Recent content by hifflepiff

A line up of McDermott, Kerr-Barlow and White/Lonergan at 9 looks pretty tasty.

This was inevitable, money talks. We now need to deal with to the reality that our domestic footy is set to become a feeder for moneyed foreign teams just like soccer, basketball and basically every sport that isn't League or AFL. Our ability to adapt to this situation early will determine if...

Rebs have some dog in them this year. Been a few tough moments but they're consistently showing a willingness to fight back. The threat of being cut probably helps, but I also wonder if the higher number of Melbourne bred players isn't helping as well. Having guys like Leota, Canham, Uelese...

Tupou this season is 80% some of laziest shit I've ever seen and 20% game winning plays

Hes been great, but would like to see him bulk up a bit before he sees any international minutes. Gainline is so so important at international level, and I haven't yet been blown away by his tight carrying. Still a year or two away for mine.

Based on form and international experience the three flyhalves in the Wallabies camp should probably be 1. Gordon 2. Donaldson 3. Lynagh Lynagh has overall been the most in form 10, but recent experience shows young fly halves struggle stepping up to internationals for at least a year or...

Mate you've got it back to front. Super Rugby was successful when it started because it began at the absolute peak of Union's popularity in Aus. But Super Rugby has done nothing to build on that popularity. In fact I would argue it's one of the major reasons Union has fallen off a cliff in this country over...

Definitely a better financial decision too. He'll have seen how much we're willing to pay for unproven NRL wingers, imagine how much he could ask for to return to Union as a former Wallaby

Lol, Mark already did RA a favour by choosing Union over NRL out of highschool. He honestly owes us nothing.

What's Leafi Talataina up to this year? Was an absolute monster for the Aus u20s

Same teams as always through to the semis. Really feels like the worst possible outcome for the sport.

That's a concern about Lancaster. Was awesome at the u20 WC but also had some concussion issues if I recall.

I'm seriously worried about Carter Gordon's future. IMO he's one of the best 10 talents we've had in ages but he's been thrown into international rugby way too early and way too quickly. He's basically had Australia's entire WC hopes put on his back and is looking less and less confident...

Worried Carter Gordon is going to be just another on the long list of talented young Australian players mismanaged by desperate coaches.

Glad I've stopped watching the Wallabies live, weekends are much more enjoyable now.