England to whitewash Australia
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<p>Are there any really good prospects (bolters) coming through on the Aussie side this season?</p>
<p>I haven't noticed anyone in particular - but I don't watch all of their games.</p>
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<p>Reece Hodge of the Rebels?</p> -
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<p>For Wales? Looks like he'd fit Gatland ball perfick.</p>
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<p>His outside break is too good and not enough contact.</p> -
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<p>Who do the non-Aussies and non-English want to win the series?</p>
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<p>Ockers for me</p>
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<p>A bit like choosing between gonorrhea and herpes I'll grant you but, gonorrhea doesn't linger for your lifetime :)</p>
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<p>I'd quite like to replicate the joy I felt watching the lions beat them a couple of years ago. So I'm going to go with the poms, Eddie coaching them would be the icing on the cake.</p> -
Ockers for me.<br><br>
Don't like Eddie even more than I don't like Cheika.<br><br>
Also hate the uppityness of the English rugby media more than the uppityness of the Aussie rugby media.<br><br>
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<p>I think the positive about Australia winning , we get the opportunity to beat them straight after which puts everything in order ( for us) </p>
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<p>England win , they go off thinking they are the new super power </p> -
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<p>Ockers for me.<br><br>
Don't like Eddie even more than I don't like Cheika.<br><br>
Also hate the uppityness of the English rugby media more than the uppityness of the Aussie rugby media.<br><br>
Also Aussie rugby could do with the positivity in it's battle with the evil of the other codes.</p>
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<p>We don't help ourselves with the kind of bullshit going on at the Brumbies now.</p> -
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<p>We don't help ourselves with the kind of bullshit going on at the Brumbies now.</p>
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<p>What is the story there? It seems to get messier every week.</p> -
One perspective:<br><br><b>CEO:</b> "Hey, I was looking at the books, and there is something fucking wrong here."<br><br><b>Board:</b> "Oh that. Don't worry about it. Taken care of. In the past. Moving right along."<br><br><b>CEO:</b> "Yeah nah. I'm in charge here, arses are on the line. What the fuck happened?"<br><br><b>Board:</b> "Look, its nothing. Just a bit of creative accounting to sort some shit out. We're good. <i>Move on</i>."<br><br><b>CEO:</b> "OK then, you leave me no choice"<br><br><i>[Bunfight ensues. Toys are thrown. Matter dragged into public. EGM. Another EGM. ACT Clubs wonder what the fuck is going on. Everyone outside ACT remembers Canberra exists. Phone calls to St Leonards are made.]</i><br><br><br><b>Board:</b> "Here's some money. Shut up and fuck off."<br><br><b>CEO:</b> "OK then but I'm still not hap-"<br><br><b>Board:</b> "JOE! MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYTE!"<br><br><b>Australian Rugby Fans:</b> "Yep, another old boys circle-jerk"
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<p>It seems that Chris Ashton has spat the dummy after missing out on the Oz trip. I know he polarises opinion and is not the best tackler but he remains a bloody good finisher. I'm not sure I would have left him out.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36363077'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36363077</a></p> -
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<p>It seems that Chris Ashton has spat the dummy after missing out on the Oz trip. I know he polarises opinion and is not the best tackler but he remains a bloody good finisher. I'm not sure I would have left him out.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36363077'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36363077</a></p>
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<p>Ashton has a massive ego, Eddie Jones has a massive ego too. Not hard to see how they might not see eye to eye or like each other much.</p>
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<p>The big difference is that Eddie Jones is the coach so if Ashton wants to play international Rugby again he needs to listen and act on what Eddie has to say.</p> -
<p>Tuilagi gone now :mad1:</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36369123'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36369123</a></p>
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Tuilagi gone now :mad1:<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36369123">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36369123</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Declining the Saxons place probably not his smartest move. Of course, not noted for smart moves.</p>
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<p>Have to say my opinion of him hasn't changed since he threw his toys.</p> -
<p>I think </p>
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<p>9. Phibbs</p>
<p>10. Foley</p>
<p>11. Kerevi</p>
<p>12. Toomua</p>
<p>13. Folau</p>
<p>14. Kuridrani</p>
<p>15. Beale</p>
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<p>would have been a great backline. Shame Beale got injured. Any other decent options at 15 to allow Folau to play centre?</p> -
Is Ashley cooper available?<br><br><br>
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<p>I think </p>
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<p>9. Phibbs</p>
<p>10. Foley</p>
<p>11. Kerevi</p>
<p>12. Toomua</p>
<p>13. <strong>Folau</strong></p>
<p>14. <strong>Kuridrani</strong></p>
<p>15. Beale</p>
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<p>would have been a great backline. Shame Beale got injured. Any other decent options at 15 to allow Folau to play centre?</p>
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<p>Seems a bit odd to put these guys in those positions.....are they trying to emulate the glory days when they shoehorned three Super Rugby fullbacks into the one starting line up in Roff, Burke and Latham just so they could get all their best players on the park at once ?</p> -
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<p><strong>would have been a great backline. Shame Beale got injured. Any other decent options at 15 to allow Folau to play centre?</strong></p>
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<p>Dane Haylett-Petty has had a breakout season in a very poor Force side. Worth consideration.</p>
