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Rod McCall (65)
Sydney 2018 was the last and only time that has occurreddare to dream????????
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Sydney 2018 was the last and only time that has occurreddare to dream????????
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Bugger - pubs shut, can someone ask them to move it forward a bit?So the girls play just before 2am and the men after that - makes for a late night. Might go down the pub now and celebrate!
Gee, you love your rugby, Reg!!! I'm too old to be up that late. Or that early.Two really tense tight finals. Both fairly similar with the favourites getting the win.
I have not watched the games yet, but will tonight. I like the optimism, but would add a note of caution. The Keewees are not in the mix yet.
Yeh I had that in the back of the mind but wanted to avoid mentioning that to focus on the positives. Interestingly Fiji men not as strong given rebuilding again with new team but you know they will get there. Whilst Fiji women also big improvers.I have not watched the games yet, but will tonight. I like the optimism, but would add a note of caution. The Keewees are not in the mix yet.
RA talked about integrating 7s with 15s player availability and so far seeing benefits with toole. Gees that kid got some gass and brilliant acceleration through holes. He looks the biggest X factor in sevens since perry baker.Yes I was going to say, post-Olympics a lot of teams are likely going through some transition of players, programs etc.
Looks like the Aussies are mixing things up a bit in terms of selections. Positive signs to start, and it will be interesting once they come out with a formal plan moving forward for how they want to run the 7s program and integrate it with 15s player availability.
I have not watched the games yet, but will tonight. I like the optimism, but would add a note of caution. The Keewees are not in the mix yet.
And we played very well against the boks which really been as good if not better then kiwis in recent years. Given as you say only half on contracts this has exceeded expectations so far the performances of men and women with some obvious great new oz rugby 7 talent on show.i don’t care. I think the Aussie women will match up well with them and, frankly, need the competition. Regardless the fact that, even putting aside Caslick and Williams looking as sharp as ever, the role that Nathan, Ashby, Dick and Hayes are playing is fantastic. Add it the rough diamond in ALF and the even more raw Levi’s and Whitfield make this the generational change we probably needed post Rio.
As for the men, again. Stuff the kiwis. 1) we don’t know where they will be from a generational change perspective. But 2) we can only beat who we play and the way this Squad has come together, only half on actual contracts I believe, i deserves our acclaim.
We can consider the kiwis when they turn up.
I was not actually criticising their performance, Reg, just adding a note of realism given that in my long lifetime I have seen the Keewees beat us far too often (in the Mens, the Womens is a different matter).i don’t care. I think the Aussie women will match up well with them and, frankly, need the competition. Regardless the fact that, even putting aside Caslick and Williams looking as sharp as ever, the role that Nathan, Ashby, Dick and Hayes are playing is fantastic. Add it the rough diamond in ALF and the even more raw Levi’s and Whitfield make this the generational change we probably needed post Rio.
As for the men, again. Stuff the kiwis. 1) we don’t know where they will be from a generational change perspective. But 2) we can only beat who we play and the way this Squad has come together, only half on actual contracts I believe, i deserves our acclaim.
We can consider the kiwis when they turn up.
He’s only on an academy contract. My money is he’ll be offered a 7s contract pretty quickly.And we played very well against the boks which really been as good if not better then kiwis in recent years. Given as you say only half on contracts this has exceeded expectations so far the performances of men and women with some obvious great new oz rugby 7 talent on show.
So given Toole paid by brumbies wonder how that will work ie will he continue to be available as he is an absolute gun in sevens with genuine electric pace and great attacking threat.
Spoiler Alert.Everyone cheering France because they're playing awesome rugby.
And everyone is fkn sick of the Blitzbokke. EDIT: OK it's me. I'm sick of them. The leg up they get from officials is right up there with NZ.
Josh Turner one of the stars. Also like the look of Paterson - a bit of Cheval about his looks and the way he plays.Everyone is contributing - loss of Longbottom would have been massive a year or two ago, but right now they're covering it. No fear.