Scotty
David Codey (61)
Actually it is probably better to be in the pool with NZ, as we shouldn't then meet them again until the final.
Maybe we should try for 8th in the world?
Australia v England @ Twickers 17 Nov 2012
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Actually it is probably better to be in the pool with NZ, as we shouldn't then meet them again until the final.
Maybe we should try for 8th in the world?
Schadenfreude
John Solomon (38)
Oz moves to 3rd on world rankings, and England pushed to 5th after the weekend's results.
I expect a fair amount of fire from the soap dodgers after that.
I expect a fair amount of fire from the soap dodgers after that.
bryce
Darby Loudon (17)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...in-physical-battle-at-Twickenham-Stadium.html
More important than Ioane's quote is what TPN says further down - 'We are confident we can dominate the England scrum'.
He must know something we don't.
More important than Ioane's quote is what TPN says further down - 'We are confident we can dominate the England scrum'.
He must know something we don't.
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daz
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If the Wallabies only record 1 win from 4 games on this tour, then please, for the love of Eales, let it be against the Poms.
Losing to the Samoans and the Scots made me feel angry, sad and betrayed. Losing to the Poms would be all of those things, plus I would feel dirty and nauseous with a side-order of depression manifesting by wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Just sayin'.
Losing to the Samoans and the Scots made me feel angry, sad and betrayed. Losing to the Poms would be all of those things, plus I would feel dirty and nauseous with a side-order of depression manifesting by wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Just sayin'.
Scotty
David Codey (61)
Too many head knocks.
USARugger
John Thornett (49)
Yup. Saw this thread title and remembered when Tuilagi threw JDV into the air. Then remembered McCabe's size. Then, well yeah.
Bowside
Peter Johnson (47)
It really makes you wonder about the ARU injury management procedures.
I was really hoping they wouldn't take digby on tour because if you look back at when his form has been best, it is always during the years when he has a full pre season. He's said it himself many times in the past.
Now I'm all for picking the best players possible, but if we are taking guys on tour and then not even playing them, what's the point?
ChargerWA
Mark Loane (55)
The only thing worse than losing to the Poms, is losing while the scrum is getting dominated.
Fatcat better scrum like his career depends on it, with his lack of impact in the loose lately he needs to repay the faith.
Bruce Ross
Ken Catchpole (46)
It would appear that Digby Ioane and Tatafu Polota-Nau must have had a very nasty head clash at training this week. Neither should be allowed to take the field without undergoing the most thorough neurological examination.
Digby's rantings:
“They are pretty wingers, they are really good looking and I just can’t wait to go against them.
"They beat us in the last game by heaps. It should be good for revenge.
“The winger’s dream is to score a try but my focus is on making hit-ups on Saturday.It gets the boys that extra momentum to keep going forward and the more times you break the line it is better for the team. I never give up and my job is just to get really stuck in.
“I try to beat everyone on hit-ups and like to get past 10 every match. But they have to be good ones, not just two metres.
“We are confident we can dominate the English scrum."
The kid's obviously delerious. As for Tatafu:
“Against England we want to make sure that we don’t even let them have a glance of getting into the game.
“The collision is one area that we want to dominate."
After last week's dicking the alternative hypothesis is that someone's been handing around the wacky baccy.
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Digby's rantings:
“They are pretty wingers, they are really good looking and I just can’t wait to go against them.
"They beat us in the last game by heaps. It should be good for revenge.
“The winger’s dream is to score a try but my focus is on making hit-ups on Saturday.It gets the boys that extra momentum to keep going forward and the more times you break the line it is better for the team. I never give up and my job is just to get really stuck in.
“I try to beat everyone on hit-ups and like to get past 10 every match. But they have to be good ones, not just two metres.
“We are confident we can dominate the English scrum."
The kid's obviously delerious. As for Tatafu:
“Against England we want to make sure that we don’t even let them have a glance of getting into the game.
“The collision is one area that we want to dominate."
After last week's dicking the alternative hypothesis is that someone's been handing around the wacky baccy.
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You can scratch Pocock and Douglas from the Test.
hammertimethere
Trevor Allan (34)
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I would posit that his low stats are due to a rather fucking terrible shortage of pill for anyone wearing a jersey number > 12. I would agree with you though about that isolated instance where he should have thrown it to Harris, indeed I was yelling manically at my TV for him to do so.
BUT, I wholeheartedly disagree with you about him performing poorly at super rugby and Test level consistently. In fact I think that he has been by and large one of the better performing backs in a season of poor performances by backs (and consistently good for 3-4 years now). He seems to be our best at picking holes/angles to run and he is an excellent defender (particularly from 13), can kick the seed a fair way and is goodish under the high ball.
See the following
He should be starting, and now that diggers is healthy, he should be starting at 13 with Mccabe and taps competing for the 12 spot (though I personally think in a backline without cooper, having the noted excellent short passing of tapuai right next to the 10 makes more sense, McCabes best spot is 13).
Lance Free
Arch Winning (36)
Higgers should be on the plane NOW!
disco
Chilla Wilson (44)
Nah send McMeniman.
disco
Chilla Wilson (44)
I hear what your saying but I'll still have to watch it live. I have a feeling it will be like 2005 when we jumped out the blocks but then ran out of steam. Hopefully Deans like Jones also get's the flick.
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