Recent content by capalaba

It was encouraging seeing a passing outside Centre putting Wingers in space. Excellent performance from team, Bell was immense, Tupou and Slipper struggled. Nice work from Joe and thr Coaching Staff.

Any word on when the 64 are being named?

This is a very good point and something I had not considered. I have been extremely frustrated with our performances although we were decent at Super Rugby level. I have had issues with Schmidt's gameplan, he needs to change and get away from that Northern Hemisphere style of game. We need to get back to...

When is the squad being announced or is Schmidt going to wait to the last minute like he did the last couple of announcement? Let the boys know and get on with it. The ABs have already announced their squad and we are still faffing around.

It's a good thing you are not a selector.

Yeah received a well timed pass, still not as quick as he used to be.

Reiko was a better Winger, but lost pace and was moved to the Centres.

Well we didn't score in the second half, I was hoping we would've been more competitive in the second but couldn't maintain momentum. Our defense is not up to par, the players are not gelling with the defensive strategy, either change the plan or change the coach. Aimless pick and go was...

Well I can't knock the boys for putting up a good fight in the first half. We are down 19-13, shocked at Tupou having a bad game our defense is still not at an international level. And Kellaway, still don't know why he is there. Hopefully we can maintain and improve in the second half. But...

Prefer Tate at 10 plays more aggressive and creative than Noah, ABs will expect Noah's boring style of game. ABs have been strong in the first 40, need to hit them hard upfront to kill momentum start BPA and bench Fez.

Fez has been ordinary start BPA with TT and Bell, drop Slipps replace with Kailea. Also LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) needs to star for that early punch. Tate ahead of Noah as we need to pressure on D Mac and shut his options down. When DMac is pressured he struggles, great bench player not a starter at this level.

Chay Fihaki is another Crusader, they could have called in AJ Lam who can cover Wing from the Blues or even Proctor from the Hurricanes. Fihaki is a bullshit call, which is good news for our midfield backs.

We are now ranked 10th behind Fiji in the world rankings. Great close loss on the weekend, world rugby recognises this as well.

You're an idiot mate, if you are happy with losing like that then your participayion trophy is in the mail. Shit Aussie fans have definitely dropped their standards

What is accurate is that we should have beaten a team that had two yellow cards fairly close to each other. We didn't capatalise, we looked flat, and we lacked any charisma. Yes it was a close final score but if anyone is feeling confident with that then you can take a seat next to Ray Charles.