Wallabies v Springboks Saturday 9th Sept NIB Stadium
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Im genuinely curious where the weights come from. I would have thought that Arnold would be more than 120kg as well for example.
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David Wilson (68)
I checked:
Wikipedia.
Waratahs.
ARU web site.
They're consistent, no doubt pushed but consistent. The Safer figures also from Wikipedia so you'd imagine a similar trend in terms of exaggeration.
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Billy Sheehan (19)
actaully Ilivasi Tabua who had 10 caps for Australia between 93-95. Fili Finau was tongan, his ARU page is messed up lol http://www.aru.com.au/wallabies/TheTeam/HistoricalWallabiesPlayerProfile.aspx?pid=585
I met him once when I was working in Coffs Harbour and the Wallabies were doing a camp there late 1994. At the pub with some mates and much of the squad came into the place for a night "off" and a few drinks before social media knew their every move. Tabua was a really nice fella. But he and Daniel Manu were very large humans up close!
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Mark Ella (57)
Well every objective person from outside NSW knows that the scales are always tipped in NSW 's favour.
That is just one of the many problems facing the Wallabies
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Mark Ella (57)
It not bickering, its called discussion and posters putting forward their own points of view (however misguided
)So forget all the issues surrounding the ARU, Cheika and Assistants, shit selections, win/loss ratios, damage being done to the Wallabies, the culture within and concentrate on the positives of the Test. Cannot see any positives at all to be frank.
Shit this game even if we win doesn't go anywhere near fixing the inherent problems facing the Wallabies (and Australian rugby in general). It would just put the dogs back in the kennel for another week or 2.
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Ken Catchpole (46)
It not bickering, its called discussion and posters putting forward their own points of view (however misguided
So forget all the issues surrounding the ARU, Cheika and Assistants, shit selections, win/loss ratios, damage being done to the Wallabies, the culture within and concentrate on the positives of the Test. Cannot see any positives at all to be frank.
Shit this game even if we win doesn't go anywhere near fixing the inherent problems facing the Wallabies (and Australian rugby in general). It would just put the dogs back in the kennel for another week or 2.
I think some Wallaby wins especially over the All Blacks would energise rugby supporters to do something to fix all the problems you listed.
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Steve Williams (59)
Huge, if true...
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Nev Cottrell (35)
It not bickering, its called discussion and posters putting forward their own points of view (however misguided
So forget all the issues surrounding the ARU, Cheika and Assistants, shit selections, win/loss ratios, damage being done to the Wallabies, the culture within and concentrate on the positives of the Test. Cannot see any positives at all to be frank.
Shit this game even if we win doesn't go anywhere near fixing the inherent problems facing the Wallabies (and Australian rugby in general). It would just put the dogs back in the kennel for another week or 2.
You will win. Don't worry about that. It's more about the process and performance for us here as a team growing.
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
I agree since the World Cup Australian Rugby has been nothing more than a celebration of mediocrity. But at what point do we start to recognise the Wallabies are on an upward trend? If we beat the Boks away and NZ in Brisbane? Or does failing to win the Bledislode still count as a bad year for the Wallabies? I think it's important we put some actual parameters down on what constitutes an improvement for the Wallabies otherwise we go into every game thinking it is unimportant in the larger scheme of things. Personally for me this means if we don't lose another match in the RC we've had a good year at test level and things are definitely on the up. If we win every match except vs ABs we've had a fair year but are still off the pace and improvement is slow.It not bickering, its called discussion and posters putting forward their own points of view (however misguided
So forget all the issues surrounding the ARU, Cheika and Assistants, shit selections, win/loss ratios, damage being done to the Wallabies, the culture within and concentrate on the positives of the Test. Cannot see any positives at all to be frank.
Shit this game even if we win doesn't go anywhere near fixing the inherent problems facing the Wallabies (and Australian rugby in general). It would just put the dogs back in the kennel for another week or 2.
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
Results are better evaluated with hindsight. If you set down arbitrary requirements (say we must beat SA home and away) for it to be a good season and it doesn't happen because we cop a couple of red cards or the heavens open and we lose by a point or some other factor then maybe it will still be a good season because we win every game thereafter.
After its over then we can decide if the season was good. More important is the evaluation each week "Did we play well?" "What did we need to do better?"
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Agree there can be some extenuating circumstances in which we can still play well and lose. I'm more talking about if under normal circumstances we win the rest of the games in the Rugby Championship we can consider it a good season. Obviously if we cop a Red Card in the first ten minutes and the 14 on the field give the performance of their lives to go down by 3 against the All Blacks in Brisbane it can still be considered an excellent performance. I think that when most teams, and certainly all the ones that I've been involved in, sit down at the start of the season and talk about what they want to achieve they set it out under normal circumstances. I can't imagine the Wallabies saying 'we want to win the Bledislode but we'll take a loss if some circumstances disadvantage us.' Given this I think it's entirely fair for us as supporters to nominate what we believe a good season Wallabies season would look like and in hindsight amend the judgment if extenuating circumstances should present themselves.
We are also the prime ingredient in global warming, the JFK assassination and the cause of Rwandan genocide
dru
David Wilson (68)
Not to mention thieving statists misappropriating GST from WA.
AND when was the last time that you guys developed a Pauline Hanson?!?
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