Recent content by rodha

It may be over a decade ago, however it's historic importance cannot be overstated - Quade cannot get back the opportunities that Robbie and Eddie callously denied him of; a 2013 Lions Series win & a 2023 World Cup Semi-Final birth... given their laughably easy draw last year. All fingers are...

I would probably lean towards yes based on the evidence provided by Quade. Deans asked him to play through a knee injury for a 2012 game against Argentina and then said in a press conference he would have benched his playmaker if he had enough reserves. Cooper helped steer the team to a 23-19...

But that was only when Quade was running the cutter, his Wallabies won 65% of their tests when Quade started at 10, add in a telepathic synergy with Australia's best scrumhalf since Gregan in Will Genia & that once in a generation combination should've achieved a lot more under Robbie's tutelage...

Only cause Robbie had the job for longer than anyone else. Statistics are meaningless without context.

Ian Foster, Andrew Strawbridge, David Hill, Scott McLeod, Greg Feek. I'd be careful what you wish for...

Great point and Robbie inherited an incredibly streamlined Crusaders machine/winning culture expertly refined by Wayne Smith. Ewen McKenzie took a basket case Reds side with journeymen like Beau Robinson still working part-time jobs to their only title. Cheika was fortunate to win the 2014...

Those periods of success highlighted prove it requires a strong assistant to ensure Eddie's maniacal tendencies remain limited, are kept somewhat in check and prevented from destroying everything at such a rapid pace, case in point Eddie's Wallabies 2001-2003 before Link left - as everything...

https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/joe-schmidt-can-lead-wallabies-reclamation-but-only-if-australia-lets-him/

Schmidt and Nuicifora, this was always the dream team to clean up Eddie's festering mess, I'm looking forward to hearing how butthurt Justin Harrison is over Nuicifora returning to the country, still a bitter little man over being dropped by him at the Brumbies... those Brumbies old boys are...

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2023/12/22/rugby-australias-pursuit-of-joe-schmidt-likely-to-lean-heavily-on-david-nucifora/ Yep, it appears almost certain Schmidt is getting the job now.

Ignoring that all the success occurred while Borthwick was his assistant coach is also bizarre... The last time Eddie had either, a successful year, or won trophies, 2020, the final year Borthwick was his assistant. Won both the Six Nations & Autumn Nations Cup, only lost 1 match that entire...

Justin Harrison was a complete flog and you know it. In his final season Nucifora deservedly relegated the guy to the bench and he proceeded to throw a hissy fit about it. Embarrassing.

Stillmissit I would counter that by pointing out that it was the same senior Brumbies players who effectively bullied McQueen into resigning from the Wallabies job that were also responsible for Nucifora's sacking at the Brumbies. It seems the best coaches bring a certain intensity &...

I think you'll find the rot started when two of Australia's best and most innovative rugby minds were hounded out of the country because of the fact they were disciplinaries. Robbie fostered a culture of player power and entitlement within an entire generation of young players and that...

More revisionist history from Eddie's biggest fluffer on here until recently, when will you sydney old-boys see the wood for the trees?? Dave's coached team would've won all their pool matches 4/4, a rugga championship win against Arg at home, another win against those Argies in the quarters...