Wallabies 2023

[stillmissit]

No haven't watched much this year. Just had a look and they knocked over Gordon in the 1/4 finals is that the game you're referring to?

Watched the short version on Stan and I really like the look of the Randwick 13 could be very handy.

 

[stillmissit]

I've played a shit load of Jonah Lomu rugby....

What are you saying?

 

[griffins]

Ignore is there for guys like you to use ...please do. I'd prefer that over brain-dead comments.
I played the game for 11 years, reff'd for 25 years and coached for a few years, you get to meet a few people, but Hoiles wasn't one of them, having watched him commentating I thought he spoke like a decent guy (comparisons are odious) What are your rugby credentials?

I played for 12 years, refereed for 26 years and coached for quite a few years.

 

[Bullrush]

What are you saying?

I'm saying you shouldn't question my PS One ability

 

[Tomthumb]

What the hell is going on here

 

[Rob42]

What the hell is going on here

Standard stuff when there's no Test match coming up for a couple of weeks.

 

[stillmissit]

Sorry TT I am just keeping myself amused at others expense...

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

No haven't watched much this year. Just had a look and they knocked over Gordon in the 1/4 finals is that the game you're referring to?

Yep. Hoiles seems to have them playing pretty well.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

What are your rugby credentials?

Thought you'd never ask!

 

[stillmissit]

I played for 12 years, refereed for 26 years and coached for quite a few years.

who'd you play for and where did you ref? Strikes me, assuming your one year extra in playing and refing than me isn't bull, that we have very similar backgrounds.

 

[stillmissit]

Thought you'd never ask!

I too can't imagine why it took me so long!

 

[Tomthumb]

So what does everyone think of Ben Donaldson?

 

[Tazzmania]

I think he is a lot better than most on this site make out.

Here are his attacking stats for the last ten super rugby games he played in 2023:

 

[Froggy]

I always thought a couple of the protocols on here were don't slag off at other posters, if someone doesn't agree with you after three or four attempts leave it, walk away, and don't do the "I was a better player than you, so I must be right' thing.
It seems a few people have gone right away from that, it would be really good if we could just get back to what the thread is about.
I left a couple of other forums because of all this crap, in the past the mods have made this the best of the best, but we seem to be spiralling downwards.

 

[notdeadyet]

The reason you don't throw up short people even though they're light is because of arm length.

mmmh throw them higher

 

[dusk]

To be fair to Donaldson, he's got a decent boot on him, nothing extraordinary but still. Carter's kicking against NZ in the latest test was class, kicked 3/3 (two on the far left edge if i recall), and even got a 50-22 with Will Jordan covering the back. I remember he missed touch twice (in both games) but these are very easy things to work on before the world cup.

 

[Tazzmania]

Which of these stats suggests he's good? He beats a defender 1 in 19.6 carries and has made 1 break in his 59 odd carries. So it's not his running game.

Have you compared it to others or just commenting in isolation?

 

[qwerty51]

I do find it funny whilst he’s still yet to play a game for them, now Force fans are the ones defending Donaldson and not Tahs fans.

 

[qwerty51]

To be fair to Donaldson, he's got a decent boot on him, nothing extraordinary but still. Carter's kicking against NZ in the latest test was class, kicked 3/3 (two on the far left edge if i recall), and even got a 50-22 with Will Jordan covering the back. I remember he missed touch twice (in both games) but these are very easy things to work on before the world cup.

He also missed a reasonably easy penalty off the posts. The sideline conversions were definitely encouraging though, its a small sample size but if he didn’t kick those I was thinking we’re going into a RWC with a legit 50% kicker.

 

[John S]

I do find it funny whilst he’s still yet to play a game for them, now Force fans are the ones defending Donaldson and not Tahs fans.

But the thing is not even Tahs fans were defending him that hard