in the past years but still work to be done
next week against the reds will be the real comparison i think
edit, oh and we gave away a shitload of penalties at the breakdown and in defence, not certain it was us or the ref at fault
defence certainly has improved can't remember too many (?any) one on one missed tackles and some of the offensive tackling lead to turnovers.
still getting a bit monstered at the breakdown on occasions
the set piece, and in particular the scrums very solid, although as in past years we lost 3 crucial lineouts, i think pat leafa's throwing needs work.
a few poor passes under pressure.
burgess / hegarty combination still not that fluid.
we kicked poorly a couple of times turning over possession, the first one leading to the canes opening try.
ellison in his brief cameo looked right at home and threw a couple of beautiful passes
we won because we took our shots at goal
a better looking team than in the past years but still work to be done
next week against the reds will be the real comparison i think
edit, oh and we gave away a shitload of penalties at the breakdown and in defence, not certain it was us or the ref at fault
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Allen Oxlade (6)
oh and we gave away a shitload of penalties at the breakdown and in defence, not certain it was us or the ref at fault
The ref had a shocker! But i suppose they need trail games to blow out the cobwebs as well.
swingpass
Peter Sullivan (51)
did a few good things, threw an absolute shocker of a pass to pyle that probably stopped the rebels scoring a try. cant see him as our starting 7
RoffsChoice
Jim Lenehan (48)
Yet.
KevinO
Geoff Shaw (53)
Think he is being groomed to play six more than seven.
Forcefield
Ken Catchpole (46)
I fail to see why. He doesn't have the height or bulk for a traditional 6. Not that this matters necessarily, but with two great options at 6 with Lopeti Timani and Luke Jones (assuming Higginbotham plays 8), it doesn't make sense.
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Herbert Moran (7)
An Article today from foxsports, about Haru Tatekawa, mentioned the rebels signing another japanese player.
any truth to this?
"More Australian clubs now are investigating the option of adding a Japanese player to their roster, and the Rebels are set to sign a second Cherry Blossoms player this week."
http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/c...ance-at-brumbies/story-e6frf4pu-1226821971833
any truth to this?
"More Australian clubs now are investigating the option of adding a Japanese player to their roster, and the Rebels are set to sign a second Cherry Blossoms player this week."
http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/c...ance-at-brumbies/story-e6frf4pu-1226821971833
Has been talk of a another international signing for a few weeks now, but nothing concrete. We also have space for another foreign development player, which I'm assuming a new Japanese signing would fall under.
Still think we need an established hooker on short-term to cover Tom Sexton. Debate rages on here as to what positions we need to fill.
Mr Wobbly
Alan Cameron (40)
The final of Japan's Top League was postponed yesterday due to the weather. It will be played tomorrow instead, tomorrow is a public holiday in Japan. Will probably mean that Shota won't be here for a few more days.
I mentioned on here a little while ago that I thought Kosei Ono might be a good choice for us at Fly-Half. He will also be playing in that game (for Suntory). If he is the international signing we have been hearing about then this would explain why there's been no announcement yet.
Ono grew up in NZ, finished high school there and moved back to Japan to try and get into their national team.
I mentioned on here a little while ago that I thought Kosei Ono might be a good choice for us at Fly-Half. He will also be playing in that game (for Suntory). If he is the international signing we have been hearing about then this would explain why there's been no announcement yet.
Ono grew up in NZ, finished high school there and moved back to Japan to try and get into their national team.
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Greg Davis (50)
I'm inclined to agree, however that's based solely on his work for the Brumbies when Smith and Pocock were injured. He showed some serious potential in those few matches.
FYI - Quite a few Aussies involved in the game.
Panasonic Wild Knights
1-Keita Inagaki 2-(c) Shota Horie 3-Tomokazu Soma 4-Youngam Yu 5-Daniel Heenan 6-Sione Vatuvei 7-Tadasuke Nishihara 8-Ryu Koliniasi Holani 9-Nicholas Ealey 10-Berrick Barnes 11-Akihito Yamada 12-Yasuki Hayashi 13-Seiichi Shimomura 14-Tomoki Kitagawa 15-Yasutaka Sasakura
Replacements
16-Tetsuya ****ara 17-Naoki Kawamata 18-Ryu Sioapelatu Holani 19-Yoichi Ijima 20-Daishi Wakamatsu 21-Fumiaki Tanaka 22-JP Pietersen 23-Takashi Miyake
Suntory Sungoliath
1-Tateo Kanai 2-Yusuke Aoki 3-Kensuke Hatakeyama 4-Koji Shinozuka 5-(c) Shinya Makabe 6-George Smith 7-Takamichi Sasaki 8-Naoki Ozawa 9-Fourie du Preez 10-Kosei Ono 11-Kenta Tsukamoto 12-Ryan Nicholas 13-Koji Taira 14-Daishi Murata 15-Go Aruga
Replacements
16-Shintaro Ishihara 17-Akira Ozaki 18-Yosuke Ikegaya 19-Juntaro Takemoto 20-Hendrik Tui 21-Atsushi Hiwasa 22-Tusi Pisi 23-Yasunori Nagatomo
Well, a few Aussies anyway. I count 8 foreigners for the Wild Knights and 5 for Sungoliath.
I like that Tetsuya Shitara got censored!
I was disappointed that it wasn't a little more blue.
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Why on earth is JP Peterson on the pine?
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