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These threads tend to be about picking players and get skewed for peoples preferences.
The thing that has pissed me off about this years RWC is not the players it is the gameplan. I feel for all of the players in the 33 man squad plus the players just outside the squad they have not had a plan...
It still annoys me about Quade. He seemed to be mentoring Carter Gordon really nicely. CG has got a bit lost. Reminds me of when Drew Mitchell got his first start. Played really well until Eddy got in his ear. Took him a while to rally after that.
Looked to me like Semi Radradra made some bad defensive reads vs Wales. Their first try came from North breaking the line off first phase lineout ball running an unders line. Second try from Tompkins drawing 2 defenders and North running another unders line. Plus the dropped ball at the 81min...
Team for Fiji;
1-8 Unchanged
9. White
10 - 15 Unchanged
Bench;
Phillip onto bench for Gleeson or Rangi. (Frost given another week).
Slipper onto bench if fit.
IFL in
Kelloway in for Suli
I have never seen the ABs look so loose. So many areas they were below their usual high standard. Penalties, scrums, breakdowns, kicking, tactics. They looked like the Wallabies: including the yellow card.
Our back row was pretty anonymous on Sunday.
Hooper took a knock.
Swinton and Valentini were off the pace and lacked accuracy (Valentini's penalties).
Not a good day for them.
Are they lining up as they do in their Super Rugby teams?
ie Is Swnton used in the 15m channel for the Tah's ?
Cannot coach speed. Well, you can, but, a good 85% of it is genetic. Statistic plucked from thin air to make a point. Coming from a budding winger who at his 2nd training session ever was told to go and introduce himself to the forwards coach. Played front row (badly) from U10s until retirement