Recent content by dbcooper

McClennan is an A grade moron. Hopefully Rugby Australia will be forced to confront reality by bankruptcy soon.

Dave Rennie didn't deserve to be saddled with this rabble. He made those bad career choices though. Hooper the worst player on the park. Skelton poor too.

Paul Cully for Stuff gave both Ioane brothers 5/10 in his player ratings. He is obviously acting out after this result. NZ rugby "journalists" really go out of their way attack those two. Very weird.

Think the return of Pat T might have been the turning point there. Stoked for the Blues.

Blues vs Canes Sullivan Kneepkens Grindlay T. Tele'a Lam Black Christie Rush Choat Plumtree Cowley Tuioti Darry Renata Eklund McElroy Blues vs Chiefs Kneepkens Macilai Fomai Plummer M. Telea Perofeta Nock Rush Jones Plumtree Pierce Goodhue Fepuleai Tolai Lay

From the first two games, it seemed to me that Akira Ioane hit a lot of rucks, perhaps even more than he should have (he might have been better served being more selective and positioning himself as a ball carrier).

Abel and Makalio were the best hookers in last year's Mitre 10 Cup. Good signing. Wish he was at the Blues instead of Apisai.

Mitre 10 Cup: Akira Ioane 'sticking it' to All Blacks selectors after snub - Grant Fox

Two nice driving tackles that took the Wellington players over the sideline.

Turns out you were correct. :) https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/rugby-union/we-won-t-recruit-rockstars-dan-mckellar-keen-to-develop-brumbies-20180714-p4zrjl.html

Thanks for that! I'll try to change the wiki page, but they really are picky there.

No Ala'alatoa. Never liked the idea of him playing for NZ. Hopefully he goes back to Oz.

Robbie Abel appears to be one of four hookers signed by the Brumbies. Anyone know if he really is going to play for the Brumbies in 2019? Links on signings here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2018%E2%80%9319_Super_Rugby_transfers

Brumbies signed him until end of 2019 in 2017, but since then they've signed three other hookers for 2019 too. Links are all at the wikipedia page.

According to the Wikipedia page he has one year to go on his Brumbies contract. Would be happy to be corrected. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2018%E2%80%9319_Super_Rugby_transfers#Brumbies