Shute Shield 2017
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Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Woodies rarely turn in a bad game in the finals.
Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Can someone explain to me why a bloke like Sinclair - the 10 - doesn't get a look in to the Tahs? Or even more to the point the Rebels instead of garden fish shop?
He runs that backline very well, is no slouch and has a good boot.
BTW - where is Simoni?
He runs that backline very well, is no slouch and has a good boot.
BTW - where is Simoni?
bigmac
Billy Sheehan (19)
Hard to say what is going on in tahland. Recruitment methods seem a bit of a mess.
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Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
A complete mess. They have no structure, so they rely on who the schoolboy selectors pick. It resembles the rest of professsional rugby in Australia - a shambolic clusterf**k.
paul martin
Ted Fahey (11)
Where was Hamish Angus?
AussieDominance
Trevor Allan (34)
Honestly think he is nowhere near good enough watched him play a few times in the middle of the season with some inferior players and looked pretty ordinary.
Defence is a huge issue like most 10's.
PhilthyRat
Frank Row (1)
bigmac
Billy Sheehan (19)
Player can look great at Club level and struggle at rep level. And vice versa.
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Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
My concern is that he's never had the chance to fail.
Foley was anointed from oz schools so no ones ever had a second look. Hamish Angus is in a similar position. Is Mack Mason really better?
Maybe a better example from the same club but who was oz schools is Meakes.
And the answer there is, usually, he had to learn it in the uk.
So we can't teach it and/or we can't recognise it.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
The system that the ARU/NSWRU have constructed means that it's virtually impossible to move from SS to the Waratahs. Players come from one of:
(a)schoolboy rep teams
(b)junior academies
(c)rugby league
(d)NZ or Pacific Islands
(e)other overseas place
The positions left over after these are scarce and players used to training in an amateur set-up have next to no chance to impress beside fringe players who have been in a professional set-up. It's a pathway designed to fail.
Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
^^^it really is.
The Honey Badger
Jim Lenehan (48)
Eyes and Ears
Bob Davidson (42)
While there are too many examples of players picked on schoolboy reputation, there are also plenty of players in the Tahs squad who were picked originally on club form Eg Gordon, Simone, Holloway, Pat Ryan, Harry Jones, Tom Robertson, Skelton. I would include Foley too although he was also developed through the Sevens program.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
In theory, but then you come to this bit
The positions left over after these are scarce and players used to training in an amateur set-up have next to no chance to impress beside fringe players who have been in a professional set-up. It's a pathway designed to fail.
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David Codey (61)
Harry Jones wasn't even the best winger in his own house last year, and the Tahs say they signed him on his SS performances.
This year when he's absolutely on fire, they let him go.
Sums it up to me.
This year when he's absolutely on fire, they let him go.
Sums it up to me.
Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
There's no reason to doubt it. Crichton would have no reason to make it up. In fact, looking at the recent history of Waratah recruitment, I'd say it's highly likely to be 100% correct.
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