Here’s our daily round-up of the hot Oz and international rugby news.
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Henry busted for whinging?
Having bitched like a stuck pig about – wait for it – the Crusaders being offside at rucks, Wyatt Crockett (the man he was outraged about Stu Dickinson penalising) “getting away with murder”, a yellow card being “bullshit” and the referees being “blind”, it looks like Ted may be in for a rap on the knuckles. SANZAR boss Greg Peters has confirmed they are considering disciplinary action.
It also appears that Craig Joubert’s performance in the Cheaters vs Reds game didn’t go un-noticed. He’s been given the tap on the shoulder by SANZAR ref boss Lyndon Bray and replaced for this weekend’s Sharks/Bulls match by Marius Jonker.
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Quadewatch
SBW says Quade is choice, bro – there’s a surprise.
Anthony Fainga’a also says Quade is choice – apparently he and his team mates play better on Quades (like Swisse).
Quade can’t tackle and is responsible for the Reds losing – this one’s quite the stats hatchet job. O’Connor’s 89 per cent tackle completion vs Quade’s 83 per cent apparently proves Dingo is indeed right. Not just that though – Quade makes more mistakes than JOC and the Reds forwards should have won that match, so it’s clearly Cooper’s fault.
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Nucifora is back
Yes, John O’Neill’s coaching bagman is back at the ARU, this time as a consultant to the sevens coaches. He’s been brought in by sevens manager Anthony Eddy, who previously worked under Nuci at the National HIgh Performance Unit.
The Pulveriser sounded just a touch defensive about the situation “I’m not going to turn back the support of good-quality talent where we can use it.” I’m sure Dingo will be happy to be bumping into Nuci around the halls of the ARU. Not
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NZ snubs Fiji Centenary Test request
The NZRU reckoned it was too busy to play Fiji a June Test against the All Blacks in Suva, Fiji’s capital, to mark the occasion of the country’s 100th anniversary – according to the New Zealand Herald.
This is despite the fact the islanders made their request last August, and that they dropped everything to give the AB’s a run out at short notice leading up the the 2011 RWC. Thanks for nothing bros.
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