RWC 2015 Semi Final 2 - Australia v Argentina Twickenham, Monday 19 October, 2:45 AEDT
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Michael Lynagh (62)
Very good point....unlikely to get many English fans supporting Argentina given hand of god and falklands - more chance of scotland fans supporting England I reckon!
I think hence crowd wise we will be just fine
We should get a good idea in the next few hours what, if any the progress is with Pocock and Folau.
Hopefully we hear some better news.
If they don't train today then they've really only got one more session to prove they're right to play.
I can't imagine Cheika allowing any of them to sit out of Friday's training before selecting them in the starting XV with only the captain's run to go on Saturday.
Hopefully we hear some better news.
If they don't train today then they've really only got one more session to prove they're right to play.
I can't imagine Cheika allowing any of them to sit out of Friday's training before selecting them in the starting XV with only the captain's run to go on Saturday.
Spruce Moose
Fred Wood (13)
Heard on the rumour mill that a young back rower from Randwick has joined training and looks likely to start.......
mudskipper
Colin Windon (37)
Arrrrrr,,, practicing scrum penalties... Is that our man missile TPN on his knees
Spruce Moose
Fred Wood (13)
They have the day off today so unfortunately you'll have another day of suspense. The reports said that Pocock was running with no pain on Sunday so unless its deteriorated during the week I'm hoping they are just wrapping him in cotton wool ahead of Sunday.
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Good - that shows they're actually fucking WORKING at it, not just pussying around.
So, the injury front. You can all stop pissing your pants like a bunch of frightened kindergarten kids, for starters.
Its all a fucking trick, don't you get it?
Last week, Cheik was bullish ("confident") about the chances of Folau and Pocock making it. Never a hint that they wouldn't, until the team was named. We were all hoping but slightly pessimistic.
This week, again he said "more likely than not to play" after the Scots game.
THEN he smokescreens the fuck out of the watching media by sticking Poey on a bike and telling Izzy to start limping after a few minutes then piss off to the sheds.
Just for good measure, he's asked Swoop to have a run with the injured boys, to make it look like it isn't the biggest pisstake in the history of Rugby.
This is the bloke who "didn't know" there were bonus points. Like fuck!
Now, he's probably aware that Hourcade and the Pumas don't give dos mierdas what he does with team selection, but he doesn't care either, because its just a way to drum up some media and a bit of panic, change the betting odds slightly, and have a good laugh at all of us.
When the team is announced and Poey and Izzy are front and centre, everyone in gold will be laughing their arses off.
Artist's rendition of said laughing arses off.
Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
Do we need one? Surely one of the Sydney Uni boys studied Stats 201, Actuarial Mathematics 101, Business Finance 302 or some other mathematical probability based subject.
Failing that, is there no one from St Johns College? Pretty sure that they have a reputation for skill at games of chance like naughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, two up and the like.
Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
<singing> Swing Low Sweet Wallaby, bouncing around to get to home etc <singing>
No thanks.
Blue
Andrew Slack (58)
Every team needs a good tosser. It is essential to the balance.
Blue
Andrew Slack (58)
I like Cheika's madness. It's a good sort of madness.Heard on the rumour mill that a young back rower from Randwick has joined training and looks likely to start...
Alex
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Heard on the rumour mill that a young back rower from Randwick has joined training and looks likely to start...
That young back rower looks like he's done it before - shoulders square, head up, power coming through both legs. Hooper could learn a thing or two.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Isn't it! All the little things he does just make me want to go all the way in this tournament and on from there, not only because he's Wallaby coach, but also because he appears to have a fantastic ethos about the game.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
He does, I remember when my son's u9s played before the Waratahs one Sunday afternoon a couple of years back. Part of the thing was that the kids could sit behind the dead ball line and watch the team arm-up. Cheika ambles over, starts chatting to the kids, answering all the questions that 9 year olds ask, had a bit of a joke with them, stayed about 10 or 15 minutes until all the Waratahs had come out. He didn't have to come over at all, didn't have to stay as long as he did, but he did anyway.
Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
What's TGC doing packing down at BSF? Don't tell me that we've broken another one of our loosies, in addition to the 1/2 Pooper.
mudskipper
Colin Windon (37)
Thats the problem with radio , you cant see any evidence of what the hell they're talking about...
JJJ
Vay Wilson (31)
I like the way he's keeping an eye on Hooper. You just know that any sign of meercatting from Hooper is gonna earn a spray.
Forcefield
Ken Catchpole (46)
So I went to Argentina at the end of 2013/start of 2014. I went South to Ushuaia. Everywhere in town I saw graffiti saying "Todos con Cristina" (All with Cristina) and I thought that Cristina must be the town bicycle. Turns out that Cristina is the President and she had been spouting about reclaiming the Falkland Islands.
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