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Ricky Stuart had a Rugby Union pathway to the Raiders - just sayin'. Cooper Cronk had a Union background in his early development years. There are plenty of quality players who have made and who could make, the switch. The trick is to get them in their late teens or early 20s and take the time to develop them.
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How about the Aboriginal elder at Suncorp Stadium in his welcome to country message.

With the Wallabies and All Blacks lined up he started with..

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If they keep getting blokes sent off it will be

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Heartbroken Wallabies flyhalf Reece Hodge felt "like I've let my whole country down" after missing a kick which could have won his side a Test match: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14280

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10 penalty goals..

Yawnion.

Enough said.
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-PJ- wrote: November 22, 2020, 2:12 pm 10 penalty goals..

Yawnion.

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Another draw between Australia and Argentina. Two tries in total, two tries in two games.

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Sounds like there are more goals in soccer than there are tries in yawnion... although If penalty goals are what you wish to watch then boy you’re in luck!!
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They do have a 'set piece' though and everybody loves a 'set piece'. I flicked over to a Wallabies / kiwis game a few weeks ago and yes, right on time for a 'set piece'. Wallabies won a free kick from some sort of scrum infringement... so they decide instead of tapping and going, twenty metres out from the kiwi tryline, they opt for a **** scrum? They then got penalised for some sort of scrum infringement.

So I flicked over to an excellent episode of 'murder she wrote'.

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gergreg wrote:They do have a 'set piece' though and everybody loves a 'set piece'. I flicked over to a Wallabies / kiwis game a few weeks ago and yes, right on time for a 'set piece'. Wallabies won a free kick from some sort of scrum infringement... so they decide instead of tapping and going, twenty metres out from the kiwi tryline, they opt for a **** scrum? They then got penalised for some sort of scrum infringement.

So I flicked over to an excellent episode of 'murder she wrote'.

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Yawnion should be ****..FOREVER !!!
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I got my 15 minutes of rugby for the year, watching the Brumbies getting robbed at the death.

What a stupid sport.
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Good to see the Wobblies aiming up as per usual..
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Not one but two intercept passes thrown. The coach at the end said the All Black backs stand up and look for intercepts and the plan was to kick in behind their line. Didn't happen. The frustration in the Coaches voice was tangible. With his NZ back ground he is not used to teams folding the tent. They appear to be beaten before they take the field.
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RedRaider wrote: August 16, 2021, 6:01 pm Not one but two intercept passes thrown. The coach at the end said the All Black backs stand up and look for intercepts and the plan was to kick in behind their line. Didn't happen. The frustration in the Coaches voice was tangible. With his NZ back ground he is not used to teams folding the tent. They appear to be beaten before they take the field.
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Interesting story...

Rugby union implodes on Stan: https://www.channelnews.com.au/is-nine- ... s-on-stan/
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greeneyed wrote:Interesting story...

Rugby union implodes on Stan: https://www.channelnews.com.au/is-nine- ... s-on-stan/
Great source..

Just randomly tangents off into a story about Peter sterling mid article.

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NZRU has decided against travelling to Perth for the return Bledisloe Cup match due to COVID concerns.

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Eddie’s boys lose to Fiji at RWC.

May as well come home fellas, you’re done.
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The Wobblies must beat Wales to stay in the RWC. I wonder if Madge is on the plane to assist with their defence. If he had gone with Eddie Jones and done the same job he did with the Raiders then the Wobblies would likely not have won any match so far. After all the only win for Eddie so far has been against the powerhouse which is Georgia.....
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Beaten by Fiji and now flogged by Wales - come home boys. Eddie, you can stay.
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basically on an arts grant these days

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They'll be selling chocolate boxes to fund the next world cup

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Wallabies crush Portugal, on ya Eddie !!!!
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-PJ- wrote: October 2, 2023, 9:26 am Wallabies crush Portugal, on ya Eddie !!!!
Now we need Portugal to beat Fiji by about 10 points for Australia to progress beyond the group stage, as if.
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Portugal beats Fiji but only by 1 point. So Fiji progress and Australia goes home. What an inglorious outcome for Eddie Jones and those who put him there. I expect the media to be brutal to Eddie. He has dished out a lot.
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And the ARU sacked Dave Rennie because ?
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Eddie was available

It was McLennans captain's call

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Eddie said he has had no discussions with the Japanese Rugby Union regarding coaching their national team. He also said Japanese no longer eat sushi.
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*cough*

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South Africa have beaten NZ in the World Cup final 12-11. SA did not score a try and NZ had their Captain sent off in the first half.
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It is no surprise that Eddie Jones has resigned as Wallabies coach. There were too many questions about his methods such as picking assistant coaches who had not played Rugby Union, picking an inexperienced side for the Rugby World Cup which included the dropping of Captain Michael Hooper who in Jones opinion was not obsessed enough with winning. It says more about the erratic Eddie Jones than it does about Hooper.

The players Jones bought in didn't buy what he was selling. RA Chairman Hamish McLennan should have a good look in the mirror. Former coach Dave Rennie was building an injury wracked team into a competitive unit. McLennan and Jones wrecked it. One has now taken the correct step and left. McLennan should go as well.
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5yr deal, did 9 months..2/9 in tests 2023.

See ya Ed.

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Shirley the CEO has to go for totally botching this up. Not that I follow it closely but it looked like Remie or Rennie (whatever his name is) was going ok with the **** sandwich that is Rugby Australia at the moment. I'm not a fan of the code anymore but having grown up playing it I genuinely fear for the future of rugby in Australia.

I'm not sure how they dig themselves out of this. Rugby league is really strong at the moment both in the product and the back office. The cap is rising regularly. Things are looking the best they've looked since the 90s - Simply the best era. Rugby union is the complete opposite in every one of those areas.
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