Not surprising. He has clearly been doing good things in Ireland.
All about putting him in the right role I guess.
He was a disaster at the Blues, but with the benefit of hindsight I'd wager the issue was with the Blues rather than Nuci.
The guy could just guide through defence theres no way he should come out the back of a scrum.. but then not been touched..Oh man, the guy just had a phenomenal awareness of space and how to put himself and/or others in it. This despite the fact his eyesight was so poor.
I reckon Quade has a similar awareness but not the head on his shoulders to always use it well.
Larkham was just pure class.
I can assure you that it definitely is from the incident from which Folau was binned.I dont know what this photo was from, probably a line-out, but it isnt the action that lead to Folau getting binned
God i miss Larkham..
How fucking good
The guy could just guide through defence theres no way he should come out the back of a scrum.. but then not been touched..
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Fixed it for youThose clips remind me of what I miss about international rugby at the moment:
1. a Complete 10,
2. players in motion before the half passes the ball
3. Buddha Handy
4. That 97/98 Wallabies jersey
GO YOU GOOD THING!
Man if you think slow-mo can make anything look bad, try extrapolating what happened in an entire sequence of play from a single frame. Jees.I can assure you that it definitely is from the incident from which Folau was binned.
You can grab this and even more damning screen grabs from the video replay of the incident.
At least in terms of a single man lift, this seems to be the most common sense approach to reducing these dangerous incidents and have the least impact on the game.
The problem arises most when the player being lifted wasn't in an ideal position to go for the ball and is being propelled backwards and almost out of control without any interaction from the opposition.
With the force of both players going in the same direction, a dangerous situation arises.
With zero contact from Folau, Stander is still going to have trouble bringing O'Mahony to ground safely.
I not sure that argument really stands BH, we get players lifted by one player almost every game and test we see, almost always brought to ground safely if noone interferes them in the air. after a reasonable amount of thought while working I wonder do we really want a law that has generally gone okay changed to suit the playing style of one man who chases and leaps in a certain way? I really not sure what the answer is, perhaps say you get no protection when in the air? I mean when Barrett was overturned by Fall in French series , I don't think he would of come down so hard if he hadn't jumped so high going forward, so once again the man in the air has to take responsibility too.
It goes wrong often enough. It is inherently dangerous and a law suit waiting to happen.I not sure that argument really stands BH, we get players lifted by one player almost every game and test we see, almost always brought to ground safely if noone interferes them in the air. after a reasonable amount of thought while working I wonder do we really want a law that has generally gone okay changed to suit the playing style of one man who chases and leaps in a certain way? I really not sure what the answer is, perhaps say you get no protection when in the air? I mean when Barrett was overturned by Fall in French series , I don't think he would of come down so hard if he hadn't jumped so high going forward, so once again the man in the air has to take responsibility too.
It goes wrong often enough. It is inherently dangerous and a law suit waiting to happen.
At a time when the law makers are acutely aware of their duty of care I’d be amazed it didn’t get changed in the next 2-4 years.