I just don’t think he’s offering anything Lolesio currently can’t offer. Plus his record at 10 is abysmal. As I said he wasn’t bad but didn’t offer anything either, I’d rather put the younger guy in that would offer the same.
It is an unquestionable statement about RU, you can't win without the ball going forward. That's why they are called bloody forwards!
JOC (James O'Connor) was fine, I'd pick him again... If we dumped everyone that had a bad game in this one not many left in the squad. I think JOC (James O'Connor) showed enough for another gig
Peter Positive!
I've been positive most of the decade. Not after a 2/5 records against your weakets rivals so far. An England in low light after a poor 6 Nations performance and the Pumas at 9th in WR (World Rugby) rankings.
Some times you have to call a spade a spade. I agree with you, Rennie was billed as the saviour and we haven’t improved
I do think we have improved because by the end of 2019 we were absolute trash. It’s more an indication of how ordinary we were that even some improvement still isn’t good enough to compete with the top tier. Most teams would sign up to play the 2019 wallabies if they have the choice of 2022 or 2019
I agree. He was fine. Tupou , Arnold, Holloway and Wtight were underwhelming,
We are still losing to second tier teams. Last night was absolure trash. I know there were a bunch of injuries, but it was really hard to watch that performance
wallabies are a second tier team these days.
Yep. Watched the All Blacks v Boks after our game. We are not even close
Wields the Axe on who? Are we selecting players from 2nd Grade Subbies now? Who is left?
You can blame this one on the injury ward but a winless 2021 Spring tour and a win record many times lower than what Cheik got absolutely torn about Rennie might just not be the answer.
There will be a few back by the sounds of it, but without them for starters I’d be telling Rory thanks but no thanks and give Phillip his spot back, and swap Wright out for the much more reliable hodge. And something needs to be done about putting third and fourth choice Brumbies hookers into the national team, I appreciate the circumstances in this case, and I’m not doubting their potential, but now is not their time.
The 2000s Scotland, the current Scottish side is strong and didn't get smash by the Argies in Argentina without key players like Finn Russell and Stuart Hogg
My comment was in partly in jest, Scotland wouldn’t have won if they were missing between 10&15 of the match-day squad like the Wallabies were. But I still think Wallabies should have won that.
Mmmmmmm, agree with you that Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) may become a option in the not to distant future. He came along in leaps and bounds for the Tahs this year, under the high ball, defensively and position play. As much as I love koro, given the way the game is played these days with 'bombs away' our best back three could well be Pataia, Vunivalu and Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) with Kellaway on the bench. All of them are very good under the high ball and have pace to burn. Except for Kellaway they lack experience though. The players are so fit and conditioned these days that there is limited space for length of the field tries due to defensive patterns. World rugby will never do this but I think they should widen the rugby field by two meters each side to give teams more space so the game starts to open up a bit more. I have always thought that Wright would be better closer in at say 12 with a bigger body hard running 13 outside of him (Kerevi, Perese, Ikatai). I believe Wright played 10 at Joeys so could be a playmaker with lots of pace and vision. As far as the 10 goes, not sure of the answer if Cooper isn't available. Of the young ones I think Donaldson is the one with the most potential. He has a massive boot, has deceptive pace and is a good distributer. Lolesio is a good super rugby player but seems to lack the pace required to get through a gap. A 10 that can make a break is essential if White is half because out of the three No 9's (Gordon, McDermitt and White) White is the least likely to make a break from the base of the scrum/ruck. At least one of the nine and 10 needs the vison, pace and skill to get through a half gap to keep the opposition on there toes and guessing otherwise play can become one dimensional and predictable. Cooper has or had it in spades, Donaldson I believe has potential.