RWC23- Pool D - Eng, Jap, Arg, Sam, Chile

[Tomthumb]

The Arg v Eng game was a lot more entertaining with a dog in the fight. Sure it wasn't pretty but it won the game, however I wasn't fully convinced that we would win until about the 75th minute as the last 10-15 was always going to be hard with the fatigue factor. What I didn't take into account was Argentina very dross for the full 80 instead of having a flash of 20 minute where everything clicked.

I did have the thought about 50 minutes into the game that maybe, just maybe Cheika isn't an international level coach anymore. Or his use has a very specific shelf life, comes in does a job for 2-3 years but then any more than that the team goes backwards.

Was he ever?

 

[elementfreak]

Was he ever?

Not sure, he did good things when he first took over at the Wallabies and Argies, but seems to definitely have a shelf life.

 

[HogansHeros]

The Arg v Eng game was a lot more entertaining with a dog in the fight. Sure it wasn't pretty but it won the game, however I wasn't fully convinced that we would win until about the 75th minute as the last 10-15 was always going to be hard with the fatigue factor. What I didn't take into account was Argentina very dross for the full 80 instead of having a flash of 20 minute where everything clicked.

I did have the thought about 50 minutes into the game that maybe, just maybe Cheika isn't an international level coach anymore. Or his use has a very specific shelf life, comes in does a job for 2-3 years but then any more than that the team goes backwards.

"The eddie effect"