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The Wallabies Thread

KOB1987

KOB1987

John Eales (66)
Slim 293 said:
Well, GAGR's Tuesday Top 5 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly from this week...
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Sumo Stevensons personal view:

9. Waratahs (up 2)

Despite trailing the Brumbies on the points table, I get the feeling they could still wind up Australian conference champions after putting away the Rebels late last weekend. Michael Hooper’s captaincy was to the fore in the round 13 victory. He really is the everything to that team at the moment, and his players responded when he needed them to.
 
Braveheart81

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
Scrubber2050 said:
^^^^^^
I thought Hooper himself said to the Ref his players weren't listening to him
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He then said it was just over eagerness.

What should he say after they get penalised again after he has spoken to them?

They are continuing to infringe because it is tactical?

Surely it was an attempt to diffuse the situation.

I don't think telling the referee that you need to talk to them again and that will change things is a way to convince the referee that everything is under control.
 
Brumby Runner

Brumby Runner

Jason Little (69)
Braveheart81 said:
He then said it was just over eagerness.

What should he say after they get penalised again after he has spoken to them?

They are continuing to infringe because it is tactical?

Surely it was an attempt to diffuse the situation.

I don't think telling the referee that you need to talk to them again and that will change things is a way to convince the referee that everything is under control.
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My take on it was different BH. I was under the impression Hooper offered his explanation in response to a direction (suggestion) from Gardner that he needed to talk with his team-mates. I don't think he pro-offered it as an excuse for another penalty

As far as his pilfering, work over the ball is concerned, I am sure that he played a fair bit tighter and won a couple of turnovers after Latu had been sin binned. I think he may have adjusted his playing style to allow Latu to stay out of trouble at the breakdown. If so, he is showing some good aspects of captaincy along with any negatives that might be present in his dealings with the ref.
 
Getwithme

Getwithme

Cyril Towers (30)
Has anyone see his talks in the waratahs huddles from the mic cam on the water runner? I was thoroughly impressed at his calm demeanor and his use of vocabulary. Asked the players what they needed to do
commanded respect and sought to influence the result without dictating things by yelling. I have never been a fan of Hooper as a leader previosuly, but he has come a long long way in the last 12 months
 
The_Brown_Hornet

The_Brown_Hornet

John Eales (66)
I reckon Hooper is a fantastic footballer, works his guts out and leads by example. I don't think his leadership is as good as his own play, however. I don't think it's a lack of respect per se, but I have seen him struggle to get his players in both the Wallabies and Waratahs teams to pull their heads in. Both have been shockingly undisciplined at times in the last few years, especially with the chat. There are some blokes we have who if I were the coach I'd be telling them to cut out that nonsense or they wouldn't be playing for their test or Super rugby team again (at least not until they'd cleaned up their act).
 
Micheal

Micheal

Alan Cameron (40)
More good stuff coming out of the Waratahs re: Michael Hooper's leadership.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...t/news-story/3627eaa232a855ce375a6f3898308990

and

http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/05/26/04/37/moore-hooper-test-captain

Hooper's been seeing a sports psychologist on the side because he believes a bit of training around leadership will be beneficial for him, given that in the past he's been put into leadership roles with very little advice on how to conduct himself around that.

I love hearing stories where players go the extra mile outside of their contractual commitments to improve themselves.

It reminds me of how Morahan and DHP paid ~$10k each to go to a conditioning / sprint / agility camp in the US in the off season a few years ago, and thats certainly paid dividends for DHP.

Perhaps Quade could see a sports psychologist or a specialist tackling coach - we certainly need him as the backup 10 for the Wallabies. Otherwise, who else do we have? Lance is the obvious domestic choice, but Beale / Giteau could be played there if absolutely necessary.

Other things to take from the Terrorgraph's article:

+ Tupou is eligible, even if not worthy quite yet.

+ Cheika's announcing the squad on air! I really like the spectacle nature of it all, and it'll give us some insight into why he chose certain players.
 
The torpedo

The torpedo

Peter Fenwicke (45)
Micheal said:
Hooper's been seeing a sports psychologist on the side because he believes a bit of training around leadership will be beneficial for him, given that in the past he's been put into leadership roles with very little advice on how to conduct himself around that.
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I hope Quade also sees this psychologist.
 
KevinO

KevinO

Geoff Shaw (53)
So Wallabies accommodation in Melbourne has been downgraded. No longer tlstaying at the Langam.

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upthereds#!

upthereds#!

Peter Johnson (47)
alo-emile called up to Samoa, M. Ala'alatoa wants to be an all black.....man I hope Tupou and Lomax come good as THP. Now to find the next LHP.
 
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